
The players
Local youth actors were given the opportunity to perform this past week in the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Peter and Wendy. The Southwest Montana Arts Council sponsored the event. After a week of practice, the group staged two performances on Saturday. J.P. Plutt photos
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 12:00am

Paint filler
Montana Western forward Britt Cooper heads down the lane toward the basket in the second half of Saturday night’s game versus Rocky.
M.P. Regan photo
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 12:00am
The University of Montana Western women’s basketball team came into last week ranked no. 3 in the NAIA and zooming along on an eight-game winning streak toward an early checkered flag in the race for...

Advantage Hoffman
Dillon’s Cooper Hoffman maintains control in his semifinal win over Lewistown’s Duane Otto. The win over Otto propelled Hoffman into the state title match. Yellowstone Newspaper Group/Jamie Ausk Crisafulli photo
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 12:00am
Dillon junior Cooper Hoffman and freshman Noah Huffaker advanced to the title match at their weight in Billings this weekend at the Montana All-Class Wrestling Tournament, and Luke Huffaker, Dillon’s...

Moving out
A truck and pup will load up any remaining inventory at the Dillon Shopko Pharmacy after the close of business today, and deliver the goods to a Shopko store in Missoula. Shopko workers were unloading crates on Monday to prepare for the inventory transfer. J.P. Plutt photo
Wed, 02/06/2019 - 12:00am
Dillon’s Shopko Pharmacy will close its doors as a viable business for the last time today. As part of their chapter 11 bankruptcy agreement, Shopko auctioned off their pharmacy assets on Jan. 23....

On ice
Nice weather prevailed during the 34th annual Stan Shafer Memorial Ice Fishing Derby Saturday at Clark Canyon Reservoir. J.P. Plutt photo
Wed, 01/30/2019 - 12:00am
The 34th annual Stan Shafer Memorial Ice Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Beaverhead Search & Rescue, featured beautiful weather and for the most part, uncooperative fish. Participants spent a...