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Insurance costs — for both car and homeowners coverage — are up significantly across the country, adding to Americans' financial stresses since the pandemic and ensuing inflation wave.

Turn on cable news or scroll through social media, and you will see a divided America split between red Republicans backing former President Donald

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Photos courtesy of Amy Seaman The Belgrade Softball Complex was recently vandalized with graffiti spray paint throughout the facility.

Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy of Montana, left, poses for a photograph before a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Bozeman, Mont., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

A new poll gives Republican challenger Tim Sheehy a 49% to 41% lead over incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester when other candidates are included and a 51% to 45% advantage head-to-head.

Erin Bell was appointed to the Belgrade City Council Monday, filling a vacancy left by the resignation of Ward 2 councilor Jim Doyle.

Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear and injured one of her yearlings Monday north of West Yellowstone, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Public opinion polls show stark voter divides — including ones centered on gender, age and educational status — in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as well as key U.S. Senate races.

Lisa Beedy says the Belgrade Senior Center is a lot more than bingo, card games and coffee klatches.