1. Montana governor creates buzz with DNC speech (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who used libertarian politics and a bipartisan ticket to bust through years of Republican dominance in Montana, is enjoying the spotlight of the Democratic Party’s biggest stage.

2. Helena gets nod at No. 1 in AA football poll (Billings Gazette)

Helena Capital, Billings West and Great Falls CMR have won all but one of the State AA football championships since 1996.

3. Montana trooper dies in crash (Billings Gazette)

COLUMBIA FALLS - A Montana Highway Patrol trooper died in the line of duty in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 2 near Columbia Falls, authorities said Wednesday.

4. Mosquitoes near Helena positive for West Nile virus (The Montana Standard)

HELENA — Mosquitoes in Lewis and Clark County have tested positive for West Nile virus, the City-County health Department announced Wednesday. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were no confirmed human or animal cases in the county.

5. Montana SAT scores continue to beat national average Posted on Aug. 26 (Missoulian)

HELENA - Montana high school graduates continue to score significantly higher than the national average on the annual SAT college entrance exam. According to state Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch, Montana students averaged 541 in reading, 548 in math and 523 in writing.

6. Society puts our history into words (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - For the first time in its own grand history, the Montana Historical Society has embarked on a story as wide and sweeping as the state's fabled landscape.

7. A look at Montana Tech's Hall of Famers (The Montana Standard)

Following are biography capsules for the men to be honored as Montana Tech Hall of Famers during Thursday's breakfast and the evening's Southern Oregon-Montana Tech football game at Alumni Coliseum, as provided by Montana Tech News Services: Don Heater Heater played for Montana Tech from 1968 to 1971. Heater attended Thompson Falls High School, and is currently living in Baku, Azerbaijan.

8. Montana Snapshots (The Montana Standard)

Griz CC women projected third The University of Montana cross country teams were both picked for top-half finishes in the Big Sky Conference preseason coaches poll that the league office released.

9. Obama meets with family of dead Helena soldier (KPAX Missoula)

Associated Press - August 28, 2008 5:24 AM ET BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama -- campaigning in Billings -- met with the stepbrother of a Helena soldier who committed...

10. Montana students top national average in SAT scores (Great Falls Tribune)

HELENA — The state’s top education official says Montana students continue to score higher than the national average on the annual SAT college entrance exam.