Dillon, MT

06/12/2026

View Vance Allen Jones's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

06/10/2026

The Montana Western men’s rodeo team heads to Casper, Wyoming this week to compete in the College National Finals (June 14-20) and with a little luck improve on the third

06/09/2026

On Monday, June 8th, 2026 at approximately 9 am, Deputies from the Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office, along with other agencies executed a search warrant at a local truck stop in the rural area outside Dillon, Mt.

Law Enforcement seized just over 104 pounds of schedule 2 controlled substances.

3 arrests were made in conjunction with the search.

At this point there is no danger to the public.

The Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office would also like to thank the following agencies for their cooperation:

Montana Highway Patrol, Dillon CPS, Beaverhead Ambulance, Montana DCI, and Dillon Volunteer Fire Department.

06/08/2026

BCHS student athletes Piper Gaasch & Janci Robbins are headed to the State High School Rodeo Finals in Kalispell, MT on Wednesday.

🐐 Piper in the barrels, goats & breakaway
🐎 Janci in breakaway, goats & team roping

GOOD LUCK, LADIES ‼️

06/03/2026

Recently-appointed Dillon Mayor Mike Klakken has resigned, citing his wife’s health issues as a reason for the departure.

06/02/2026

Montana Western Professor Publishes New Book Exploring Montana’s Geological History at University of Montana Western. A unique campus with word-class education, the institution with the lowest tuition and fees of any four-year institution in the state of Montana.

06/01/2026

The funny thing about rodeo is that sometimes greatness begins with getting bucked off.
For Benny Reynolds, it started in Butte, Montana, at age six. He rode one calf and got bucked off the other. It was an early lesson in a sport that would hand him plenty of both success and setbacks.
Rodeo was in his blood. His mother and father both rode saddle broncs, and his brothers competed as well. By the time Reynolds was 15, he had decided to take the sport seriously. The results weren't exactly encouraging.
"I got thrown off everything I got on," he later recalled. But quitting never entered the equation.
Instead, he practiced relentlessly on his father's ranch horses, using them as makeshift broncs to sharpen his skills. Before long, those hard lessons began paying dividends.
After joining the professional ranks in 1956, Reynolds quickly emerged as one of rodeo's most versatile competitors. Just two years later, he earned Rookie of the Year honors while competing in saddle bronc riding, ba****ck riding, bull riding, and steer wrestling.
His philosophy was simple. People often asked which event he liked best.
"Whichever one I'm winning the most money at," he'd answer.
That versatility carried him to the pinnacle of the sport in 1961 when he captured the coveted All-Around World Championship. Later, in 1966, he earned the prestigious Linderman Award, honoring excellence in both roughstock and timed events.
Not bad for a kid who once got bucked off nearly everything he climbed aboard.

SOURCE: PRORODEO HALL OF FAME
PHOTO: THE PORTAL TO TEXAS HISTORY

06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Starts Monday!!