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In context: Sex abuse survivors say Vatican summit must deliver action

Helena robotics club headed to world championship again

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Helena robotics club headed to world championship again

TYLER MANNING tyler.manning@helenair.com

For the second year in a row, the Helena-based robotics club Fusion 4133 is headed to the First Tech Challenge robotics world championship in Houston.

The Latest

Frontier Conference men’s basketball Power Rankings: Carroll looks ready for postseason play

Frontier Conference men’s basketball Power Rankings: Carroll looks ready for postseason play

Updated 37 min ago

Frontier Notebook: Carroll College women’s bench gets experience entering postseason

Frontier Notebook: Carroll College women’s bench gets experience entering postseason

Updated 37 min ago

Bill would fund school for some Montana students with special needs until they're 21

Bill would fund school for some Montana students with special needs until they're 21

Updated 13 min ago

Boys basketball rankings: Hellgate continues reign in cluttered AA field; anyone's game in rest of classes

Boys basketball rankings: Hellgate continues reign in cluttered AA field; anyone's game in rest of classes

Updated 37 min ago

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

Updated 11 min ago

In context: Sex abuse survivors say Vatican summit must deliver action

In context: Sex abuse survivors say Vatican summit must deliver action

Updated 3 hrs ago

Girls basketball rankings: Capital dethrones Helena High in Class AA after week filled with change from top to bottom

Girls basketball rankings: Capital dethrones Helena High in Class AA after week filled with change from top to bottom

Updated 37 min ago

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

Updated 11 min ago

Missoula health care execs get $1.2M in venture capital for tech startup to better prepare patients

Missoula health care execs get $1.2M in venture capital for tech startup to better prepare patients

Updated 1 hr ago

Helena Police Department incidents reported Monday Feb. 18, 2019

Helena Police Department incidents reported Monday Feb. 18, 2019

Updated 3 hrs ago

Smithsonian Channel features Yellowstone in new series

Smithsonian Channel features Yellowstone in new series

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Top Stories

Lawmaker says Montana, which is barred from putting prisoners to death, should abolish death penalty

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Lawmaker says Montana, which is barred from putting prisoners to death, should abolish death penalty

Ex-addict says Montana opioid legislation could have stopped her downward spiral

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Ex-addict says Montana opioid legislation could have stopped her downward spiral

Daines recounts struggle to pass Land and Water Conservation Fund in Senate

Montana

Daines recounts struggle to pass Land and Water Conservation Fund in Senate

Medicaid expansion has changed the landscape for Native American health care

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Medicaid expansion has changed the landscape for Native American health care

Local & Regional News

Bill would fund school for some Montana students with special needs until they're 21

Montana

Bill would fund school for some Montana students with special needs until they're 21

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

406 Politics

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

406 Politics

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

Missoula health care execs get $1.2M in venture capital for tech startup to better prepare patients

Montana

Missoula health care execs get $1.2M in venture capital for tech startup to better prepare patients

Outdoors

Smithsonian Channel features Yellowstone in new series

Montana Untamed

Smithsonian Channel features Yellowstone in new series

Wanted: Grand Teton plaque that was stolen 42 years ago

Montana Untamed

Wanted: Grand Teton plaque that was stolen 42 years ago

Montana's long elk hunting seasons causing consternation

Montana Untamed

Montana's long elk hunting seasons causing consternation

Bill would give county governments final say on Montana bison transfers

406 Politics

Bill would give county governments final say on Montana bison transfers

406 Politics

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

406 Politics

Morigeau bill would give tribes access to loans from Montana's Coal Tax Fund

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

406 Politics

Ronan rep says CO2 gets a "bad rap'' and schools should change climate change teaching

Checking in on Legislature's mental health bills through 30 days

406 Politics

Checking in on Legislature's mental health bills through 30 days

Lawmaker wants to study legalizing recreational marijuana in Montana

406 Politics

Lawmaker wants to study legalizing recreational marijuana in Montana

Bill would give county governments final say on Montana bison transfers

406 Politics

Bill would give county governments final say on Montana bison transfers

Montana lawmakers hear juvenile sentencing, parole bill

406 Politics

Montana lawmakers hear juvenile sentencing, parole bill

Lawmaker apologizes over 'genocide' comments targeted at American Indian lawmakers

406 Politics

Lawmaker apologizes over 'genocide' comments targeted at American Indian lawmakers

Crime

Helena Police Department incidents reported Monday Feb. 18, 2019

Crime & Courts

Helena Police Department incidents reported Monday Feb. 18, 2019

Helena Police Department incidents reported Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019

