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I was planning to ride off into the sunset today, but if I may appropriate an observation by Benjamin Franklin, it looks as though I might be heading in the direction of the rising sun.
In the week since I announced that Last Best News would cease publication today, I have heard so many expressions of interest in reviving it in some shape or form, with or without my continued involvement, that it appears likely that this independent online newspaper will live on.
Tuesday afternoon, I almost felt guilty, staying inside as much as I had over the past few days.
I thought how terribly I’d miss the cold and the snow when the Chinooks returned, as they always do. So I went out looking for lasting images of winter, as reminders of what we had when we don’t have it anymore. Continue Reading →
If you saw David Bromberg and his band back in the 1970s, the most striking thing about the show, besides the band’s technical prowess, may have been how much fun everybody seemed to be having. Continue Reading →
We think it’s safe to say that 2016 will always be remembered as the year that tens of millions of people wish they couldn’t remember.
It was a year in which the people of England voted to withdraw from the United Kingdom, Russian government hackers blatantly attempted to influence the outcome of “The Voice” and in America the unthinkable happened—the Chicago Bulls won the World Series. Continue Reading →
The Yellowstone River speaks to those who listen, but most people don’t hear her whispers. It’s an old adage that in order to experience miracles, one has to be open to them. Her voice is such a phenomenon—quiet, elegant, pervasive, primal and spiritual. Continue Reading →
If weather conditions are favorable this weekend, Jane Moses hopes to make another attempt to deliver donations for international refugees in Missoula.
Moses and her daughter Libby made their first attempt on Tuesday and got as far as Livingston, where a stretch of Interstate 90 was closed because of high winds. They detoured through Livingston and looked into what lay ahead. Continue Reading →
Brenna Hoffman is planning to graduate this spring from Montana State University Billings with a degree in finance.
Graduation is scheduled for May 4, meaning she will be graduating from college a little less than a year since she graduated from Billings West High School. Continue Reading →
It’s not really a Montana Christmas until you have spent part of it on hands and knees in snow and mud, trying to pry something or other loose from the cold claws of winter.
I knew the holidays had arrived in full when I found myself on Tuesday kneeling on a sidewalk in downtown Livingston, trying to extract a hat that a 65 mph gust had blown from my head into a perfectly inaccessible spot under a parked car. Continue Reading →
