East Helena, MT

Helena and East Helena Public Schools boards of trustees have sworn in three new student representatives for the 2026-2027 school year, each with goals and ambitions for their respective schools.

The Wake the Giant Pickleball Tournament shed light on local, statewide and global competition at Prickly Pear Elementary School throughout the weekend competition.

For a third straight year, the Wake the Giant Pickleball Tournament brought pickleball competitors to Prickly Pear Elementary School for a weekend of competition. Over the two-day competition the East Helena tennis courts were separated into eight pickleball sized courts…

Helena-area school boards approved their budgets ahead of the new school year. East Helena's budget was set at roughly $23.4 million, while Helena's budget was approved at around $110.6 million.

Bearek Shuman is the second East Helena quarterback all-time to give commitment to a Frontier Conference program. Jack Taylor plays for Pete Stanton at Dickinson State.

"We had a quality run last year. But it doesn't help us any with this year. It's a new season, a fresh start. We are back to square one."

A man was sentenced to three years with the Department of Corrections on Thursday for burglarizing several state facilities, stealing items and breaking into vehicles at East Helena High School.

An East Helena man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for three felonies related to the sexual abuse of two teenage girls, as well as selling alcohol to minors.

Alani Bankhead, Montana’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, reaffirmed on the withdrawal deadline that she will not step away from the race. At a press conference in an East Helena park, Bankhead declared her intention to win, despite her campaign being almost broke. The post Bankhead: Still in the running appeared first on Montana Free Press.

“I am staying through Nov. 3,” Bankhead told a crowd of reporters and supporters on Monday in East Helena, defiant against efforts to drive her out.