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Old church rings with music at annual bluegrass service

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Canyon

If you walk out the front doors of St. Olaf Church 15 miles north of Red Lodge, you see the high peaks of the Beartooth Mountains spread out on the horizon. Nearer at hand you can trace the paths of Red Lodge Creek on your left and Volney Creek on your right, the two streams divided by an expanse of rolling, grass-covered hills. Farm families, most of them Norwegian, used to live up and down both creeks, and those Lutheran families founded St. Olaf in 1904, gathering in people’s houses until the church building was completed in 1921. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Absorkee, Columbus, Kennedy Stained Glass, Marilyn Weast, Red Lodge, Robert Leaverton, St. Olaf Church

Suicide awareness inspires giant graffiti mural project

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Sketch

Joe “Buddy” Ulrich didn’t have any big plans for the sketch he drew a few weeks ago. Since taking up graffiti art five years ago, Ulrich said, he spends hours every night working out ideas in his sketchbook. The drawing in question showed colored leaves sprouting from a downtown Billings skyline, with “Out Of The Dark” written below it. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Billings Hardware, Joe "Buddy" Ulrich, Underground Culture Krew

Montana adviser helps Maine create last-of-its-kind park

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Maine

Over the past four years, Barrett Kaiser has spent a lot of time at the airport in Bangor, Maine. It was some consolation that it reminded him of the airport in Billings. When you travel a lot, he said, it’s nice to be in an airport where the crowds are smaller, the people are friendlier and fly rods are everywhere. The next time he visits Maine, though, it will be purely for pleasure. His work there is done. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Barrett Kaiser, Hilltop Public Solutions, Lucas St. Clair, Maine, North Woods, President Obama, Roxanne Quimby

In centennial year, daunting challenges for Yellowstone

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Park

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYO. — Attendees at an outdoor concert held near Yellowstone National Park last week as part of the National Park Service’s centennial celebration were told to expect traffic jams, parking hassles and long lines for admission. While the Aug. 25 event brought less congestion than anticipated, that same advisory could also apply to many summer days in Yellowstone itself. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, National Park Service centennial, Roosevelt Arch, Yellowstone National Park

No end of sights on a fine day hike in the Beartooths

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Steep

If your vehicle can handle the rough, rocky and now-being-reconstructed road to the Glacier Lake trailhead in the Beartooth Mountains, a wonderful day hike awaits. Armed with a camera, fishing pole, some rain gear, snacks and some billy-goat energy, you’ll have all you need to make the most of the steep 2.2-mile hike to the lake and back. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Beartooth Mountains, Glacier Lake Trail, Red Lodge, Rock Creek

Photo Gallery: Sunset outing on the Yellowstone River

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Malta

On what was almost a perfect summer day, a young dog lover by the name of Pari Kemmick went with some friends up to the Four Dances Natural Area early in the evening on Monday. They walked to the edge of the high sandstone formations there (often referred to as Sacrifice Cliff), then made their way down to the Yellowstone River bottom via a steep, narrow road. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Four Dances Natural Area, Phillips 66, Sacrifice Cliff, Yellowstone River

Young’s Point a landmark of history, geography

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Point

Not many people can look from their home and point to historic locales along the Yellowstone River. Friends of mine bought a house just above Park City and nestled along the river. Their southern view is dominated by the several-hundred-foot-high rocky outcropping of Young’s Point. This area historically and geologically marked—coming from the west—the beginning of the broad and fertile valley of the lower Yellowstone River. Here begin the foothills that extend west to the Crazy Mountains, the Beartooth Range and the Yellowstone National Park uplift. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Coulson Park, Park City, William Clark, Yellowstone River, Young's Point

Noodles O’Brien aims at ‘fast food made healthy’

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Noodles

Paul O’Brien was nearing the completion of his doctorate in physical therapy when he had a life-changing thought. He liked doing physical therapy, but he realized he didn’t really love it. Talking to his then-girlfriend, he wondered aloud what he could throw himself into that he was truly passionate about. As O’Brien recalled it, she looked at him and said, “It’s food. Are you kidding me? Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Cherry Tree Inn, Lilac, Paul O'Brien, Thirsty Street Brewing, University of Montana, YMCA

Laurel geologist (oh, and Billings) featured in magazine

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Outside

For now, at least, Laurel resident Chase Brownlee is the face of Billings. The 26-year-old Stillwater Mine geologist is on the cover of the September issue of Outside magazine, which just hit the newsstands today. Another photo of Brownlee dominates the Contents page and there’s a two-page spread of him standing atop the cliffs of the Four Dances Recreation Area (also known as Sacrifice Cliff) overlooking the Yellowstone River. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Chase Brownlee, Fieldhouse, Outside magazine, Shay Bjordahl, Spoke Shop, Zimmerman Park