Green rush
Getting a grip on Montana's budding medical marijuana industry
Not too long ago any talk of a "green" business had something to do with the environment or climate change.
Etc.
A recent Missoula Chamber of Commerce e-mail that encouraged its members to sponsor the chamber's upcoming Agri-Business Banquet left a funny taste in our mouths—a taste similar to, say, downing a soggy, three-day-old Big Mac after it's been zapped in the microwave.
Topographic tell-all
Studying the ups and downs of climate change
One thing I love about the West is that so many people know their elevations.
(Range)
Feeling abandoned
Mine Program among Obama's proposed "savings"
If Abandoned Mine money is diverted to other uses, cash-strapped states will be forced to pass their polluted mine sites on to future generations, just as they were irresponsibly passed on to us.
(Ochenski)
Green rush
Getting a grip on Montana's budding medical marijuana industry
Not too long ago any talk of a "green" business had something to do with the environment or climate change.
In search of a connection
Angela Killion brought her resume—all six pages of it—with her to the fourth annual Project Homeless Connect in Missoula on January 28.
(Info)
Trailer teaching
Record enrollment, limited funds challenge COT
University of Montana College of Technology (COT) professor Joe Crepeau affectionately calls the doublewide trailer he shares with another tenured professor and an army of adjuncts "the math shack."
(Up Front)
Mountain High
Willie Wier is a man who knows how to get a lot of mileage out of two wheels.
Viewfinder
A packed crowd cheers on performances by the kings and queens of drag during the 2010 Panty Rock Drag Show at the Palace Jan. 29.
Maclay goes it alone
The Bitterroot Resort answered two weeks ago to its lender's attempt to foreclose on the sprawling ranch below Lolo Peak, the second step in a legal back-and-forth in Missoula District Court that could last years—and eventually determine the fate of Tom Maclay's grand vision for a four-season resort south of Missoula.
(Info)
Stabilizing service
Mental health crisis center heals old wounds
In spring 2005, three inmates at a Ravalli County detention center committed suicide in a span of only two months as a result of mental illness. Public officials pinned blame on the community's lack of adequate crisis facilities. That stands to change, finally, this year.
(Up Front)
Local team nabs new space
Last Sunday, Feruqi's bar brimmed with Hellgate Rollergirls donning a red-themed mixture of spiky high heels, Converse sneakers, striped leggings, short skirts and girly-yet-badass punk accessories.
(Info)
Budget handcuffs cops
As tax dollars dwindle and city coffers contract, Missoula's municipal money managers are calling for across-the-board belt tightening.
(Info)
Terror in tiny town
Tom Foolery's miniature attack on cowboy chintz
If you've ever had the misfortune of mentioning dioramas in my presence, you can imagine how excited I was to interview Tom Foolery.
Moving to Montana
Headwaters unveils multi-year dance project
Even Hi-Line residents admit the beauty of their homeland lies in vast nothingness, and that beauty can sometimes be tough to appreciate.
(Performing Arts)
The Salamanders
Hellbender
The Salamanders play garage country spiked with reverb surf guitar, dipped in Chuck Berry riffs and slathered in fiery punk flavor.
(Noise)
Dessa
A Badly Broken Code
Physical geography isn't supposed to matter anymore, but there's something about mid-sized midwestern cities.
(Noise)
P.O.S.
Never Better
Listening to P.O.S.'s rapid-fire rhymes is a lot like trying to catch snowflakes on your tongue.
(Noise)
Pierced Arrows
Descending Shadows
I keep insisting that Pierced Arrows (now and when they were called Dead Moon) has got to be one of the most romantic bands I've ever heard.
(Noise)
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