Surviving a perilous Middle Fork run ends in reunion
Tom Gray, 73, survived five days in freezing wilderness after his brother Robert died in the river. He trekked from Boundary Creek to a Bruce Meadows air strip, aided by guides and a rescue team, with 17 pounds lost, malnutrition, dehydration, and no food, before a helicopter and river responders located him alive.
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Steve Lentz
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Nate Ostis
Wilderness Rescue International
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Jake Miczulski
Brundage Mountain Resort
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Whitewater
Montana primary turnout steady amid rising registrations
Montana's 753,698 registered voters saw just over 40 percent cast ballots in the statewide primary, with about 90 percent of precincts reporting. Turnout lagged in several rural counties while Garfield Fallon and Treasure topped at over 66 percent, and Gallatin declined from 31 to 25 percent since 2022.
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Tim Sheehy
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Crow artist's statue returns home from National Mall stint
Wendy Red Star's The Soil You See, a giant thumbprint bearing 50 Apsáalooke leaders names, completed a National Mall exhibition in 2023 as part of Beyond Granite. The statue now sits at Tippet Rise near Fishtail, on traditional Apsaalooke land ceded in 1868 and removed from the reservation in 1892.
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