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In light of graduation season, extra vigilance was to be expected from the Missoula County Sherriff's Department over the weekend.

Dale and Doreen Stevenson have seen two children graduate from Missoula Sentinel High School, first their daughter Mikayla two years ago, and now their son Ethan.

Starting with the advice "buy a Mickey Mouse watch", Montana Governor Steve Bullock presented the commencement address to the University of Montana graduating class of 2014 on Saturday, May 17.

When they graduate from high school, many girls get money, clothes, a trip, maybe even a car. But more and more girls have their eyes set on a different kind of present: plastic surgery.

With high school graduations just around the corner, it can be hard to know what to get a soon to be grad. Now a days it seems like kids have everything; phones, tablets, every electronic device known to man… the list goes on.

Missoula Sentinel High School tops the list of high schools in the state with dual enrollment courses.

Out of all the states in the U.S., Montana is one in which a president has not spoken at one of our schools' commencements. What gives?

On a rainy Missoula morning, a former University of Montana grad who made good came back to share some life advice for the graduates of the class of 2013.

More funding for the Montana Digital Academy and a statewide raising of the dropout rate to age 18 from 16. That's what Denise Juneau, Office of Public Instruction Superintendent, wants to push through the legislature. In an Associated Press story this week, Juneau want more funding for the Digital academy so more students can get online education courses without a large fee...

With June just around the corner and the usual wet cold weather settling in on Memorial Day weekend, high school seniors are making the final preparations for graduation. Graduation is the culmination of four years in which young adults persevere through personal and emotional hardships on the road to becoming adults. Often this road to adulthood becomes too difficult and fraught with obstacles for many teenagers to overcome.

Student loan debt may be skyrocketing, but the students themselves will likely leave school with some nice presents — a new survey shows Americans will spend almost $5 billion on graduation gifts this year.

Many of us would agree that our high school days were without a doubt the most exciting days of our young lives. High school was where we made our first friends, joined a sports team, challenged our own knowledge, and went through our first trials and tribulations in social scenarios. And it's with all of these fantastic memories that we can't help but feel good for the newest batch of s