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Stay Away, Joe, by Dan Cushman, Viking Press, 1953. 249 pages. Price: Whatever you can find it for. I first read “Stay Away, Joe” back in 1974. It was assigned as part of an English class at the University of Montana, a class that I think was called “Cowboys and Indians: Literature of Red and White,” or something very close to that. Continue Reading →
Because she splits her time between Billings and Cooke City, Deb Myers has firsthand knowledge of the different ways people deal with adversity in rural and urban settings. (more…) Continue Reading →
My story on the pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks brought in this response from Ellen (Bragg) Arnold, who grew up Billings and is now living in Boulder, Colo.:
“This story brought back some memories for me! (more…) Continue Reading →
It was amazing to watch the Billings City Council come within a whisker last night of undoing 13 years’ worth of work on a pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks. Mike Ferguson does a good job of explaining what happened in his Gazette story this morning. But for the benefit of people — particularly people sitting on the City Council — who don’t know some of the history behind this project, bear with me. (more…) Continue Reading →
Nearly 13 years after it was proposed, a pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks in downtown Billings might finally be built this summer. Chris Hertz, an engineer with the city’s Public Works Department, expects to call for construction bids by mid-May, which would mean beginning construction in mid-June. (more…) Continue Reading →
Another Gazette colleague has joined the exodus. Jan Falstad’s last day was Friday and her final Have You Heard column — the last of some 840 columns — ran this morning on the Business page. Jan was a hell of a business reporter. She understood the nuts and bolts of finance and the stock market, but she was alive to the human aspect of every story, too. She made her column, which could have been a dry, narrow-interest feature, into a must-read piece that was one of the more popular parts of the Gazette week after week, year after year. Continue Reading →
Opponents of a non-discrimination ordinance are so eager to continue discriminating against certain people that they couldn’t even wait for the proposed ordinance to be drafted. That’s why they showed up last week when the City Council heard a request for a $25,000 donation to help fund a national conference that will be held in Billings this summer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Not In Our Town movement. (more…) Continue Reading →
Five people who were delegates to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the state Supreme Court candidacy of Lawrence J.C. VanDyke. The lawsuit, filed Friday in District Court in Helena, argues that VanDyke is not qualified to run for the high court because he has not been admitted to practice law in Montana for as long as required by the Montana Constitution. (more…) Continue Reading →
Ron May and Ed Riesinger are standing in a storeroom at Central Christian Church, surrounded by thousands of books. Some of the books are in plastic milk crates or open cardboard boxes. Many more are packed in boxes that tower high overhead. (more…) Continue Reading →
LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD — Denice Swanke has a lot on her plate as superintendent of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, but she said there is no question what is most important to her superiors in the National Park Service. (more…) Continue Reading →
