Good morning, Butte.

Butte Native Wellness Center celebrated the opening of its Seven Generations Community Space & Garden, funded by House Bill 872, where Native members can connect with cultural roots through art, medical care and classes while enjoying a garden growing medicinal plants and vegetables.

Today, the Mother Loaded festival begins outside the Mother Lode Theater on W.

Park Street, offering live music, food trucks (with Chad Okrusch performing from noon to 1 p.m.) and a trading card show, with events continuing into Sunday.

An Ri Ra festival featuring Irish performers, dancers, and speakers will begin on Aug.

14 in Butte, promising lively Celtic entertainment for the community.

Meteorologists forecast that a strong El Niño will bring a warmer winter to Montana with fewer mountain snowfalls and more rain in lower-elevation areas.

The Farmers’ Almanac expects evolving conditions as winter trends may see drier intervals with occasional cold air bursts.