Ingomar's fortune
With ranching hurting and ranchers aging, can a once-proud Montana town endure?
Ingomar, an aging Montana cattle-ranching community that sits on a bench between the Yellowstone and Musselshell rivers, has no gas station, no doctor’s office and no mechanic.
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Mitt Romney had just been declared the winner of the Republican primary in Florida.
Supply side blues
Obama energy policy emulates Reagan's
Those who lived through the Reign of Error—the presidency of Ronald Reagan—won't have to strain to recall the foundational ideology of the time.
(Ochenski)
Shine on, you crazy wolf
OR-7 boldly lopes where others fear to tread
As 2011 came to a close, a wolf that biologists call "OR-7" made history by loping across the Oregon border into Northern California, becoming the first wild wolf in that state since 1924.
(Range)
Ingomar's fortune
With ranching hurting and ranchers aging, can a once-proud Montana town endure?
Ingomar, an aging Montana cattle-ranching community that sits on a bench between the Yellowstone and Musselshell rivers, has no gas station, no doctor’s office and no mechanic.
Lake County
Undersheriff Reynolds resigns
Lake County Undersheriff Karey Reynolds, the subject of a perjury investigation by the Montana Department of Justice, announced his resignation Jan. 27.
(Info)
People change
Helena attorney talks transformation in new memoir
In September 2005, Madison County attorney Robert Zenker was unraveling.
(Up Front)
Mountain High
Like many of you, I have been jonesing for another epic winter of deep puff-puff gnar-gnar with days spent in the white room, quads afire and calves a-cryin'.
Sports
Don't squat with yer skis on
There haven't been any gnarly accidents this afternoon, Jan. 29.
(Info)
Bill past due
Baucus, Dems see opportunity to tax the rich
The average Missoulian makes about $35,000 a year, which means most of us pay less than 15 percent of our income in federal taxes.
(Up Front)
War on drugs
Task force gets new digs
The Missoula High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, composed of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, is asking the Missoula City Council and mayor to sign off on an agreement that will let the task force rent and renovate a new, larger office at an undisclosed location.
(Info)
Youth sports
Bantam Team preps for nationals
As soon as Missoula native Wyatt Mathews hit the ice at 4 years old, hockey had him hooked.
(Info)
Viewfinder
A gaggle of Canada geese cruise through downtown Missoula before landing on the Clark Fork Tuesday morning, Jan. 31.
True lies
Benjamin Lee Sperry embraces the quirks of photography in I pass by
When artist Benjamin Lee Sperry quotes William Faulkner to me with "The best fiction is far more true than any journalism," I cringe a little—you know, as a journalist.
Last Watch
Musical time machine Last Watch travels from the 1930s and '40s, headed toward the garage-rock future and a 4 a.m. set by a coked-up ZZ Top playing a post-show set at a hotel room in the Nevada desert circa 1973.
(Noise)
Silence is golden
The Artist makes a loud splash
I'm wary of gimmicks in movies, whether it's the egregious use of 3D, the overuse of CGI or Adam Sandler in a serious role.
(Film Features)
Philip J. Burgess
Badlands Requiem: White Man's Blues
This isn't the latest Pitchfork darling or an episode of "This American Life," but pay attention.
(Noise)
David Casey
The Reckoning Begins
David Casey's new album is an intriguing combination of treacle and well-crafted songwriting.
(Noise)
Chairlift
Something
The official line on Chairlift is that they formed in 2006 with the intention of recording background music for haunted houses.
(Noise)
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