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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.
Among guests at the opening of a new art gallery in downtown Billings Thursday night was Bob Durden, senior curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum.
Standing in the long, narrow, high-ceilinged Stapleton Gallery on the second floor of the Stapleton Building at North Broadway and First Avenue North, Durden said that what he liked most about the new gallery was that it brought art back to a building that used to be teeming with it. Continue Reading →
FISHTAIL — On a tour of the Tippet Rise Art Center on a rainy Wednesday morning, Alban Bassuet did not need to say much about the impressions made by monumental outdoor sculptures dotting the 11,500-acre ranch.
Like Stonehenge, the Pyramids or the Eiffel Tower, the art installations at Tippet Rise speak for themselves. Continue Reading →
Flag Day is the day we honor our nation’s symbol, Old Glory. We will face the flag, salute appropriately and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
It happens that we are also in the midst of a presidential election in which the terms “socialist” and “Muslim” are frequently heard, mostly in a disparaging way. In light of that, it’s interesting to consider the history of the Pledge and how the words “under God” were added. Continue Reading →
On Sunday morning came two pieces of bad news—first that at least 20 people (later, 49) had been shot to death in Orlando, Fla., then that my old pal Paul Barton had died.
I try to be hardhearted about terrorist attacks, not because they are not tragic and horrible but because terrorists want me to panic, and I will not. So I rationalize.
But my heart softens for Paul Barton, 58, who died much too young last week. Continue Reading →
Red Lodge Mayor Ed Williams announced Tuesday evening that he will be resigning as of June 29, one day before the the official last day of Police Chief Steve Hibler, who announced his resignation on April 6.
Williams could not be reached for comment, but Diane Dimich, a member of Red Lodge Community Oversight Representatives, confirmed that the mayor announced his resignation shortly after the start of a 7 p.m. meeting of the Red Lodge City Council on Tuesday. Continue Reading →
Hugo and Becca Bumgardner were wed Saturday evening in Marmarth, N.D., 15 miles east of their home in Baker.
Like nine or 10 people on hand for the wedding, Hugo and Becca are members of the Baker Rural Fire Department. At the reception afterward, right after dinner, numerous pagers started going off, alerting them to one of the biggest disasters in the history of Baker. Continue Reading →
After all of the hoopla over last week’s primary election, it’s kind of hard to believe that was only the semifinals. The championship round is still coming up in November.
So how are the final matchups looking? Here’s a quick overview of the races, top to bottom, that affect Yellowstone County voters. Continue Reading →
