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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.
This House of Books isn’t even open yet and it already has a new home.
The independent cooperative bookstore had been talking for almost four months about moving into the old Wendy’s restaurant at 2906 Second Ave. N. Continue Reading →
My wife just retired, and I have turned 65, which makes us likely marks for professional scammers. Twice this year we have gone to presentations by people who offered to make our lives wealthier, happier and more rewarding. We’re still waiting. The first was a phone call inviting us to a sales pitch for new and improved attic fans and insulation. This drew my interest because the temperature in my attic office soars on summer afternoons and doesn’t cool off until long after the sun goes down. Continue Reading →
Economic times are good for Montana—but not that good.
In a presentation in Billings on Tuesday, speakers from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana gave a generally upbeat overview of the Montana economy, but they warned that 2016 is unlikely to be as good a year as 2015 was. Continue Reading →
This story has been updated to include a correction.
Friends and family got a sneak peek at the Annex Coffeehouse and Bakery on Monday evening.
The new business is connected to the Fieldhouse restaurant, owned by Ben and Krystal Harman, at 2601 Minnesota Ave. Continue Reading →
Last year, a 2,000-square-foot space on the top floor of a six-story apartment building in the heart of downtown Billings went on the market.
The penthouse property, at 300 N. 25th St., across Third Avenue North from the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office and the downtown bus transfer station, had once been the law offices of the late Charles “Timer” Moses. But it had been used for storage for many years, so it was basically an empty shell. Continue Reading →
Jessie O’Callaghan looked rougher than a cob when I first met her in 1976. It was at her house on Swamp Creek, near Trout Creek, Mont.
She was about 70 years old, short and very heavy with unkempt grey hair, and dressed in what could have once passed as a flower print dress. She was sitting in her kitchen shelling peas. Her eyes were small and blue, encased in folds of skin, and their expression seemed to alternate between skepticism and joy. Her voice was almost a screech, but somehow pleasant. Continue Reading →
This is the 23nd chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features James Shanley, the retired president of Fort Peck Community College and a former president of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, discussing the subject of “Education Reform.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is an edited transcript of how it begins:
