Homecoming

2019 marks the 100th official University of Montana Homecoming week, and the campus and city will be celebrating.

On a blustery afternoon in western Montana, the pent up emotions of thousands of people poured out joyfully as critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer arrived home to the Missoula International Airport

On Friday, five outstanding UM Alumni will be receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award at a ceremony in the University Center.

Homecoming week at the University of Montana means a parade and a football game, of course, but there are many other smaller festivities planned for UM alumni and visitors to the campus for the remainder of the week.

Seth Bodnar, the newly selected President of the University of Montana, along with his wife, Chelsea, met with members of the media at the Payne Family Native American Center on Campus on Thursday afternoon.

After Saturday's heartbreaking 42-41 loss to the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday, the Montana Grizzlies have dropped five places in the latest STATS FCS top 25 football poll.

The lights around Washington Grizzly Stadium will get a real workout this football season, as later start times will keep the games going into the evening hours.

With thousands of fans coming to Missoula for Homecoming weekend, the Montana Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies will have extra patrols looking for impaired drivers.

The theme for homecoming at the University of Montana 2015 is 'A Tradition of Champions', and one of the key aspects of the week will be honoring the 1995 National Champion football team.

Veteran movie and TV actor J. K. Simmons has had quite a year.