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Volunteers are tackling trash and compost sorting at two major Missoula events this weekend, helping the Montana city inch closer to an ambitious zero-waste future. The community effort comes as Missoula celebrates a 31% drop in waste since 2018.
More than 20 volunteers cleaned 11 miles of Missoula's marathon route while raising support for local youth in crisis. The partnership between Rotary clubs and Run Wild Missoula turned litter pickup into community connection.
Volunteers gather every Sunday at Fort Missoula's Native Plant Garden to restore western Montana's natural habitat while building community. The garden showcases how native plants need little water, support local wildlife, and offer more variety than most people expect. ##
Breast cancer survivors are crossing Montana's largest lake in Hawaiian outrigger canoes, combining ancient paddling traditions with proven cancer recovery methods. The annual Montana Paddle Palooza now draws 240 paddlers from across North America.
Volunteers at Montana Food Bank Network are worth over $30 per hour, helping the statewide organization stretch limited budgets to feed thousands of families. Their work in the new facility has more than doubled food distribution capacity across Montana.
Three Montana cities are partnering with their electric utility to create a voluntary green energy program that could power 20,000 homes with renewable energy. It's the final push toward making clean electricity choices available to everyone in the state.
After decades of economic stagnation while other Montana cities boomed, Great Falls is finally seeing its turnaround moment. A massive aerospace manufacturer and other major developments are bringing jobs, growth, and renewed hope to the Electric City.
After 41 years, Montana State University's football team brought home the FCS championship and celebrated with a historic White House visit. The Bobcats' thrilling one-point overtime victory earned them national recognition and a day in the nation's capital.
The Gianforte Family Foundation has donated $147 million to nonprofits since 2004, with $112 million staying in Montana to support rescue missions, education programs, and family services. Last year alone set a record with $16 million in grants, including $1.4 million to Flathead Valley organizations.
The Montana State women's golf team dominated Washington State 4-1 in match play competition, earning their spot in Wednesday's championship. Four Bobcats won their individual matches in Palm Desert, California, as the team seeks their second title of the season.
Montana State University just launched a five-year program to help rural emergency medical services recruit and train the next generation of lifesavers. Six small towns are already using the free online courses to solve staffing challenges that threaten their ability to respond to 911 calls.
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A single fossil bed in Montana has unlocked nearly everything we know about T. rex and the final moments before dinosaurs vanished forever. Scientists are still finding treasures that show how life bounced back after Earth's most famous catastrophe.
A filmmaker fed up with doom-scrolling culture just launched a festival that only screens stories about people making things better. The Lone Peak Film Festival in Big Sky, Montana proves good news can still pack a theater.
A partnership between Mast Reforestation and Firebreak Management just gathered half a million ponderosa pine seeds from a previously untapped Montana region. This collection expands the genetic diversity needed to restore forests hit by wildfires and climate change.
A company turned 10 million pounds of dead wildfire trees into underground carbon storage, sold all the credits in six weeks, and is now using the money to replant a scorched Montana forest. This could be the funding model that helps fire-ravaged lands recover.
The Montana State Bobcats brought home their first FCS football championship in four decades, sparking a golden celebration that united an entire community. Thousands lined the streets of Bozeman as players, coaches, and fans celebrated a victory 41 years in the making.
A Montana energy company just became the eighth utility to join a groundbreaking electricity market that's already saved Western customers more than $9 billion. The move will help millions access cheaper, cleaner power while making the grid more reliable.
A small-town Montana track team just won their second consecutive state championship, with one athlete shattering a decades-old state record. The towns are throwing a parade to celebrate their young champions.
A 20-year-old from Livingston, Montana just won the first youth climate lawsuit to go to trial in US history. Now Eva Lighthiser is mentoring other young people to protect the places they love.
Thousands of fans flooded downtown Bozeman to celebrate Montana State's thrilling overtime victory that brought home the school's first football national championship since 1984. The dramatic win united an entire state in blue and gold.
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