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SCOBEY — Milt Gunderson was 22 years old when he applied for a job with the Daniels County Leader, a weekly newspaper in Scobey. That was in 1957. “I was just a farm kid, with no education or anything,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
We regret to inform our valued customers that we are no longer repairing eight-track players. Continue Reading →
You used to see signs in small businesses saying, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone” (and my favorite variation, “We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone”). (more…) Continue Reading →
The most complicated segment of the project to rebuild Highway 212 from south of Laurel to Rockvale is well underway. The Montana Department of Transportation is in charge of the 11-mile-long project, which will move the roadway several thousand feet west of the existing alignment. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Friends of the Billings Public Library had been planning to conduct book sales in the new library this spring, summer and fall. That was until the move was made to the new library in February and the group took stock of the used books still in its possession. (more…) Continue Reading →
As the ugly, confusing squabble over Evel Knievel Days continues in Butte, a Colorado filmmaker’s plans for making a documentary about Knievel are moving forward. Daniel Junge, the director of what will be called “Being Evel,” was awarded more than $94,000 in state incentives by the Colorado Economic Development Commission. (more…) Continue Reading →
Old Faithful is the most popular destination in Yellowstone National Park, but it’s also one of the park’s most fragile natural wonders, and one still not fully understood by researchers and managers charged with protecting the iconic geyser and other nearby thermal features. (more…) Continue Reading →
It’s called Municipal Court, but I think a more apt name might be Improvisational Court. So many defendants are rushed through Municipal Court on a typical morning, attended by so many clerks, probation officers, public defenders and private lawyers, that despite an abundance of rules and procedures, the proceedings have a hectic, makeshift air about them. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Last Good Halloween, by Giano Cromley, Tortoise Books, 2013. 235 pages, $12. Editor’s note: An interview with the author, a native of Billings whose first book this is, may be found under the review. High school sophomore Kirby Russo can be an irritating narrator. (more…) Continue Reading →
Bozeman entrepreneur Greg Gianforte has been invited to speak at commencement exercises at Montana Tech in Butte and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings. Some people have threatened to boycott the ceremonies because of his involvement with groups that oppose equal rights for gays and lesbians and that support creationism. I think the protesters have it all wrong. Gianforte is the perfect person to speak to budding young graduates. Here is what he should say: (more…) Continue Reading →
