MISSOULA, Mont., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Promise Alliance and AT&T* today announced the Montana winner of the My Idea grants program, an initiative to engage young people in an effort to keep their peers in school.

By Moy, Chelsi BONNER - Residents voiced strong support Wednesday night for removing tainted sediment from a cooling pond on the Stimson Lumber Co. mill site near the Blackfoot River and urged for a quick cleanup so as not to interfere with the marketing of the industrial spot to new companies.

By Chaney, Rob How do we count schoolchildren? Let us count the ways. Because there are many. By the most basic, heads-in-the-classroom approach, Missoula County Public Schools dropped 257 students between last fall and this fall.

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Aug. 2--Thirty minutes after holding auditions for "The Little Mermaid" Monday morning at South Walton High School, the Missoula Children's Theatre will begin rehearsing the students who won roles in the show.

By Julie Blum, Columbus Telegram, Neb. Jul. 30--COLUMBUS -- Young actors and actresses were learning their lines and positions on stage. For some, this was their first taste of theater life, for others, it was a way to further their acting skills.