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Whitefish's Hailey Ells to continue track and field career at Montana State

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2 years ago

January 11, 2024

Whitefish's Hailey Ells to continue track and field career at Montana State

WHITEFISH — Hailey Ells has dominated on the track for the Whitefish Bulldogs during her high school career. Now the senior has decided to stay in the Treasure State to continue her career at Montana State.

“Coach Dustin (Cichosz) was amazing at MSU, he’s been in contact with me since sophomore year, never really stopped contacting me,” said Ells. “He just loved my personality, my drive, and so I think that’s a really big aspect. I just feel like I’ll feel at home there and feel respected as an athlete and as a person.”

In a way Ells will be following in her older sisters Mikenna’s footsteps. Mikenna Ells is almost at the end of her collegiate track career, the only difference is Mikenna is at the University of Montana.

“She definitely gives me a hard time, it’s always like, ‘Go Griz’ constantly,” Ells said with a laugh. “And then when I signed she was like, ‘Oh I’m wearing a Griz shirt 100%.’ So there’s just the little things. But yeah, she’s super excited for me, super happy. I’m excited that we’ll get to see each other at all the track meets.”

Despite the newfound rivalry, Ells knows she wouldn’t be in the position she’s in without her big sister to look up to.

“I would say she’s my biggest inspiration, she has been since I was a little kid. I’ve always just taken after her,” said Ells. “Just to be able to have this opportunity to go to the next level is amazing, and I feel like I gotta give a lot of it to her. She just always pushed me and always was encouraging me regardless of what was going on.”

Even with all the excitement with her commitment to the Cats, the Class 400- and 1,600-meter relay winner is focused on finishing out her final year of high school track on top.

“Our outcome last year wasn’t how we wanted to end; it was a struggle at state,” said Ells. “We’re hungry for another championship and I think we’re all going to focus on the process and getting better daily and not just the results.”

Before she heads to Bozeman, Ells will look to help lead the Bulldogs girls track team to their second state title in three years.

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Montana Lottery Powerball, Lotto America results for March 2, 2026

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8 hours ago

March 3, 2026

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The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.

Here’s a look at March 2, 2026, results for each game:

Winning Powerball numbers from March 2 drawing

02-17-18-38-62, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2

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Winning Lotto America numbers from March 2 drawing

03-08-17-24-34, Star Ball: 06, ASB: 02

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Winning Big Sky Bonus numbers from March 2 drawing

06-12-19-29, Bonus: 11

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Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from March 2 drawing

21-28-58-65-67, Powerball: 25

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Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from March 2 drawing

28-41-42-50-55, Bonus: 02

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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.

Missed a draw? Peek at the past week’s winning numbers.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Great Falls Tribune editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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Apparent AI Glitch in Filing by Montana Public Defender, Recent Congressional Candidate

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20 hours ago

March 2, 2026

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Apparent AI Glitch in Filing by Montana Public Defender, Recent Congressional Candidate

Everyone makes mistakes, even experienced professionals; a good reminder for the rest of us to learn from those mistakes. The motion in State v. Stroup starts off well in its initial pages (no case law hallucinations), but is then followed by several pages of two other motions, which I don’t think the lawyer was planning to file, and which appear to have been AI-generated: It begins with the “Below is concise motion language you can drop into …” language quoted above.

Griffen Smith (Missoulian) reported on the story, and included the prosecutor’s motion to strike that filing, on the grounds that it violates a local rule (3(G)) requiring disclosure of the use of generative AI:

The document does not include a generative artificial intelligence disclosure as required. However, page 7 begins as follows: “Below is concise motion language you can drop into a ‘Motion to Admit Mental-Disease Evidence and for Related Instructions’ keyed to 45-6-204, 45-6-201, and 4614-102. Adjust headings/captions to your local practice.” Page 10 states “Below is a full motion you can paste into your pleading, then adjust names, dates, and styles to fit local practice.” These pages also include several apparent hyperlinks to “ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws,” “ppl-ai-fileupload.s3.amazonaws+1,” and others. The document includes what appears to be an attempt at a second case caption on page 12. It is not plausible on its face that any source other than generative AI would have created such language for a filed version of a brief….

There’s more in that filing, but here’s one passage:

While generative AI can be a useful tool for some purposes and may have greater application in the future, when used improperly, and without meaningful review, it can ultimately damage both the perception and the reality of the profession. One assumes that Mr. Stroup has had, or will at some point have, an opportunity to review the filing made on his behalf. What impression could a review of pgs. 12-19 leave upon a defendant who struggles with paranoia and delusional thinking? While AI could theoretically one day become a replacement for portions of staff of experienced attorneys, it is readily apparent that this day has not yet arrived.

The Missoulan article includes this response:

In a Wednesday interview, Office of Public Defender Division Administrator Brian Smith told the Missoulian the AI-generated language was inadvertently included in an unrelated filing. And he criticized the county attorney’s office for filing a “four-page diatribe about the dangers of AI” instead of working with the defense to correct her mistake.
“That’s not helping the client or the case,” Smith said, “and all you are doing is trying to throw a professional colleague under the bus.”

As I mentioned, the lawyer involved seems quite experienced, and ran for the Montana Public Service Commission in 2020 (getting nearly 48% of the vote) and for the House of Representatives in Montana’s first district in 2022 (getting over 46% of the vote) and in 2024 (getting over 44%). “Его пример другим наука,” Pushkin wrote in Eugene Onegin—”May his example profit others,” in the Falen translation.

Thanks to Matthew Monforton for the pointer.

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