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Feb 15, 20218 min read

Montana Profile: EcoPioneer Jim Evanoff

Yellowstone was established as the world’s first national park in 1872, influencing the creation of the National Park Service and helping...

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Internet Superstar Hank Green Shifts Gears

Montana Press

Feb 14, 20217 min read

Internet Superstar Hank Green Shifts Gears

Many across Montana and the world were completely stunned and disoriented by the invisible monster named Covid-19 — but not Hank Green....

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Capitol Watch: Behind the Tech Empire that Launched Montana’s New Governor

Montana Press

Feb 13, 202113 min read

Capitol Watch: Behind the Tech Empire that Launched Montana’s New Governor

Last month, Greg Gianforte became Montana’s 25th governor. Born in 1961 in California, he grew up in a suburb outside of Philadelphia and...

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Beauty of Montana Inspires New Feature Film: “Cowboys”

Montana Press

Jan 17, 20217 min read

Beauty of Montana Inspires New Feature Film: “Cowboys”

The natural beauty of Montana has long been a source of inspiration for artists. One of the state’s latest converts is Los Angeles-based...

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One-man-band Dan Henry: Solid Music for Unsolid Times

Montana Press

Jan 17, 20214 min read

One-man-band Dan Henry: Solid Music for Unsolid Times

One-man band Dan Henry begins his night with a few bare accoutrements. Existing equipment enticing the listener is minimal: he holds a...

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Montana Press

Jan 17, 20214 min read

Through the Eye of Chris McGowan

From the splendidly detailed feathers of blackbirds, immortalized in the softest light, to a unique arch cloud coil of a Chinook...

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The All-American Roots of Montana’s New Governor: Greg Gianforte’s Early Years

Montana Press

Jan 4, 20218 min read

The All-American Roots of Montana’s New Governor: Greg Gianforte’s Early Years

In the coming months, the Montana State Legislature will convene under a Republican Administration for the first time in 16 years....

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Famous and Not Forgotten: Yahoo Yodeler Wylie Gustafson

Montana Press

Jan 2, 20215 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: Yahoo Yodeler Wylie Gustafson

Wylie Gustafson was born in 1961, the youngest of five kids (all of whom arrived within a seven-year period) in a close-knit,...

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Montana Press

Jan 2, 20218 min read

Montana Books: Danica Winters

Where do Harlequin suspense authors get their mind-bending story ideas? In the case of bestselling Missoula phenom Danica Winters,...

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Montana Press

Jan 2, 20217 min read

Montana Profile: Climbing High with Evelyn Wall

Evelyn Wall first discovered the sport of climbing in 2005 while doing Tai Chi in a park in her hometown of Billings. She noticed a group...

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Unsolved Montana: Bozeman’s Only Uncleared Homicide in 50 Years

Montana Press

Jan 2, 202113 min read

Unsolved Montana: Bozeman’s Only Uncleared Homicide in 50 Years

February 10, 1985. Under the icy, clear winter sky, the Bozeman Pizza Hut at 2300 West Main Street closed and was locked at midnight....

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Famous and Not Forgotten: Montana Actor Ian MacDonald

Montana Press

Jan 2, 20214 min read

Famous and Not Forgotten: Montana Actor Ian MacDonald

Perhaps Ian MacDonald is best remembered as Frank Miller, the antagonist arriving in Hadleyville, New Mexico to exact revenge on a young,...

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Marcedes Carroll Carves out a Musical Niche

Montana Press

Jan 2, 20215 min read

Marcedes Carroll Carves out a Musical Niche

If you wanted to boil down Bozeman singer-songwriter Marcedes Carroll’s debut album She’s Pretty to just three words, you couldn’t do...

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Montana Press

Jan 2, 20218 min read

Montana Profile: The Montana Roots of “The Plot Against America”

When the acclaimed novelist Philip Roth published his best-selling book “The Plot Against America” in 2004 the novel was widely praised...

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Montana Books: Richard Fifield Writes Their Own Ticket

Montana Press

Jan 2, 20218 min read

Montana Books: Richard Fifield Writes Their Own Ticket

As bold as Richard Fifield’s daring detour into Young Adult fiction may be with his new Montana trailer-park-trash drama, “The Small...

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Reflecting on The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic in Montana

Montana Press

Jan 2, 20215 min read

Reflecting on The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic in Montana

During the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, Montana was one of the four hardest hit states in the nation. More than 5,000 people – about...

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John Lowell Returns for Montana Happy Hour

Montana Press

Nov 5, 20204 min read

John Lowell Returns for Montana Happy Hour

A dynamic guitar player, a clear-voiced singer and a respected songwriter, Lowell has played every stage from “A Prairie Home Companion”...

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Montana Press

Oct 21, 202014 min read

Montana Candidates: Climate Change

Statewide candidates in Montana weigh in on issues of conservation and the environment.

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Montana Press

Sep 16, 20205 min read

Montana Happy Hour: John Floridis

A night with John Floridis is a like watching a book falling open in your lap; you’re dropped into a narrative already in motion...

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Montana Press

Sep 13, 20205 min read

Three for the Weekend

Scathing political commentary from Kenneth Neill highlighted bin three reading selections from the past week.

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