Rock Show with Tommy O

The Butte High School activities department has announced the weekly schedule for activities beginning next Monday, September 30th. Here is where you will be able to find the Purple and White in action.

It is nothing new to be reading that the price of groceries is going through the roof.  Inflation has been something that we've lived with all of our lives but recently prices just seem to be out of control and getting higher as we speak.  It doesn't seem to be that long ago that a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup at WalMart in Butte was less than 50 cents.  It is well over a buck now and this is true from soup to, well, nuts.

These days running a small business comes with many challenges. Not only are you providing goods and services to customers who have seemingly countless other options but you have to worry about payroll, inventory, insurance, and just getting up the next day to open shop. Where does marketing your business come into play. Is there even time?

Riley Green has just announced his "Damn Country Music Tour" which will kick off next spring and cover plenty of ground in the United States and Canada and will hit to KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner, MT on Thursday, August 21, 2025.Supporting artists are duet partner Ella Langley, country singer-songwriter Mike Ryan, and rising star Preston Cooper.

Do you know a local hero? The Butte Chamber of Commerce along with St. Patrick's and Immaculate Conception Parishes, our brothers and sisters in radio just down the street at Butte Broadcasting and our friends at the Montana Standard are behind a program that aims to honor local heroes who a lot of the time go without recognition.

Is there anything more wholesome or American than an elementary school bazaar? Especially in the fall, you can practically smell the home-baked pumpkin pie and cookies. But bazaars are so much more. Handmade crafts and pottery. Jewelry and cupcakes. And these days, even face painting and music. Here in the Mining City, one particular bazaar has not only become an autumn tradition, but it has grown from the walls of the elementary school gymnasium to the biggest arena in Silver Bow County. Of course, I am talking about the annual Hillcrest Bazaar Arts and Crafts Show, and it is coming to the Butte Civic Center on October 19th.

With fall approaching, even inside of city limits there has been plenty of bear activity this year. You can be sure that if bears are wandering into town, they are certainly active in the forest this time of year. We had a chance to sit down with local forester and outdoor recreationalist Jocelyn Dodge who offered tips on how to avoid potential bear encounters.

Here is a look at the Butte High School activities schedule for this week:

"Weird Al" Yankovic, winner of 5 Grammy Awards and the man behind such iconic parody songs such as "Eat It', "Like a Surgeon", "My Bologna", "Amish Paradise" and countless other spoofs that have become more timeless than that songs that they make fun of has announced a Montana date on next year's "Bigger and Weirder" 2025 tour.

I think in my last article I mentioned the incredible week that Tim Montana is having. Thankfully I didn't say anything like "he'll never top this one". Because I have seen what Tim Montana is capable of. Or at least I thought I did. But even by Tim Montana's standards, this one is big.