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Cut Bank, the rugged eastern entryway to Glacier National Park, is where wheat fields fuse with the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, where outdoor scenery is big, broad and brash. But it’s the friendly rhythms of small-town life that keep this community of fewer than 3,000 grounded. (more…) Continue Reading →
HELENA — Mulish perseverance and defiant self-sufficiency are as much a part of a craftsman’s longevity as flair and skill. Helena bootmaker Mike Ryan, a native of Brusett, has never been one to put his fate in others; his fate stays in his own hands. (more…) Continue Reading →
We’re used to minor exaggerations and inaccuracies in political ads. When Matt Rosendale releases an ad showing himself shooting down a “government drone,” no one seriously thinks he is proposing that citizens destroy the nation’s chief weapon in the war on terror. In fact, no one can be sure he thinks seriously at all. (more…) Continue Reading →
In February, the Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council called a meeting in downtown Billings to support residents of Carbon and Stillwater counties as they braced for an onslaught of oil and gas drilling. (more…) Continue Reading →
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Abraham and Betty Morrow have never met Sunil Kumar, of Hyderabad, India, but he is a key figure in their fraud lawsuit against Bank of America. (more…) Continue Reading →
A group of mostly local journalists are planning to do some in-depth coverage of developments in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota and Eastern Montana, and they need your help. (more…) Continue Reading →
Norm Clarke agrees: he’s come a long way from his small-town start. His lengthy journalism career began when he was in high school in his Eastern Montana hometown of Terry. The personable Clarke talked the editor of the local weekly newspaper, the Terry Tribune, into letting him report on a Class C basketball tournament in a nearby town. (more…) Continue Reading →
INGOMAR — In the long dance hall attached to the Jersey Lilly bar and cafe, people who weren’t dancing Sunday afternoon were generally watching the musicians — or the feet of people who were dancing. (more…) Continue Reading →
Since early 2009, Los Angeles has installed 147,704 Dark Sky Association-approved LED street lights. That created a 63.3 percent reduction in street lighting energy use and $7.7 million in annual savings. (more…) Continue Reading →
