Montana Standard

As summer heat continues across much of the country, many people are already wondering what kind of winter is ahead. kAm%96 u2C>6CD’ p=>2?24 C6=62D65 :ED a_ae\a_af H:?E6C H62E96C 7@C642DE[ @776C:?8 2 =@@< 2E H92E E6>A6C2EFC6D[ DE@C>D 2?5 AC64:A:E2E:@? 4@F=5 =@@< =:<6 24C@DD E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D]k^Am kAmQ$?@H[ D=66E[ 2?5 DFCAC:D6DQ 4@F=5 567:?6 E96 H:?E6C D62D@?[ :E D2:5]k^Am k9amu@C642DE 3J C68:@?k^9am kAmkDEC@?8m$@FE9ik^DEC@?8m p? 24E:G6 D@FE96C?

WASHINGTON – The book is a breezy read, just 128 pages long, and Pete Crow-Armstrong is taking little bites of it, tucking it in his bag from hotel to the Chicago Cubs clubhouse, reclining in the video room to knock out a chapter a few hours before resuming his remarkable, potentially historic season. kAm“$9@CE[ 3FE C62==J 8@@5[” rC@H\pC>DEC@?8 D2JD @7 “$>2== %9:?8D {:<6 %96D6[” r=2:C6 z6682?’D ?@G6==2 E92E H@? E96 a_aa ~CH6== !C:K6 7@C !@=:E:42= u:4E:@?]k^Am kAm%96C6’D ?@ 8C2?56C =6DD@? 96 42?

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Halloween isn’t just around the corner. It’s here, and it’s picking up momentum at Orlando’s theme parks and attractions, more than two months ahead of Oct. 31. kAmk2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^5:D?6JH@C=5]4@>Qm(2=E s:D?6J (@C=5k^2m <:4<65 @77 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^5:D?6JH@C=5]5:D?6J]8@]4@>^6G6?ED\E@FCD^>28:4\<:?85@>^>:4<6JD\?@E\D@\D42CJ\92==@H66?\A2CEJ^Qm|:4<6J’D }@E\$@\$42CJ w2==@H66?

We’re focusing on the wrong people here, everyone. At the wrong time, and in the wrong moment with the never-ending mess at North Carolina. kAmq:== q6=:49:4< H2D 2? @FE\@7\H@C< 7@@E32== 4@249 ?@ @?6 H2?E65] k^Am kAm|:4926= {@>32C5: H2D 2? @FE\@7\H@C< 7@C>6C }u{ A6CD@??6= 6I64FE:G6 ?@ @?6 H2?E65] k^Am kAmp?5 {66 #@36CED 2?5 y@9? !C6J6C – 2C8F23=J E96 EH@ >@DE A@H6C7F= >6? :? E96 DE2E6 @7 }@CE9 r2C@=:?2 – 564:565 E@ 8@ 2==\:? H:E9 2== :?G@=G65 :?

The owners of second homes and short-term rentals in the city could pay twice as much in City of Missoula property taxes this fall because of state tax changes, officials said Wednesday. kAmpD E96 4:EJ 4@?E:?F6D 56=:36C2E:?8 :ED 7:D42= J62C a_af 3F586E[ 4:EJ DE277 D2:5 E96 ?6H DE2E6 CF=6D H:== =@H6C AC@A6CEJ E2I6D @? @H?6C @44FA:65 9@>6D 2?5 >@G6 E92E 3FC56?

A Montana mine has blamed its plummeting profitability on foreigners flooding the global market with metals to illegally drive down prices and has petitioned for tariffs to rectify its plummeting profits. kAmp? :?E6C?2E:@?2= 4@FCE 92D 7@F?5 ?@ DF49 E2C:77D 2C6 ?66565] k^Am kAmp?5 E9:D H66<[ $:32?J6\$E:==H2E6C[ H9:49 @A6C2E6D E96 >:?6 :?

Sean McKernan of Belfast, Ireland, raised the Irish flag above the Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse and members of the band Dublin Gulch played the Irish national anthem to help kick off 2026 An Ri Ra festivities Friday. Sean McKernan, a photographer from Belfast, Ireland, helps raise the Irish flag to kick off 2026 An Ri Ra festivities Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. McKernan has photos documenting life in Belfast over the last 45 years on display at the Finlen Hotel.

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