Having failed to accomplish anything of note in the least accomplished U.S. House in American history, U.S. Rep. Steve Daines seeks promotion to the Senate. (more…) Continue Reading →
From the Outpost: So many reasons to dislike Daines’ pay bill
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Montana Tech petitions oppose Gianfortes’ speech
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Petitions circulated by Montana Tech professors and students, asking the Butte school to rescind invitations to this spring’s commencement speakers, were sent to Montana University System officials on Monday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Bob Wilmouth, Bon Blackketter, Greg Gianforte, Pat Munday, Paul Tuss, Rocky Mountain College
Miles City: A guy walks into a museum…
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MILES CITY — Here’s why I love the Range Riders Museum. I stopped in at the Miles City landmark on Friday, hoping to get a photograph of what I have long thought of as the most emblematic artifact on display anywhere in Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Diversions, Montana, Civil War, Fort Keogh, Gary Miller, Miles City, Range Riders Museum, Tom Gilmore
After 57 years, ‘paper day’ still a thrill
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SCOBEY — Milt Gunderson was 22 years old when he applied for a job with the Daniels County Leader, a weekly newspaper in Scobey. That was in 1957. “I was just a farm kid, with no education or anything,” he said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Burley Bowler, Daniels County Leader, Doc Bowler, Larry Bowler, Milt Gunderson, Producers News, Scobey
Laurel-to-Rockvale highway project off to big start
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The most complicated segment of the project to rebuild Highway 212 from south of Laurel to Rockvale is well underway. The Montana Department of Transportation is in charge of the 11-mile-long project, which will move the roadway several thousand feet west of the existing alignment. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Gary Neville, Laurel, Montana Department of Transportation, Rockvale, Stefan Streeter
From the Outpost: Gianforte’s speech imagined
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Bozeman entrepreneur Greg Gianforte has been invited to speak at commencement exercises at Montana Tech in Butte and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings. Some people have threatened to boycott the ceremonies because of his involvement with groups that oppose equal rights for gays and lesbians and that support creationism. I think the protesters have it all wrong. Gianforte is the perfect person to speak to budding young graduates. Here is what he should say: (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Greg Gianforte, Jesus Christ, John D. Rockefeller, John Muir, Montana Tech, Rocky Mountain College
Guest Editorial: What do we owe the Clovis child?
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In May 1968, while removing fill material with a front-end loader on Mel and Helen Anzick’s property near Wilsall, equipment operator Ben Hargis saw a prehistoric stone tool fall out of the bucket. Along the edge of a prominent outcrop, where Flathead Creek and the Shields River join, Ben found the gravesite of a 1- to 2-year-old male child, interred with more than 100 stone tools covered with red ochre. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Clovis culture, Eske Willersev, Larry Lahren, Larson Medicine Horse, Mel and Helen Anzick, Montana Historical Society, Shane Doyle
‘We’ll get you through it’: Cooke City rallies for one of its own
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Because she splits her time between Billings and Cooke City, Deb Myers has firsthand knowledge of the different ways people deal with adversity in rural and urban settings. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Beartooth Cafe, Billings Clinic, Cooke City General Store, Deb Myers, Karyl Blaseg, National Finals Rodeo, Troy Wilson
Lawsuit challenges state high court candidate’s eligibility
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Five people who were delegates to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the state Supreme Court candidacy of Lawrence J.C. VanDyke. The lawsuit, filed Friday in District Court in Helena, argues that VanDyke is not qualified to run for the high court because he has not been admitted to practice law in Montana for as long as required by the Montana Constitution. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Gene Jarussi, Lawrence VanDyke, Montana Supreme Court, Peter Meloy, State Bar of Montana
Battlefield boss: Job 1 is bringing home priceless artifacts
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LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD — Denice Swanke has a lot on her plate as superintendent of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, but she said there is no question what is most important to her superiors in the National Park Service. (more…) Continue Reading →
