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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.
Dennis LaMotte’s Jeep, trailer, canoe and bicycle are all painted in camouflage green, but the paint wouldn’t hide it from the meter maids.
That’s why he was looking to make change for a dollar when I ran into him Monday morning a couple of blocks east of the courthouse. He had to feed two meters to accommodate his mission on wheels. Continue Reading →
I hope the Billings Gazette is proud of itself.
It has been more than a week since it published an editorial bashing President Obama, and it remains the “most read” story on the Gazette’s website. Continue Reading →
Tom Staples was not delivering a warning or throwing down a challenge, just making an observation on how difficult it is to describe the Montana Folk Festival in Butte.
“I don’t know that anyone has captured the flavor,” he said. “You have to be here to capture the experience. There is nothing like it.” Continue Reading →
PRYOR — I drove down to Chief Plenty Coups State Park on a smoky Wednesday, planning to see some sights, snag some photos and interview other visitors.
But as soon as I got out of my car, Kaleb Perdew turned the tables and started interviewing me. Turns out he’s a Fish, Wildlife and Parks “visitation intern” this summer, a University of Montana student conducting quick surveys at state parks in this part of Montana. Continue Reading →
Eyesore No. 1 came down in about 15 minutes Tuesday morning.
As we reported Monday, Carol Kraft had purchased a piece of property at 115 N. 22nd St. with the sole purpose of tearing down two abandoned houses on the lot. The decrepit houses had been lived in by a succession of squatters over the years. Continue Reading →
Lawrence Wetsit is a man with a sense of history.
An administrator at the Fort Peck Community College in Poplar, he’s also the cultural leader for the Assiniboine tribe. His great grandfather, I Ax Ba, also called Chief Wets It, was known for his antelope horn bonnet and his ability to steal horses at night from a neighboring tribe. Wetsit speaks with a sense of great fondness for the land of his people. Continue Reading →
Carol Kraft is looking forward to Tuesday morning.
The police are supposed to show up first, about 8 a.m., to roust anyone still squatting in the two vacant houses at 115 N. 22nd St. Then, about 9:30, Cayton Excavation is supposed to start demolishing the two houses and a burnt-out shed. Continue Reading →
Santa Claus has left the Rims.
The 150-plus-ton sandstone formation that was dubbed Santa Claus Rock by the earliest settlers in the Yellowstone Valley was reduced to a pile of boulders and rubble early Sunday. Continue Reading →
Unless you have been taking a Mexican-style siesta under a rock, because that’s what Mexicans do instead of work, you know that Ann Coulter has written the definitive put-down of the so-called sport of soccer, which coincidentally is beloved by Mexicans. Continue Reading →
