Last Best News (https://montana-mint.com/lastbestnews/page/208/)
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.
Thanks to the power of Facebook—and a bit of old-fashioned shoe leather—Dana Moss Pulis helped her son get his stolen pickup truck back barely half a day after it was stolen.
Here’s the story, as pieced together by Moss Pulis, who owns a business in downtown Billings. Continue Reading →
If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss Paul Cartwright’s guest editorial in the Friday edition of the Billings Gazette.
The former Helena city commissioner deftly explains what’s wrong with Montana’s liquor licensing quota system, and he lays out several options for finally doing something to seriously reform it. Continue Reading →
MILES CITY—Standing in the middle of Main Street in downtown Miles City on Friday, Chad Moke was feeling pretty good.
For one thing, the weather was about perfect for the 23rd Annual Cowtown Beef Breeders Show, sunny and warm, with temperatures creeping into the mid-40s by noon. And the cattle market was looking strong after a record-breaking 2014. Continue Reading →
It’s the day after, and the members of the Cure for the Common band are up and eating lunch at the Montana Brewing Company in downtown Billings.
After a successful Saturday night gig at the Pub Station, the boys are addressing the imminent demands of a powerful hunger. Even though packing up equipment ran late into the night, all are up, all are in good spirits and all are eager to talk about the future. Continue Reading →
It sounds like the set-up for some kind of joke: People pay Ford “Stu” Stuart to drink beer.
Stuart is also a stand-up comedian, but the beer thing is no joke. And this summer, in a partnership with the University of Montana Alumni Association, Stuart will be leading UM grads on a beer tour of Belgium. Continue Reading →
RED LODGE—A little before the High Country Cowboys took to the stage Friday night at the Pollard Hotel, lead singer Marty Kosel was talking about the kind of show they put on.
“It’s like sing a song and sing another song,” he said. “Not a lot in between.”
Sure enough, in the course of a show that ran for four hours, Marty and his brothers, John and Joe, addressed the crowd only rarely and briefly between songs. But their audience—which filled every available seat, leaving a dozen or more people standing—didn’t seem to mind. Continue Reading →
Today is the first birthday of Last Best News, launched on Feb. 1, 2014.
I’d like to shoot off fireworks from the Rims, buy everyone in Eastern Montana a drink or maybe have one of those airplanes pulling a banner fly across the state for a few days, but I’ve got a bunch of stories to write, so probably not. Continue Reading →
“If the hat fits, wear it,” goes the saying. But what if it doesn’t?
My partner had searched for a western hat at all the usual ranch supply and western outfit stores of Billings, but none of them had the size (“h” for huge) or fit he required. In desperation, he decided to let the experts at Rand’s Custom Hatters help him with his mission. Continue Reading →
A man accused of using a stolen debit card to make several unauthorized purchases called the wrong pizza joint last week.
Lockwood resident Justin Michael Babcock was arrested at his home Friday, after an employee at the Domino’s Pizza in Lockwood reported that someone using her missing debit card had called in a pizza order there that day. Continue Reading →
Last week the Outpost ran a letter by Sen. Roger Webb, R-Billings, who argued that states should call a convention to consider amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Here’s why that is a bad idea.
Article 5 of the Constitution allows it to be amended in two ways. First, two-thirds of the members of each House can propose amendments that become part of the Constitution if they are ratified by three-fourths of the states. That has happened 27 times. Continue Reading →
