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Famous and Not Forgotten: Aviator Merrill K. Riddick

Jun 9, 20216 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: Aviator Merrill K. Riddick

Perennial losing candidates are not unusual in American politics but Riddick’s quests earned him a place in the hearts of many in Montana...

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Shauna White Bear Crafts Montana-Made Moccasins

Montana Press

Jun 9, 20214 min read

Shauna White Bear Crafts Montana-Made Moccasins

“I love riveting and adding accents with ribbon or brass,” White Bear says...

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Liquid Gold: A War over Water in Western Montana

Montana Press

Jun 9, 202110 min read

Liquid Gold: A War over Water in Western Montana

A conflict over water - and one company’s right to bottle it by the billions of gallons - is in the depths of a four-year battle...

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Montana’s Co-Poet Laureate: Mandy Smoker Broaddus

Montana Press

Jun 9, 20216 min read

Montana’s Co-Poet Laureate: Mandy Smoker Broaddus

M.L. Smoker describes her earliest memories of writing as analogous to the sound of a bell penetrating deeply into her cosmos...

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Satirist Carl Hiaasen Presents a Duo of New Novels

Montana Press

Jun 9, 20218 min read

Satirist Carl Hiaasen Presents a Duo of New Novels

Still not finding much to laugh about in these post-pandemic times? America’s funniest satirist Carl Hiaasen has the solution...

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Artisan Husbandry: The Montana Alpaca Experience

Montana Press

Jun 9, 20216 min read

Artisan Husbandry: The Montana Alpaca Experience

Betty Kujawa moved to Montana in 1999, settling in Butte. She enrolled in an alpaca spinning class about ten years ago...

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Montana Press

Jun 7, 20214 min read

Steel Woods Tours Montana in June

The Steel Woods released its third and perhaps most polished album, All of Your Stones, in May, 2021, a powerful series of compilations...

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Singing for Sanity: Musician Jason DeShaw’s Journey of Advocacy

Montana Press

Jun 7, 20218 min read

Singing for Sanity: Musician Jason DeShaw’s Journey of Advocacy

DeShaw says he sees the universal language of music as an effective way to merge mental-health awareness and melody...

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Montana Books: Bestselling Author Crafts New Literary Universe

Montana Press

Jun 7, 20218 min read

Montana Books: Bestselling Author Crafts New Literary Universe

At the ripe old age of 36, the bright and ever-engaging Paolini, a home-schooled book nerd, is taking two giant leaps.

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Famous and Not Forgotten: Life-saving Vaccine Scientist Maurice Hilleman

Montana Press

Jun 7, 20218 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: Life-saving Vaccine Scientist Maurice Hilleman

A 1941 Montana State graduate with dual degrees in chemistry and microbiology, Hilleman is credited with saving the lives of millions...

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Montana Press

Apr 20, 20218 min read

Rez Gothic: Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Jones repeatedly tags readers with smack-dab prose, wicked humor and nightmarish circumstances of real and imagined immortality.

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Montana Spotlight: Xeriscaping in Missoula

Montana Press

Apr 20, 20214 min read

Montana Spotlight: Xeriscaping in Missoula

Lavender, tick weed, black-eyed Susan, common yarrow, mountain-ash, spiraea, and much more fill the lawns of Montana's low-water gardeners.

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Capitol Watch: Governor Greg Gianforte Brings Religious Values to the Political Arena

Montana Press

Apr 7, 202114 min read

Capitol Watch: Governor Greg Gianforte Brings Religious Values to the Political Arena

In this ongoing series, Montana Press will continue to present a biographical profile of Montana’s new governor, exploring his history...

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Jennifer Pentilla: A Montanan Forever Lost in New Mexico?

Montana Press

Apr 4, 202115 min read

Jennifer Pentilla: A Montanan Forever Lost in New Mexico?

She loved camping and hiking and the thrill of sleeping outdoors.

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Famous and Not Forgotten: The Terry Cowboy Band

Montana Press

Mar 17, 20215 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: The Terry Cowboy Band

Terry and Prairie County stake claim to one piece of Montana’s most idiosyncratic history – a band of musicians who invited themselves to...

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Montana Arts: Amanda Heimbuch and Country Girl Clay

Montana Press

Mar 15, 20215 min read

Montana Arts: Amanda Heimbuch and Country Girl Clay

Amanda Heimbuch, owner of Country Girl Clay in Glendive, provides mud-caked testimony that behind every polished and impressive mug,...

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Capitol Watch: Governor Greg Gianforte’s Connections to Petra Academy

Montana Press

Mar 11, 202113 min read

Capitol Watch: Governor Greg Gianforte’s Connections to Petra Academy

In this ongoing series, Montana Press will continue to present a biographical profile of Montana’s new governor, exploring his history...

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Bozeman Author, Attorney and Long-time Lobbyist Pens Political Thrillers

Montana Press

Mar 11, 20215 min read

Bozeman Author, Attorney and Long-time Lobbyist Pens Political Thrillers

Roger Fleming’s books, Majority Rules and Outsider Rules are fictional accounts of the reality of how Washington, D.C. really functions....

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Montana Press

Feb 17, 20215 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: Taylor Gordon

Emmanuel Taylor Gordon’s life began between six and seven o’clock on Saturday morning, April 29, 1893, at White Sulphur Springs, Montana,...

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Two Decades Later: Jennifer Servo Case Still Unresolved

Montana Press

Feb 16, 20219 min read

Two Decades Later: Jennifer Servo Case Still Unresolved

The daughter of Norm Olson and Sherry Servo of Columbia Falls, Jennifer Lynn Olson was caring, artistic, loving, and studious. Jennifer...

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