GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Excitement is building for the Montana State Fair as tickets for the night shows are set to go on sale. Tickets will be available starting Thursday at 8:00 a.m. Fans can ...

Dawson Hay makes an 84.5 point ride in the saddle bronc event during the Big Sky Pro Rodeo on Friday at the Montana State Fair. / RION SANDERS/GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE via Imagn Content Services ...

With a depleted running back room, Colson Coon and Jared White have carried the load for Montana State this spring. Leading rusher Scottre Humphrey transferred to New Mexico this offseason.

Montana now joins Texas, Wyoming, and South Dakota as the four states who have officially made rodeo their state sport. Recently, the legislature of Montana took it's final votes on House Bill 190.