Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance.
People have already been killed by avalanches in Montana this year. The Bitterroot is not immune to the "whump" and the resulting slide of tons of snow down a mountainside. The Bitterroot National Forest is hosting a free avalanche awareness class January 25...