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New movie ‘made for and influenced by Montana’

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Desk

Jonah is a bilingual desk clerk working an emotionally wearisome hotel job in Montana. Buster is a puzzling mountain man who breaks into people’s vacation homes for food and shelter and occasionally defecates in their kitchen pots. How the two men are connected and the relationship between them is the crux of “Buster’s Mal Heart,” a well-crafted mystery-thriller in which the title character is haunted by visions of a past life while being pursued by the authorities. The movie was shot in and around Kalispell in October and November 2015. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, 'Buster's Mal Heart', Kalispell, Rami Malek

Newspaper shutdown sets stage for new Lancaster novel

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Julep

Billings novelist Craig Lancaster is just out with his latest book, “Julep Street,” about Carson McCullough, a lifelong journalist whose world is shattered when the small daily newspaper he works for is suddenly and unceremoniously closed down. In a hilariously unsuccessful attempt to deal with his new reality, Carson embarks on a road trip in a Mustang convertible, freshly purchased with his severance check. Accompanied by his best friend, Hector, an old yellow Lab with a diminished appetite for adventure, Carson goes off to chase job prospects, visiting old friends and one old flame. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, 'Julep Street', Craig Lancaster, Missouri Breaks Press

Beartooth Electric: The little co-op that could, and did

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Tippet

The trustees of the Beartooth Electric Cooperative recently informed members that they would see an average reduction of 5 percent in their electric bills starting July 1. That’s notable in itself, but it follows three other rate reductions totaling 20 percent over the past two years. The idea that energy consumers anywhere would see a total rate reduction of 25 percent in a little more than two years seems incredible. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Arleen Boyd, Beartooth Electric Co-op, David Peterson, Jim Webb, Lower Valley Energy, Richard Peck

The Merc is gone, but its beautiful wood lives on

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Lumber

As crews toiled away within the confines of the Missoula Mercantile this winter, those at Home ReSource puzzled over the monumental task of moving, sorting and stacking an estimated 200,000 board feet of lumber. There were nails to pull, prices to set and, above all, a method was needed to make it available to the general public. Mission accomplished. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Home ReSource, Katie Deuel, Missoula Mercantile

New book corrals Waddell’s art, and a time and place, too

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Achieve

A few years ago, the painter and sculptor Theodore Waddell was thinking it might be time, five decades into a productive career as an artist, for a book-length retrospective of his work. The more he thought about it, though, the less he wanted a coffee-table book solely about his art. He wanted a book that would tell the larger story of the artists and writers and friends he had learned from and worked with, of the ferment and excitement of a particular time in history. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Montana, Bob Durden, Brian Peterson, Corby Skinner, Donna Forbes, Gordon McConnell, Greg Keeler

Gianforte talks Trump, health care with Montana Mint

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Gianforte

Editor’s note: This is reprinted with permission from  Montana Mint, a website whose stated mission is to “Bring the best of Montana to the internet.”

In our final U.S. House candidate interview, we spoke last week with Republican candidate Greg Gianforte. You can check out our interviews with Democrat Rob Quist here and Libertarian Mark Wicks here. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Greg Gianforte, Mark Wicks, Montana Mint, Rob Quist

In 1890s, ‘army’ of protesters met with violence in Billings

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Coxey

In 2017, it’s hard to imagine hundreds of unemployed Montanans marching down to the local rail yard to hijack a freight train as their conveyance to Washington, D.C., in order to demand that President Trump and the Congress create a jobs program. It’s probably even more of a stretch to imagine that a lot of us—even our local elected leaders—would support them, offering up food and supplies for their journey. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Charles T. Kelly, Coxey's Army, Jacob Coxey, William Hogan

Gianforte favors review of Upper Missouri River Breaks

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Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte on Sunday endorsed the Trump administration’s ordered review of all 100,000-acre-plus national monuments designated since 1996, including Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks. “There was a lot of confrontation with local landowners” when the Breaks was protected as a national monument, Gianforte said during a Q&A on Montana Television Network’s “Face the State” program. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Bill Clinton, Greg Gianforte, Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

A shortage of care, but not of caring at Youth Dynamics

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Shari

It’s no secret that Montana is chronically short of mental-health-care workers. According to figures compiled by Youth Dynamics, a nonprofit organization that provides statewide mental-health services, 13 Montana counties are without a single therapist, and 18 counties do not have a licensed addictions counselor. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Shari Morin-Degel, Teri Jackson, Youth Dynamics Inc.

In Legislature’s aftermath, few answers for Colstrip

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When Montana’s 2017 Legislature adjourned on April 28, Sen. Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, found himself in much the same position as when the session began. At the session’s beginning, he helped draw up several bills that would help his community, which is facing the impending closure of two out of four units at its massive coal-fired electrical plant. By the time lawmakers left the Capitol, many of the bills—aimed at easing impacts on jobs, tax revenues and real estate—were dead. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Colstrip, Duane Ankney, Montana Environmental Information Center, Montana Legislature, Puget Sound Energy, Talen Energy