Fire on the mountain

New Mexico faces blazes for better and worse

• by Martha Schumann Cooper

New project gets aid to Missoula's sick and jailed

• by Jessica Mayrer
• Tags: Up Front, Mental illness, Missoula County Detention Center, Montana, Jason Kowalski, Catherine O' Day, Kate Hahn, University of Montana, School of Social Work, Project C.A.R.E., Missoula, Suicide, Drug and alcohol addiction

Montana Democrats back gay marriage

• by Jessica Mayrer
• Tags: Info, Gay marriage, Civil unions, DOMA, Montana Democratic Party, Montana Republican Party, Jim Elliott, Will Deschamps

Seeley-Swan residents petition school board to retain music teacher

• by Jackie Coffin
• Tags: Info, Seeley-Swan, Missoula County, Bob Green

A paradoxical plan to save western larch in the Flathead

• by Alex Sakariassen
• Tags: Info, Montana, Flathead National Forest, Western larch

Analyzing Teske's 25 percent pull

• by Alex Sakariassen
• Tags: Info, Montana, Rehberg, Tester, Teske, Primary, Senate

Searching for symmetry

There're crystals in them thar hills! (But the Forest Service asks that you please don't go diggin' for 'em.)

• by Matthew Frank
• Tags: Features, Montana, Missoula, Crystals, Lolo Pass, Lolo National Forest, Quartz crystal, Patrick Cunningham, Marlen Tweten, Yarrow Grace

Island on the screen

The fall and rise of Sean Ackerman's The Diary of Preston Plummer

• by Erika Fredrickson

Rock 'n' succulents

Skin Flowers contemplate scuzz pop

• by Brooks Johnson

Circus life

Short stories reveal everyday hope and horror

• by Molly Laich

Busdriver

• by Ira Sather-Olson

K-Holes

Dismania

• by Dan Brooks

Pony Time

Pony Time

• by Dan Brooks

Orca Team

Restraint

• by Brooks Johnson

Guide to local glamping

• by Skylar Browning
• Tags: Glamping, Montana

Missoula filmmaker creates a buzz with Isabella Rossellini

• by Skylar Browning
• Tags: Andy Smetanka, Isabella Rossellini, Burt's Bees, Video

The Rockies Today, June 14

• by Mountain West News
• Tags: Headwaters News, Montana, Rockies

June is just fine for skiing

• by Skylar Browning
• Tags: Beartooth Summer Session, Red Lodge, ON3P

The Rockies Today, June 15

• by Mountain West News
• Tags: Headwaters News, Montana, Rockies

Missoula Summer Carnival

• by Brooks Johnson
• Tags: Missoula Summer Carnival, Caras Park

The Indy presents The Head and the Heart

• Tags: The Head and the Heart, Missoula, Wilma Theatre, Indy presents, Video

Baucus, Messina and "one of the most homophobic ads in American history"

• by Skylar Browning
• Tags: Max Baucus, Jim Messina, David Sirota, homophobia, Mike Taylor

Publisher's Note

In the newspaper business, the next issue matters most

The Rockies Today, June 18

• by Mountain West News
• Tags: Headwaters News, Montana, Rockies

The Rockies Today, June 19

• by Mountain West News
• Tags: Headwaters News, Montana, Rockies

The Rockies Today, June 20

• by Mountain West News
• Tags: Headwaters News, Montana, Rockies

Beautiful and true

The human quota

The Supreme Court’s folly

Micro-unions, bad

Happiest Hour

Wildwood Brewing in Stevensville

• by Brooks Johnson