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SALT LAKE CITY — Rollie Worsters time with Utah State is over, and his time with the University of Utah is about to begin. The sophomore-to-be point guard from Missoula, Montana, spent as little time as possible in the NCAAs transfer portal, pledging his commitment to the Utes on Thursday less than a week after sources confirmed to KSL.com that he had entered the portal. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound guard averaged 9.1 points, 3.5 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game as a freshman with the Aggies, whe...

LOGAN — Rollie Worsters time at Utah State has apparently come to a close. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound guard from Missoula, Montana has entered the NCAAs transfer portal, a source with access to the portal confirmed to KSL.com Thursday night. The move was first reported by ustateaggies.com, though a source told KSL.com that Worsters move had not been official until sometime after Thursday afternoon. Still, the departure is not unexpected. Worster was recruited to Utah State by former Aggie head c...

Hellgate High School musicians pick up rare honor A pair of Hellgate High School seniors were recently chosen to the All-National Honor Ensemble. and last updated 2021-03-10 18:47:45-05 MISSOULA — Not only is it a highly-regarded honor, but it is very difficult to be selected. But for two Hellgate High School seniors who were recently chosen to the All-National Honor Ensemble, it all comes down to the music. Cellist Grace Gibson-Snyder and Alto Saxophone player Veronica Stimpfling have ga...

New look Aggie offense has left little to be desired but leaves a few questions unanswered. When the Aggies took the court this past fall, uncertainty very much dictated how the season would play out. The ever-present threat of a season cancellation looming in the all-too-clear memory of the pandemic ravaging last year’s NCAA tournament and this year’s football season. Travel was all but guaranteed to be a logistical nightmare and infection rates seemed committed to causing last minute sche...

Missoula teen not waiting for others to fix the climate crisis Erica Zurek/Missoula Current Grace Gibson-Snyder has written about climate change, served as co-president of Students Against Violating the Environment (SAVE), and worked alongside parents and teachers to implement climate change curricula in the local school district. By: Erica Zurek - Missoula Current Posted at 9:18 AM, Feb 15, 2021 and last updated 2021-02-15 17:50:34-05 MISSOULA — Like a lot of kids her ag...

In eighth grade, during a physics and chemistry unit in a science class at Washington Middle School, Paxson Swierc was already jumping ahead in the textbook. He saw a unit that wasn’t on the class syllabus about types of decay and equations related to mass. “I went and asked the teacher about it and she said, ‘We aren’t going over that because it’s too complicated, so you’ll learn about that in high school,’” Swierc said. “I was like, ‘No, I wan...

Hellgate HS students share virtual concert to raise funds for Missoula Food Bank and last updated 2020-12-22 19:48:20-05 MISSOULA — Despite distanced learning, COVID-19 mandates, and the chaos of the holiday season, students at Hellgate High School are still finding ways to give back to the community. For their quarterly community outreach project, the Hellgate National Honor Society will share a virtual concert Tuesday night, featuring their orchestra, choir, and jazz bands. Performances...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana State Fund (MSF), Montana’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, presented personal protective equipment (PPE) grants to 37 classrooms across Montana Tuesday. The grants, which are part of MSF’s Growing a Safer Montana program, usually include safety eye protection, fall protection gear, gloves and ear protection, among other equipment, and are intended to help students understand the importance of operating safely in their environment. â...

DAVID ERICKSON Skip and Dianne Peacock, both longtime Missoulians, were well on their way to celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary together next spring. With children, grandchildren and a large circle of friends in town, it promised to be a bright day of celebration in a gloomy era. The coronavirus pandemic that’s killed at least 300,000 Americans had other plans. Instead of the usual holiday activities for the Peacock family, the last months of 2020 were filled with anxie...