Crime & Courts

Helena Police Department incidents reported Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019

UPDATE: Missing Helena boy found safe

Crime & Courts

UPDATE: Missing Helena boy found safe

Helena Police Department incidents reported Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019

Crime & Courts

Helena Police Department incidents reported Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019

Helena Police Department incidents reported Friday, Feb. 15, 2019

Crime & Courts

Helena Police Department incidents reported Friday, Feb. 15, 2019

Montana arrests, drug and firearm seizures up in 2018, U.S. Marshals Service task force says

Crime & Courts

Montana arrests, drug and firearm seizures up in 2018, U.S. Marshals Service task force says

1 dead, 1 arrested after fatal shooting in northwest Montana

Crime & Courts

1 dead, 1 arrested after fatal shooting in northwest Montana

Fired Lewis and Clark County deputy arrested on 80 counts of sexual abuse of children

Crime & Courts

Fired Lewis and Clark County deputy arrested on 80 counts of sexual abuse of children

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Sports

Frontier Conference men’s basketball Power Rankings: Carroll looks ready for postseason play

Frontier Conference News

Frontier Conference men’s basketball Power Rankings: Carroll looks ready for postseason play

Frontier Notebook: Carroll College women’s bench gets experience entering postseason

Frontier Conference News

Frontier Notebook: Carroll College women’s bench gets experience entering postseason

Boys basketball rankings: Hellgate continues reign in cluttered AA field; anyone's game in rest of classes

Prep Boys Hoops

Boys basketball rankings: Hellgate continues reign in cluttered AA field; anyone's game in rest of classes

Girls basketball rankings: Capital dethrones Helena High in Class AA after week filled with change from top to bottom

Girls Prep Hoops

Girls basketball rankings: Capital dethrones Helena High in Class AA after week filled with change from top to bottom

Opinion

Now is the time for Montana to build

Columnists

Now is the time for Montana to build

AWARE finds ways to cope with debilitating cuts

Columnists

AWARE finds ways to cope with debilitating cuts

Trump's emergency declaration showed why some people think him incapacitated

Columnists

Trump's emergency declaration showed why some people think him incapacitated

Medicaid expansion necessary to address behavioral health crisis

Columnists

Medicaid expansion necessary to address behavioral health crisis

Photos

Today’s top pics: Memorials to warehouse shooting victims and more

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APTOPIX India Kashmir Fighting

APTOPIX Spain Basques Catalonia Trial

Archives

Today’s top pics: Memorials to warehouse shooting victims and more

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Today In History, Feb. 18: Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Archives

Today In History, Feb. 18: Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Today's Birthdays, Feb. 18: Dr. Dre

Archives

Today's Birthdays, Feb. 18: Dr. Dre

Birthday Highlight: Cybill Shepherd

Archives

Birthday Highlight: Cybill Shepherd

Presidential pets through the years

Pets

Presidential pets through the years

Today In History, Feb. 17: Hunley

Archives

Today In History, Feb. 17: Hunley

Today's Birthdays, Feb. 17: Paris Hilton

Archives

Today's Birthdays, Feb. 17: Paris Hilton

Nation & World

Southern Baptist president calls for action on sexual abuse

Southern Baptist president calls for action on sexual abuse

Harris: Facts unfolding in probe of alleged Smollett attack

Harris: Facts unfolding in probe of alleged Smollett attack

The Latest: Klobuchar takes a 'relative' look at gun laws

The Latest: Klobuchar takes a 'relative' look at gun laws

The Latest: Maduro says Trump sounds almost Nazi-like

The Latest: Maduro says Trump sounds almost Nazi-like

Trending topics

Huge cargo plane that looks like beluga whale ready for takeoff

Huge cargo plane that looks like beluga whale ready for takeoff

The biggest supermoon of 2019 rises this week. Here's what you should know before watching

The biggest supermoon of 2019 rises this week. Here's what you should know before watching

Blue Sky Science: How does the moon affect the tide?

Blue Sky Science: How does the moon affect the tide?

'Digital gangsters': British lawmakers want tougher rules for Facebook, and 9 more things to know for Monday

'Digital gangsters': British lawmakers want tougher rules for Facebook, and 9 more things to know for Monday

This glass chalet is a skier's dream

Home and Garden

This glass chalet is a skier's dream

The healthiest cities in the United States for families

Health and Fitness

The healthiest cities in the United States for families

What wines to pair with 9 common Chinese dishes

Food

What wines to pair with 9 common Chinese dishes

Dust off the floppy disks: 30-year-old Apple computer lives on!

Lifestyles

Dust off the floppy disks: 30-year-old Apple computer lives on!

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