Patron Saint
Local businessman Michael Burks says God gave him a fortune, so it's only natural that he spend it spreading the Gospel
Missoula multi-millionaire Michael Burks is intent on promoting a message of faith in Jesus Christ, and doing so on a large scale. It’s part of the reason he’s helping to bring Sarah Palin to Missoula for a Sept. 12 fundraiser to benefit Teen Challenge, and why he recently fought the county over whether or not he could host a Christian rock concert at the fairgrounds. Burks doesn’t covet the spotlight, but he’s finding it hard to avoid while doggedly pushing his beliefs.
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Cut through all the positive spin around corporate downsizing and the journalism industry looks downright bleak these days.
Deadly choice
Video exposes state's "poison and plant" program
A small plane swoops down over a high alpine lake, suddenly releasing a huge cloud in its wake.
(Ochenski)
War of the wells
Montanans close to Yellowstone better wake up
Before the drilling rigs arrive in Paradise Valley, Andrea Peacock thinks it's worth considering what it means to live in a gas patch.
(Range)
Patron Saint
Local businessman Michael Burks says God gave him a fortune, so it's only natural that he spend it spreading the Gospel
Missoula multi-millionaire Michael Burks is intent on promoting a message of faith in Jesus Christ, and doing so on a large scale. It’s part of the reason he’s helping to bring Sarah Palin to Missoula for a Sept. 12 fundraiser to benefit Teen Challenge, and why he recently fought the county over whether or not he could host a Christian rock concert at the fairgrounds. Burks doesn’t covet the spotlight, but he’s finding it hard to avoid while doggedly pushing his beliefs.
Ryan Creek
Money, it's a gas
Missoula insurance agent and entrepreneur Toby Hansen petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Aug. 19, a move he believes will stabilize longstanding legal entanglements that have plagued development near his nearby outdoor concert venue—Ryan Creek Meadows—without endangering the venue itself.
(Info)
Critical condition
St. Patrick audit leaves some dependents uninsured
Hank McClain has worked at St. Patrick Hospital since 1974, and the hospital has long provided he and his wife, Mardia Parker, health insurance.
(Up Front)
Mountain High
For many of you, Labor Day weekend means packing up the car, getting out of Dodge, and heading to the nearest vast expanse of wooded land for a weekend of good old fashioned backcountry adventure.
Rattlesnake
Group proposes restoration plan
A hodgepodge of local residents are joining forces with the U.S. Forest Service to actively manage 13,000 acres of public land across the Marshall Creek, Woods Gulch and Lower Rattlesnake Creek drainages.
(Info)
Back on
Flathead shock jock John Stokes returns to radio
Stokes resumed his usual sociopolitical rants last week on Rense Radio Network, nearly 11 months to the day since the Flathead County Sheriff's Office shut down his Kalispell radio station, KGEZ, in mid-broadcast.
(Up Front)
eBay
Bidding on a PEAS pig
On Monday at about 12:45 p.m., eBay notified Julie Baldridge, a retired social worker in Whitefish using the online auction website for the first time, that she placed the winning bid on a pig—one currently noshing on scraps of food at Missoula's PEAS Farm.
(Info)
Viewfinder
Hundreds of Bob Dylan fans challenged security outside Ogren-Allegiance Park Tuesday night as they scaled railroad trestles, clambered onto dirt piles and snuck around barricades on the Riverfront Trail in hopes of catching sight of the legend’s outdoor concert.
Working draft
Photographer Marcy James puts her creative process on display
For the past six months, Marcy James has engaged in a long and involved conversation with her bedroom wall.
Myth busted
Duvall's Get Low can't withstand the hype
As mythical cinematic letdowns go, none is greater than the infamous man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz.
(Film Features)
Psycho players
Big John Bates brings the voodoo to Missoula
As Big John Bates plays, a crisis brews on stage.
(Soundcheck)
Japandroids
Post-Nothing
Japandroids' sound is like a sunny day suddenly taken hostage by an afternoon rainstorm.
(Noise)
The Constellations
Southern Gothic
I have a serious crush on Tennessee Williams, so when I saw that Atlanta, Ga., electronic/rock/pyschedelic/ soul-ish band The Con-stellations titled their latest, Southern Gothic, I just had to consult my "American Lit.
(Noise)
The Keys Knees
Hi-Five
I'm not a fan of the drum machine unless it's played by Pat, the old lady at the Sip-N-Dip Lounge in Great Falls, or it's strongly muffled by other, less robotic instruments.
(Noise)
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