You could say that @tomhanks inspired this Twitter project. Last Best News publisher/editor Ed Kemmick then made me write about it. (more…) Continue Reading →
Inspired by Tom Hanks, downtown Billings on Twitter
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Addictive sport features speed, winter cold
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Subzero wind chills? Kevin Cline would say it’s a great day to go paraskiing. “It’s an addictive sport,” he says. It must be to get paraskiing aficionados out on cold winter days — days that turn even more frigid in bone-chilling winds. “The wind isn’t so bad,” Cline says. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Apache Trail, Highway 3, Parasailing
Cool, clear morning delights Montana Marathon runners
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No smoky skies. No steady rain. No high-prairie winds. No searing heat. Conditions for running 26.2 miles from Molt to Pioneer Park in Billings don’t get much better. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Diversions, Montana, Molt, Montana Marathon, Pioneer Park, Senior High
Railcar graffiti: An eternally traveling art show
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On display from coast to coast and border to border, this traveling art show may be the biggest in the nation. Most certainly, it’s the heaviest. For decades, railcar graffiti has been rolling across Montana around the clock, in all seasons, in all weather. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Billings, Edgar, Graffiti, Laurel, trains
Casper couple, others, get away from it all for eclipse
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SHEEP MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT, Wyo. — Ninety-seven percent totality was just fine for the Morrisons. Brian Morrison and his wife, Robin, live in Casper, where thousands of totality-seeking visitors flocked to see Monday’s solar eclipse. Brian said they don’t much like crowds, so they chose to experience the rare event atop a 9,600-foot peak in the Bighorn Mountains, where they spend lots of time each year getting away from it all. “It is pretty crazy in Casper,” he said before the eclipse started. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, News, eclipse, Sheep Mountain Lookout
Fictional sheriff’s fans pack Buffalo for Longmire Days
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BUFFALO, Wyo.—The no-nonsense team captain and accomplished actor raised a pertinent question before the coin flip to determine the home team for this year’s Longmire Days celebrity softball game. A Martinez, the actor who plays Jacob Nighthorse in the Netflix series “Longmire” (and who spells his name like that—“A Martinez”), is proud of his Native American heritage and wondered why it wasn’t obvious that his team in the “Cowboys vs. Indians” contest would be the home team. After all, Indians were here first. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, News, Big Horn Mountain Festival, Buffalo Wyo., Craig Johnson, Longmire Days, Robert Taylor
Recalling the past at Heart Mountain Interpretive Center
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POWELL, Wyo. — It sprang up almost overnight on arid, sagebrush-covered prairie and became Wyoming’s third-largest city, a community of more than 10,000 Japanese-Americans imprisoned after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Creation of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, situated on 46,000 acres owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, was a boon to the local construction industry, which built many of the 650 buildings and structures at the camp. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Cody, Franklin Roosevelt, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Powell
Chilly start, beautiful day for Montana Women’s Run
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Once the runners, walkers and strollers started moving, Saturday’s chilly breeze became an afterthought for participants in the 36th annual Montana Women’s Run. The event, which started in 1982 in Pioneer Park, now takes over downtown Billings on the day before Mother’s Day. Participants in the 5-mile run/walk started at 8 a.m. and the 2-milers took off at 9 a.m.
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Filed under: downtown Billings, Montana Women's Run
A day in the sun for Run for Life participants
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To the hundreds of participants in Saturday’s Run for Life Run/Walk, it may have felt a bit like July, when the annual Relay for Life of Yellowstone County comes around. But unseasonable heat for the fourth annual Run for Life didn’t seem to bother the crowd, estimated at more than 400. The run raises funds for the Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society. The 2017 event is July 7 at the Billings West High School track. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, Diversions, Relay for Life, Rimrock GMC Cadillac, Run for Life, Shiloh Conservation Area
At ZooMontana, tigers, bears and princesses, oh my!
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Fans of Disney princesses, many of the younger ones dressed up like their favorite movie characters, turned out for the first of two Princess Day events at ZooMontana on Friday. Last year’s Princess Day was such a big hit, it was expanded to two days for 2017. The princesses held court in settings scattered across the zoo grounds. Clues were provided to help guests find each celebrity for a hug and a photo session. (more…) Continue Reading →
