Ellie Meeks appreciates even the simplest of things that are taken for granted

Aug 13, 2025

NRA, Bouma Truck Sales perfect fit

Aug 5, 2025

Casey Collins is a rocket scientist

Jul 30, 2025

Numbers add up for Mountain Health CO-OP Tour

Jul 22, 2025

Chalee Harms has change of plans

Jul 15, 2025

Pacen Buller Handles Questions

Jul 9, 2025

Ryker Sarchett listens, learns

Jul 2, 2025

Ryker Sarchett knows the advice is coming. That happens when you are a third-generation roper.

Peterson Tackling New Targets

Jun 25, 2025

Justus Peterson can share the news.

The Dillon cowboy is a full-fledged steer wrestler.

Becky Fuson takes trip down memory lane

Jun 17, 2025

Becky Fuson was experiencing a lope down memory lane watching her daughter Mesa turn barrels at the Conrad Rodeo Grounds.

Warneke proves he belongs with his bareback riding peers

Jun 11, 2025

“To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure I was ready to step up,” Warneke said of joining the Northern Rodeo Association’s Mountain Health Co-op Tour in 2024. “I figured I would go enter a couple and go back home broke.

Dan Majerus

May 29, 2025

The cowboy/now retired bank president has been part of the arena dirt for a half-century, the last 49 years consecutive.

It’s Time To Rodeo

May 21, 2025

The Northern Rodeo Association and Northern Women’s Rodeo Association begins 2025 with the Whoop-Up Trail Days in Conrad, June 6-7.

Animal Cruelty Video

Dec 27, 2024

Statement from the Northern Rodeo Association.

NRA set the foundation

Dec 20, 2024

Before Erickson was a world-class steer wrestler, he preferred a rope in his hands. He won the Northern Rodeo Association junior breakaway roping as a young teenager in 2005.

The gloves that bind

Nov 21, 2024

This wasn’t just about a dramatic ending to the NRA Finals at Majestic Valley Arena during his tenure as bull riding director, this was a full-circle moment that was born from a small-town Montana act of kindness almost a decade ago.

Without people like Deb Lloyd, there are no rodeos

Nov 12, 2024

While others push to the front of the line to be noticed, the Helena cowgirl rolls up her sleeves and just does what is needed.

Families are the fabric of rodeo

Nov 4, 2024

The recently completed 49th Annual Northern Rodeo Association Finals presented by nuWest Builders was more than just a showcase for the top cowboys and cowgirls.

Rodeos Of The Year

Oct 17, 2024

Pay them and they will come.

And enter, they did.

Lisa Warfield knew the door was open

Oct 10, 2024

Warfield enters the Northern Rodeo Association Finals presented by nuWest Builders No. 1 in the barrel racing standings.

STOCK / HORSES OF THE YEAR

Oct 3, 2024

The hard-bucking rough stock provides half the points. The timed event horses get competitors to the right place in a hurry.

The voice. It carries, it demands attention

Sep 25, 2024

Toavs has been selected the announcer for the Northern Rodeo Association Finals presented by nuWest Builders at Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell, Oct. 24-26.

May will enter the Finals atop the bareback riding leaderboard

Sep 19, 2024

May flat-out sizzled the final five weekends, earning wins at Superior, Twin Bridges, Deer Lodge, Boulder, Chinook and the regular-season finale in Helmville.

2024 End Of Season Recap

Sep 5, 2024

The excitement-filled, pressure-packed Mountain Health Co-Op Tour has showcased another record-breaking season.

Molly Salmond Ropes Fast in the Arena

Aug 28, 2024

Molly Salmond wastes no time in arena

Stephens Enjoying Best Roping Summer

Aug 21, 2024

The 24-year-old is enjoying her best summer for the Mountain Health Co-op Tour, sitting in the top three for the breakaway roping standings.

No plan pays off for Cornwell

Aug 15, 2024

“It’s been a good year,” acknowledged Cornwell. “I don’t really have a game plan for the season. I just go hard at it every time.”

Tito’s Challenge, a $1,000 bonus to the high-money winner of the NRA Finals

Aug 9, 2024

Tito’s Handmade Vodka is the newest label to join forces with the Northern Rodeo Association and Northern Women’s Rodeo Association.

Every day is a learning day for Brooklin Baukol

Aug 8, 2024

Her weekends are spent learning with her horses – Freckles and Dolly -- finding ways to maximize their skills and hers in barrel racing and breakaway roping.

Colclough leads the saddle bronc standings

Jul 31, 2024

For a little more than a decade, the Libby cowboy was a bull rider, accumulating more bumps and bruises than paychecks.

Ennis has become a must stop for on the Mountain Health Co-Op Tour

Jul 24, 2024

The rodeo – one of three during the July Fourth run – is a game-changer for those pursuing a berth in the Northern Rodeo Association and Northern Women’s Rodeo Association Finals in October.

Hubing equally at ease swinging a rope or holding a microphone.

Jul 17, 2024

Roping with his father Jon, the 22-year-old Hubing is sixth in the Mountain Health Co-op Tour team roping heading standings. 

Gaasch returned home with 10 checks, the most for any competitor.

Jul 11, 2024

Gaasch, a 17-year-old cowboy from Dillon, was the high-money winner, pocketing $5,378.

NRA jump-starts Schalla's rodeo climb

Jul 3, 2024

Climbing the rodeo ladder can be a slow process.

It’s more than just riding, roping and racing.

Eiker Has Seen Rodeo From All Angles

Jun 27, 2024

Paul Eiker has been involved with rodeo for a long time. Pretty much his entire life.

Austin Whitehouse planned a career in numbers

Jun 12, 2024

The Capital City cowboy began his pursuit of a three-peat opening weekend, winning the steer wrestling at Whoop-Up Trail Days in Conrad to start the Mountain Health Co-Op Tour for 2024.

Two words describe the 2023 Season...Record Setting

May 20, 2024

Record setting payouts. NRA and NWRA events, including the NRA Finals, paid out more than $800,000 a year ago.