Bob Ward’s closed in October 2024, and by the following month, Harbor Freight announced plans to come to Butte. Renovations of the 16,158-foot building began on Nov. 11, 2024.

Charles “Charlie” Dowd was Montana’s last known living Pearl Harbor survivor, who passed away on March 17, 2023 at the age of 99, in Butte. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. on May 23 at 40 ...

Renovations began on Nov. 11. Signs for Harbor Freight are seen on the building previously occupied by Bob Ward's on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 in Butte. JOSEPH SCHELLER, The Montana Standard ...

Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke introduced a bill to rename the Butte Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in honor of Montana Pearl Harbor hero, U.S. Navy Radioman Charlie Dowd. At just 17 years old when ...

WASHINGTON (KUMV) - A bill in Congress that would rename a Butte VA Clinic after Montana’s last Pearl Harbor survivor has cleared the House this week. Legislators have been pushing to name the ...

The longtime Anaconda resident died in his sleep after a brief illness on March 17. He was 99 and had been living at the Southwest Montana Veterans Home in Butte. Dowd was born in Rochester, New ...