The ButteCast with Bill Foley

Every family has one. In my family, it is Mike. Know as "Skinny," Mike has served as a sports official for more than 40 decades. I always thought he loved to officiate because he loves to argue. There might be something too that. Listen in to get a look into the life of My Cousin Skinny. Today's podcast is presented by  Lone Peak Physical Therap y. Call today and start feeling better...

In 2012, Mick Delaney took over as head football coach of the Montana Grizzlies. In doing so, he saved a program that was spiraling out of control. That three-year run as head coach of the Griz put a bow on great coaching career that saw the 1961 Butte Central graduate find great success as an assistant at Montana State, Montana and Colorado State. He also led Great Falls High to the 1974 state ch...

If the fear of people yelling at you is stopping you from becoming a sports official, then you should think again. Getting yelled at by fans is not as bad as you might think, and it is not a legitimate excuse. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For...

Amanda Curtis is the president of Montana's largest labor union, the Montana Federation of Public Employees. She is a former teacher and former member of the Montana House of Representatives. More than anything though, Amanda is a Butte girl. Sure, she was raised in Billings, but she now calls Butte her home. She says she is never going to leave. Today's podcast is brought to. you by  Lesk...

The real Jon Wick is not an action star. He is actually more interesting. Jon is a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, which was made famous by the Netflix documentary series Making a Murder. John and his wife, Cassie, own 5518 Designs in Butte and Anaconda. They also own Dig City Supply. More importantly, the couple always works to make our community a better place. Jon might come from Wisconsin, but...

Local box scores have all but disappeared from local newspapers, and that is a damn shame. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to  ButteCast.com .

Butte High senior Max Kluck has officially arrived as a Nordic skier. Max recently earned a spot on the U.S. Ski Team after an outstanding 2022-23 season. A signee with the University of Utah ski team, Max has had his eye on competing in the Olympics as a skier since before he knew how to spell Olympics. He just drew the rings. Max is also the 2021 Butte 100 Mountain Bike Race champion, and he has...

C.D. Holter is the heartthrob lead singer for High Ore Road, Butte's middle-aged rock band sensation. Holter, by the way, disputes both those titles, but his band is really fun to listen to. You can check them out April 21 at the Elks Lodge in Butte. Today's podcast is brought to you by  Casagranda's Steakhouse . Eat where the locals eat. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the E...

For 32 years, Ellen Crain served as the director of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives. There, she helped turn piles of papers and boxes into a treasure. Ellen retired last year, but her legacy of Butte history will live on. Today's podcast is brought to. you by  Leskovar Honda , home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to...

Robert Lester is a 2015 Butte High graduate and a winner of the Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship. He is a mountaineer known for climbing the highest peaks to ski down them. He once skied down that black slag pile outside of Anaconda. In the summer. In May, Robert will board a canoe in Silver Bow Creek and travel about 1,230 miles down the Clark Fork River and Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. W...

Butte High graduate Brittney Tierney might be my favorite player of all time. Her much larger litter brother Zach isn't far behind. Today's bonus podcast is presented by  Lone Peak Physical Therap y. Call today and start feeling better as early as tomorrow. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to  ButteCast.com...

Tim Dick was the class president and class clown of Butte High School's Class of 1986. Not many ever held those two titles at the same time. Tim is currently an attorney in Butte, and he is one of the funniest people you will ever meet. Today's podcast is presented by  Lone Peak Physical Therap y. Call today and start feeling better as early as tomorrow. Intro music by Tim Montana. For mor...

In 2011, Jaimee Paffhausen helped lead the Butte High Bulldogs to the Class AA State softball championship. On the final day of the State tournament in Billings, she threw 329 pitches over 24 innings. Shortly after the season, she was named the Montana Gatorade Softball Player of the Year. Now Jaimee Richards, Jaimee is a physical therapist who is a big part of the Copper City Softball program in...

Butte journalist Kathleen McLaughlin returns to the Podcast. Her first appearance came on Podcast No. 2 in September. Her book Blood Money: The story of Life, Death, and the Profit Inside America’s Blood Industry is now available wherever books are sold. I highly recommend the book that is a great piece of journalism that examines an aspect economic inequality in America. Kathleen also penned a pi...

No matter how much it snowed and how much they say 'I told you so," high school baseball in Montana is still a good idea. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to  ButteCast.com .

Davey Dunmire is a misguided New York Yankees fan. He is also the public address voice of the Butte Miners, Butte Muckers and now the Butte High Bulldogs. His passion and hard work help give the baseball games a big league feel. Listen in to get a glimpse of that passion and some semi-educated baseball talk as we get ready for Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season. Today's podcast is...

Chris Heard has worked to keep student-athletes in the Mining City — and beyond — for more than a quarter of a century. He is tasked with leading St. James Health Care's Sports Medicine team of Athletic Trainers. March is National Athletic Trainer Awareness Month. If you see Chris or any other athletic trainers, tell them thank you for what they do for our young student-athletes. Today's p...

Somehow, the Southwestern A coaches did not vote Butte Central senior star Brooke Badovinac to the All-State team. That is an injustice that I could not ignore. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to  ButteCast.com .

You might know Bob Pavlovich as the guy who owned the Met Tavern in Butte for 50 years. You might know him as the guy who played first base and pitched for Butte's 1946 American Legion state championship baseball team. You might know him as the politician who served 20 years in the Montana Legislature. Pavlovich's greatest legacy might turn out to be the Southwest Montana Veterans Home. In...

Adam Hiatt is the coach behind building the back-to-back Frontier Conference champion Montana Tech men's basketball team. Listen in as he talks about building that program, it's run to the National Tournament and what's in store in the future. Today's podcast is brought to. you by  Leskovar Honda , home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more fr...

Coxie, as John Cox is affectionately known, was a beloved bartender at Maloney's Bar in Butte until he retired at the age of 75. A Marine and former police officer in San Diego, Coxie provided a friendly face at the greatest bar ever. He was quick with a joke and might even light up your smoke (back when you could still smoke in a bar.) Now 81, Coxie is still going strong. Listen in as we catc...

Walter Hinick is responsible for so many iconic photos in and around the Mining City. For more than 40 years, he was a photographer at The Montana Standard. If something big happened, Walt was there to shoot it. Listen in as Walt talks about some of those photos, some of the stories and some of the great journalists he worked with. Today's podcast is brought to you by  Casagranda's Steakho...

Aaron Rodgers might be one of the greatest Packers of all time. He might be one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. But he couldn't hold a candle to Bart Starr. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by  Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to  timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to  ButteCa...

Tom Powers is the lead singer of the great Butte band Dublin Gulch. Tom and the boys will be playing at about 1 p.m. Friday at the Butte Depot. They will continue to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a show at 6:30 p.m. at the Butte Civic Center. Listen in as tom describes what it is like to play Irish songs in Butte on St. Paddy's Day and so much more. For more on the band, go to DublinGulch.com ....

Jim McCarthy will serve as the parade marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade Friday in Butte. He says there are other people who are more deserving. We know better. Today's podcast is brought to. you by Leskovar Honda , home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .