Because I am a great American, I listened to two recent debates between Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate. You can hear them here and here. Continue Reading →
Opinion
GOP Senate race challenges establishment
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Last words, maybe, and a few thanks from Last Best News
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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.
Culture
ArtWalk Downtown Billings opens 24th season Friday
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Although the forecast is not for terribly springlike weather, ArtWalk Downtown Billings will welcome spring’s arrival with the opening of its 24th season on Friday, April 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. Continue Reading →
Opinion
Montana Viewpoint: Who ‘owns’ our politicians?
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Political wisdom: “Never put in writing what you can communicate by speaking, and never speak when you can make your point with a wink and a nod.”
Which is worse, Russian interference in American elections or secret American special- interest groups doing the same? Well, of course it’s the Russians because the special interest groups are at least American, not to mention bread and butter to the politicians of one political party or another. Continue Reading →
News
Gazette bought by Last Best News, will go to print-only
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In a move sure to set heads spinning in the newspaper industry, Last Best News has purchased the Billings Gazette, it was announced shortly after midnight today, Sunday, April 1.
Widely seen as a plucky upstart with questionable prospects when it launched as an online-only newspaper just four and a half years ago, Last Best News now finds itself owning the largest daily newspaper in Montana. Continue Reading →
News
Glendive among cities to receive famed airtanker
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The old warhorses of Neptune Aviation’s aerial firefighting fleet will emerge from retirement this year for display at museums and airports nationwide.
The Missoula-based firm retired its World War II-era P2V airtankers last fall — after 24 fire seasons — when the U.S. Forest Service said the vintage planes would no longer be contracted for firefighting missions. Continue Reading →
Diversions
Library foundation bringing Judy Woodruff to Billings
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Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of the the PBS NewsHour, will be the featured guest in this year’s Royal Johnson Forum, hosted by the Billings Public Library Foundation. Continue Reading →
News
GOP Senate candidates appear at Missoula forum
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Four Republicans vying to win Montana’s seat in the U.S. Senate praised President Donald Trump during a candidate forum in Missoula on Wednesday, and they made their case for being the conservative most likely to unseat incumbent Sen. Jon Tester this November. Continue Reading →
News
Fact Check: Senate candidate’s Tweet misses the mark
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Editor’s note: This is the first offering, from the Montana Free Press, of what will likely be many reports fact-checking the claims and statements of candidates, campaigns and third-party political groups in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections. Continue Reading →
Diversions
Sun River ranch kid took photos of Hollywood’s elite
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In the days before World War I, Clarence Sinclair Bull took his first photograph — of a ladder leaning against a building on his father’s ranch south of Sun River, using a camera he bought in a Great Falls hardware store.
Not too many years after that, he was photographing Hollywood’s elite. Continue Reading →
News
Fledgling newspaper union gets MEA-MFT support
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Efforts by staffers at the Missoula Independent to organize under Lee Enterprises gained the support of the state’s largest labor union on Tuesday, with the MEA-MFT saying it is watching the process closely. Continue Reading →
