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Monday night, the University of Houston Cougars, under the tutelage of Coach Kelvin Sampson, will meet the University of Florida Gators for the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. As you have probably heard several times by now, Coach Sampson is also the former head coach of the Montana Tech Orediggers, a school he led to then-unseen success and a school where he left a lasting legacy. Coach Kelvin is a member of the Digger Athletics Hall of Fame. Sampson is a mentor to current Oredigger Head Coach Adam Hiatt. Hiatt's present-day Orediggers proudly play on Kelvin Sampson Court. But even as Sampson has moved on, you can tell there is a lot of Butte left in him.

With the possibility of high winds and downed power lines, Montana's NorthWestern Energy is discussing planned power outages during the hottest temps of the year.

The closure will remain in place until the dam is repaired and flows are fully restored to the Madison River.

We sort of knew it was coming, right? We knew heavy, wet snow was on the way and most of our trees have not yet lost their leaves. That's a dangerous combination in Montana.

After the recent severe cold snap in Montana and the total breakdown of the power grid in Texas, KGVO reached out to Jennifer Fielder, the recently elected Public Service Commissioner for Region 4, which contains Missoula County, for answers to power supply questions.

Make sure elderly friends and family members know about this all-too-frequent scam call. They often fall victim to these frustrating, false conversations.

The truck hit the structure right at the location of homes natural gas meter shearing off the meter and causing natural gas to leak.

In addition to traffic signals and residents, some businesses are without power this morning as well.

NorthWestern Energy is warning customers about a scam involving the collection of allegedly overdue utility bills.

Beware of calls from a NorthWestern Energy number that are asking for payments on your power bill.

Most of the country will take at least a few minutes on Monday August 21st to catch the total solar eclipse. In person or online. NorthWestern Energy just might end up one of the best sources of pictures and video of the event. But why?

It’s now known what caused a massive power outage in Bozeman early Tuesday morning that left thousands without power.