But Butte has held on to its history and builds its future. Visitors can see the World Mining Museum, hit the Montana Folk Festival and eat at the nation’s oldest Chinese restaurant, the Pekin ...

Volleyball — Class AA: Missoula Sentinel at Butte High, 7 p.m. Class A: Anaconda at Dillon, 7:15 p.m. Class B: Whitehall at Manhattan Christian, 7 p.m. Thursday ...

Butte was a beacon in the dark, a warm handshake with cold fingertips. When winter came, I headed south: Memphis, Nashville, and then Austin, Texas, where I spent 13 years making music.