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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.
An aging technology and an aging set of musicians both showed plenty of life at a store opening in Billings on Saturday.
Smiling Dog Records, at South 27th Street and Minnesota Avenue, combined its grand opening with a record release party for “Long Time Comin’: Lost Sounds from the Treasure State,” a double album of Montana music from 1958 to 1969 compiled by Dave Martens of Havre. Continue Reading →
RED LODGE—A woman who said she was unlawfully arrested and injured during a recent drug raid in Bearcreek by Red Lodge police officers sued the city of Red Lodge on Friday, asking for at least $1 million in damages.
Red Lodge attorneys A.W. “Tony” Kendall and Raymond Kuntz filed the suit in Carbon County District Court on behalf of Tiffany McKinney against the city, Police Chief Steve Hibler, Officer Greg Srock and three unnamed John Does. Continue Reading →
Ben Harman is planning to bring more good food and drink to Minnesota Avenue.
Nearly four years after he and his wife, Krystal, opened the Fieldhouse restaurant at 2601 Minnesota Ave., Harman is preparing to convert the former Gym Jay space into the Annex Coffeehouse and Bakery. Continue Reading →
A self-described Republican and former climate change skeptic says Americans must now take the fight against global warming as seriously as they did World War II.
“We, united, can do it,” she said Wednesday. “But we have to get united, and we have to realize that this is a war footing.” Continue Reading →
RED LODGE—A drug bust in Bearcreek in late January has opened a rift between the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office and the Red Lodge Police Department, and a city police officer involved in the raid has been relieved of his duties as a sheriff’s reserve deputy. Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Voting is now open on which student group is awarded a $10,000 follow-up grant from the Ford Blue Oval Network. To cast your vote, go here.
A student group at Rocky Mountain College is looking to turn discarded glass into sustainable jobs.
The Rocky Mountain College Enactus team, the school’s student-run business club, hopes the project will create jobs for some of the homeless people who use the Hub, the Mental Health Center’s drop-in site in downtown Billings. Continue Reading →
As sure as pimples follow chocolate, flat tax proposals erupt with each election cycle. Many of us enjoy chocolate, enough to tolerate the inevitable acne. Far fewer of us enjoy the palaver in favor of flat tax, but we’ve warned ourselves to expect it nevertheless. Continue Reading →
The Montana Mint has released a list of the top 16 athletes in Montana history and is asking fans to vote for their top four. On Feb. 12, the website will crown the “Mount Rushmore” of Montana sports.
The Montana Mint, which says its simple mission is to “Bring the best of Montana to the Internet,” compiled its list of top 16 athletes after polling its fans through various social media platforms. Continue Reading →
An obscure plank in Greg Gianforte’s platform exposes the liberal error at the heart of his campaign for governor.
Gianforte, the founder of RightNow Technologies, gets a lot right. He looks the part, tall and lean and with a haircut that evokes memories of a great Republican hero: Dwight Eisenhower. Continue Reading →
