Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s hope we’ll all set aside our politics this Thursday and give thanks for all that is good about us — America and Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
Remembering past squabbles over Thanksgiving dates
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Prairie Lights: A slide show, of sorts, of a small adventure
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Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montana. —Merle Haggard
When I lived in Missoula in the 1970s, it sometimes seemed that a week couldn’t go by without my being invited to a slide show. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Photo Galleries, Prairie Lights, Glendive, Grass Range, Lindsay, Malta, Poplar, Vida
A lesson for landowners: How to deal with an oil spill
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Ah, memories. In July of 2011, my farm was flooded in oil from an Exxon pipeline that burst under the Yellowstone River. Landowners along the river grouped up pretty quickly since many of our families lived there for decades and together we went through months of dealing with cleanup workers, water and soil testing, chronic coughs and stress. Now we sit back and watch you go through an oil spill. Although the circumstances are different, I can tell you these things shake out the same way, all over the country. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Alexis Bonogofsky, EPA, Exxon, Glendive, Gov. Steve Bullock, Yellowstone River
Blessings, beadwork bring hope after a life of trouble
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One of the most important moments in Jerel Driver’s life came 3½ years ago, two days before he was to start serving a prison term for criminal endangerment. He was living in Glendive, where he committed most of his crimes. He said all his trouble involved the same two things: alcohol and violence. “I grew up fighting,” he said. “That’s the way it was. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, Glendive, Independence Hall, Jerel Driver, Montana State Prison, Tammy Long, Veterans Administration, Volunteers of America
Beer, food, fun make for big draw at Wibaux brewery
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WIBAUX — In the Gem Theatre attached to the Beaver Creek Brewery, Mighty Big Jim and the Tall Boys took the stage a little after 8 Saturday night. Their opening song was “Wibaux, MT,” a defiant anthem written by bandleader Jim Devine. The chorus opens with “We’re Wibaux, Montana/Who the hell are you/We like our sky big/We like to throw down a few.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Culture, Montana, Beavery Creek Brewery, Glendive, Home on the Range, Jim Devine, Montana Bar, Rainbow Club
The Most Beautiful Lake in Montana
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Lay of the Land: A series of essays on the spirit of Montana
Beauty is only skin deep? In this case, maybe a bit deeper…
I didn’t start out to find the most beautiful lake in Montana. Rather, at 59, I brushed off an old dream of bicycling solo across the United States. But to fit my dream within work, I would bike the country in multiple stretches over several years — a week or so, 3- to 400 miles at a time. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Lay of the Land, Billings, Circle, Glendive, Highway 200, John Petrik, Jordan, Roundup
Makoshika hailed as ‘hidden gem’
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Makoshika State Park in Glendive, an 11,538-acre collection of weathered rock, multicolored badlands and wide expanses of native grass, has been hailed by Country magazine as one of the 10 “most magnificent, unheralded parks across America.” (more…) Continue Reading →
