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This is Part 2 of a two-day package of stories marking the 40th anniversary of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Yesterday we looked at how the wilderness came into being. For Montanans, there’s not much question about the importance of Lee Metcalf’s legacy. (more…) Continue Reading →
This is Part 1 of a two-day package of stories marking the 40th anniversary of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Tomorrow we look at the larger legacy of the late Sen. Lee Metcalf, who introduced the bill creating the wilderness. In describing the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a vast, high plateau in southwestern Montana encompassing nearly 1 million acres, people tend to employ lofty terms. (more…) Continue Reading →
Five years ago, Anna Gramza, then Anna Biegel, entered the Miss Montana International Pageant, hoping she could ace the talent portion of the competition with her piano skills. Only after entering the competition did she learn that this particular pageant didn’t even have a talent event, “but it was fun, so I kept doing it,” she said. She ended up winning, and reigned as Miss Montana International during 2012-2013. (more…) Continue Reading →
Following up on a public forum held in Billings in 2016, the Montana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a similar hearing in Hardin on Thursday, March 29. The event, officially billed as “A Community Forum on Bordertown Discrimination in Montana,” is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hardin Middle School, 611 W. Fifth Street. (more…) Continue Reading →
I’ve spent the past 10 days or so immersed in Montana history, working on a project that I hope will bear fruit soon. As part of that immersion, I’ve done interviews with people who’ve had front-row seats — when they weren’t down on the floor, in the thick of things — on some of the most momentous events in Montana’s history over the past 50 years. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Western Heritage Center will open its 2018 High Noon program series on Thursday, March 15, with a panel discussion commemorating the 60th anniversary of KULR8 TV. The free program will start at noon at the Western Heritage Center, 2822 Montana Ave. Starting as KGHL-TV in 1958, the station’s call letters switched to KULR-TV in 1963. KULR-8 joined KOOK-TV (now KTVQ) to offer a two-station market in Billings during the 1960s and 1970s. The presentation, hosted byLynne Turner-Fitzgerald, will explore the changing world of television from the perspective of those working at the station, with panelists Chris Byers, Becky Hiller, Greg LaMotte and Virginia Smith. Continue Reading →
About 600 students from Billings’ three public high schools joined students across the country Wednesday morning in a 17-minute walkout to commemorate the 17 people killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting last month. (more…) Continue Reading →
Ever since she and her husband started an organization two and a half years ago to help women escape and recover from sexual exploitation, Britney Higgs said, they have never stopped being amazed at how much help they’ve been given. “It’s been super faith-building,” she said. “We literally get to witness miracles every day.” (more…) Continue Reading →
A few months ago, as he was getting ready for what was to be this summer’s sixth-annual Richard Dreyfest, a punk-inspired music and arts festival in downtown Billings, Phillip Griffin had a chore to do. (more…) Continue Reading →
Former state legislator Russ Doty brought his push for renewable energy to Billings on Wednesday, part of his campaign to get Initiative 184 on the ballot this year. Addressing about 15 people at a Democrats’ breakfast study group at the McCormick Cafe, 2419 Montana Ave., Doty gave a brief introduction to an initiative aimed at doing many things. (more…) Continue Reading →
