Chef Andy Blanton has been selected to lead Flathead Valley Community College’s Culinary Institute. Blanton was the owner and executive chef at Cafe Kandahar on Big Mountain for many years. He left the restaurant business in June 2023. He will direct FVCC’s culinary program after the retirement of Chef Howard Karp. Karp assumed the executive chef role in 2012. 

The Boys & Girls Club of Carbon County recently held a colorful carnival in Red Lodge to celebrate its 30th year. The Club’s development got started in 1993 when the Beartooth Front Forum organization was formed on the belief that when a community works together positive things happen. A committee recognized the need for a structured activities program and a place for kids to go to be safe, meet friends, and grow A year later and both the Boys & Girls Club of Red Lodge and the Beartooth Front were founded as a 501©(3) non-profits.

Sacred Waters Brewing Company, entered several of its beers in the 2024 World Beer Cup competition also known as the “Olympics of Beer”. The company won a bronze medal in the “best chili beer” for its Lil Salmon Fire. Sacred Waters is now planning to increase its capacity to brew by adding 30 barrels, allowing it to take on new markets in Northwest Montana.

A year after 10 Montana Rail link railcars plummeted into the Yellowstone near Reed Point, federal authorities have not released their findings on the cause of the crash. The accident sent close to 412,000 pounds of molten asphalt into the river. The Federal Railroad Administration stated  that the crash, which occurred on June 24, 2023, is still under investigation. A report Montana Rail Link provided to the FRA in the weeks after the accident says that a portion of its train derailed while crossing a bridge over the Yellowstone. Sixteen of the 35 rail cars derailed or were damaged in the incident

A recent meeting of the City of Miles City’s Finance Committee turned solemn as the reality set in that significant budget cuts are going to have to be made. The Committee needs to deal with a large deficit. According to preliminary budget information, the city is anticipating a shortfall of approximately $560,000  of a projected $6 million budget. 

The construction of a 74.5-megawatt solar energy generating facility west of Fairview –the Fairview I Solar Project has been announced. Other portions of the project components would include a 25-MW, four-hour battery storage initiative, overhead transmission li...