GREAT FALLS — Two antelope met nose-to-nose one day in March in northeastern Montana, a barbed-wire fence keeping them on opposite sides of the prairie.

Cascade County Commissioners approved two contracts for improvements at the Montana ExpoPark during their meeting Tuesday. The county approved replacing the racetrack fence, as well as the “air ...

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

A Montana woman was shocked to see a bear treating her 6-foot high backyard fence like a balance beam. Chris Fritts captured the balancing bear on video from her Big Arm, Montana, home in April.

A Montana woman was shocked to see a bear treating her 6-foot high backyard fence like a balance beam. Chris Fritts captured the balancing bear on video from her Big Arm, Montana, home in April.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Kirkegard, who grew up on a farm in eastern Montana, said the skills and lessons the men learn fixing fence, calving or milking translate to taking responsibility and holding themselves accountable.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

A rancher in central Montana recently came to the rescue of an elk stuck in a wire fence. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.