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Winter sports season is back and we kick it into high gear this weekend as both Butte High School and Butte Central have posted their weekly activities schedules.

Do you have a little LeBron in the making? Or, for you older parents, a Baby Bird? Bad puns aside, registration is open now for the winter YMCA youth basketball league and not only are they looking for players but for coaches and officials as well.

Acclaimed country pop artist Cole Swindell will bring his Win The Night Tour to KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, Montana near Missoula on July 20, 2024 with special guests Dylan Scott and Restless Road.

Here in the Mining City, there will be a blood drive where you can help and it is coming up on Friday, December 15. The blood drive will be taking place in the Hoyle Room at Big Sky on Waterford Senior Living and Memory Care from 1 to 4pm. Consider taking part.

The basketball game between the University of Montana and Montana Tech has been rescheduled. The men’s basketball game was originally scheduled to be played Friday, December 8th at 7:00 PM but has been pushed back a day to December 9th at 1:00 PM.

One of the great things about Southwest Montana is that when an event starts growing, you can count on it to keep growing. Heck, we've turned St. Patrick's Day into a full weekend even during the years it falls on a Tuesday or Wednesday. This year, the Uptown Christmas Stroll gets underway at the Courthouse and while there will be music and dancing in the rotunda, there will be a lot of other choices for you to enjoy tonight. Let's take a look at what's happening musically over the next couple of days in our area.

The 44th Annual NAIA Women's Volleyball National Championship didn't get started the way the Montana Tech planned, but it did finish the way they wanted, with a 3-0 sweep of Valley City State by scores of 25-20, 25-19, 25-23.

For a little over a month now, folks from all across Southwest Montana have been graciously donating their gently worn winter gear for the annual Harrington Pepsi/Butte Cares/Ziply Fiber Clothing Drive while over the last couple of days our volunteers have been sorting and folding the literal mountain of clothes that have been dropped off. This year, we will be wrapping things up with the free distribution starting at 10am at the Butte Plaza Mall Events Center on the south side of the building and the generosity of our donors and volunteers cannot go unnoticed.

While only a pair of games are on the college sports schedule here in Butte, there is a lot of action happening only a couple hours away from town in either direction, especially if you like playoff football.

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