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Since 1929, Billings has relied on Daylis Stadium as the primary venue for most of the major outdoor sporting events in the city. But the west end of the stadium was condemned for safety reasons in 2024, which caused several community members to step up their efforts to push forward with a plan to refurbish the stadium. It is now scheduled to re-open in September as Sam McDonald Stadium at Daylis. I talked to School District Number 2 Sports and Activities Director Mark Sulser about how this project came to be.

Montana legend Jonnie Jonckowski is the focus of Jonnie, an upcoming Montana PBS documentary. Her outsized accomplishments and challenges both in and out of the rodeo arena centers this new film.

On the premiere episode of Season 17 of Field Days, we meet rancher Lamont Herman of Montana Prime Meats, who has taken his family ranch in a totally new direction.

Montana received 8 nominations for culinary excellence from the James Beard Foundation this year. Brett Evje and Michael Oschner are semifinalists for Outstanding Restaurateur from the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards. They have been recognized for their establishments: PLONK Bozeman and Missoula, JW Heist and Stockman’s Bar located on East Main Street in Bozeman.

On this episode of Field Days, Lamont Herman of Montana Prime Meats and his family shoot a television commercial at their Billings store.

Tim Gordon grew up in Missoula, where his father owned a construction business. But Tim was always fascinated with art and antiques and at a very early age, he started collecting and selling whatever valuable items he could get his hands on.

Incorporated over 55 years ago, the Western Heritage Center (WHC) began as a community center displaying a private collection of western artifacts in a historic building. Today, the center also provides outreach programs and walking tours, changing interactive exhibits, traveling displays, and a collection of over 400 oral histories and 40,000 historic items and photographs. Becky Jeter is the Executive Director of the WHC.

On this episode of Field Days, Lamont and Jennifer Herman of Montana Prime Meats deliver boxes of frozen meat to their Billings store.

Jess Mador comes to WYSO from Knoxville NPR-station WUOT, where she created an interactive multimedia health storytelling project called TruckBeat, one of 15 projects around the country participating in AIR's Localore: #Finding Americainitiative. Before TruckBeat, Jess was an independent public radio journalist based in Minneapolis. She’s also worked as a staff reporter and producer at Minnesota Public Radio in the Twin Cities, and produced audio, video and web stories for a variety of other news outlets, including NPR News, APM, and PBS television stations. She has a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She loves making documentaries and telling stories at the intersection of journalism, digital and social media.

Ammad Omar oversees coverage of the western United States for NPR, and serves as the editorial lead at NPR West in Culver City, California.