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FUPS Annual Summer Carnival Softball Tourney this weekend; wacky costumes required

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

It’s a decades-old, iconic gathering where sportsmanship outweighs traditional competition. This Saturday and Sunday, teams will come to McCormick Park in Missoula with hopes of winning the FUP Cup. It’s mandatory that they have fun. And they need costumes-the wackier the better. NBC Montana learned a few things about the carnival's history. It all started back in 1968 ,when Rick Knudsen was a freshman at the University of Montana. He and his Charlo buddies decided to play intramural sports.
After winter vacation, Forest Service mules and horses going back

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

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Coolidge, 'the boomtown that never boomed'

2 weeks ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

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Seeley Lake's 1,000-year-old Gus is world's largest Western Larch tree

3 weeks ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

SEELEY LAKE, Mont. — A thousand years ago, a new life began near present day Seeley Lake. The only witnesses to his youth would have been the Indigenous People. He was already 200-years-old when the Magna Carta was signed, and more than 800 when the Civil War started. But today, this Western Larch tree, affectionately known as Gus, continues to thrive.
Corvallis Memorial Day Parade honors Viet Nam veterans

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

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Missoula's Father Jim Hogan celebrates 90-years of "a gifted life"

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

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Artist's sculpted phone booths send suicide prevention messages to rural Montana

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

BELGRADE, Mont. — Montana consistently ranks as having one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. Factors like social isolation and the lack of behavioral health services are of particular concern in Montana's rural communities. One of Montana's most creative artists is doing what he can to help extend a lifeline. He was working on one of his latest creations. It's the sculpture of a phone booth. "This is partway through the phone booth process," said Jim as he made final welds in the piece.
Rocky Mountain Gardens celebrates phlox plant unique to Missoula

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula's rich soil, climate, and history of agricultural trade, gave Missoula its special title-The Garden City. As we move into planting season, spring is introducing it earliest blooms to Missoula. Located at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, the public botanical gardens are new to Missoula. The opening brought crowds to enjoy early spring flowers and budding trees, and to learn more about gardening.
Grace Lutheran displays, blesses 175 handmade quilts for needy

1 month ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

The Lutheran Women's Mission League has been making quilts for those in need for more than 50 years. On Sunday, the church celebrated 'Quilt Sunday,' a time to show the volunteer's handiwork to the congregation. It's an annual tradition in the first week of May. The quilts were blessed before most will be sent to organizations to be dispersed to people in need. "This group has made 175 quilts this year," said group spokeswoman Kathy Rebich.
Retired forester treasures antique logging equipment; sawmill

2 months ago | nbcmontana.com | Kevin C Maki

MISSOULA, Mont. — Next weekend, The Society of American Foresters will bring collegiate and professional logger competitors to Missoula for the 28th annual Forestry Day. College timber sports athletes will compete on April 25th and 26th. Pro-athletes will join them on Saturday, April 26th. It's where you will see how the old-time lumberjacks got the job done. Behind the logger sports show is Montana Historic Equipment Area chairman, Scott Kuehn.