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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The Rockies Today, Feb. 3

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Tester, Baucus urge Komen for the Cure to reverse "troubling" Planned Parenthood decision (UPDATE)

Max Baucus and Jon Tester are among 26 senators to sign a letter urging the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to reverse its "troubling decision" to cut funding from Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for the poor.

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The Rockies Today, Feb. 2

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etc.

Mitt Romney had just been declared the winner of the Republican primary in Florida.

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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)  

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Shine on, you crazy wolf

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)  

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Ingomar's fortune

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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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)  

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People change

Helena attorney talks transformation in new memoir

In September 2005, Madison County attorney Robert Zenker was unraveling.

(Up Front)  

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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'.

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Sports

Don't squat with yer skis on

There haven't been any gnarly accidents this afternoon, Jan. 29.

(Info)  

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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)  

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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)  

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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)  

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Viewfinder

A gaggle of Canada geese cruise through downtown Missoula before landing on the Clark Fork Tuesday morning, Jan. 31.

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True lies

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.

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Bark buster

Old dog footage makes for a crazy ride

Before watching Doggie Woggiez!

(Film Features)  

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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)  

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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)  

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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)  

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David Casey

The Reckoning Begins

David Casey's new album is an intriguing combination of treacle and well-crafted songwriting.

(Noise)  

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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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  • The invisible man

    A writer goes homeless to see who cares

    I sat on the sidewalk outside the Wilma Theatre, where congregants of Lion’s Den Ministries were arriving for worship, and pretended to be someone I was not—a homeless person.

    Dec 22, 2011

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  • What's eating the elk?

    Folks in the Bitterroot know the answer is wolves. State biologists aren't so sure.

    Julie Fillingham was standing stock-still and quiet in the dense undergrowth of the Bitterroot River’s West Fork during hunting season last year, waiting for a bull elk to pass by, when something on the forest floor caught her attention. At first Fillingham thought it was a stump. Lifting her binoculars for a closer look might have spooked the elk, so she just watched; whatever it was, it was squat, black and motionless against the pre-dawn brush, and it was just 40 yards away. Only when she saw the tracks later did she realize she’d been staring at a wolf.

    Jan 26, 2012

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  • Bad behavior

    Child abuse claims plague Pinehaven youth home

    Two weeks ago, Missoula Police apprehended two runaways from Pinehaven Christian Children's Ranch in St. Ignatius, bringing to six the total number of teenagers who have fled the private youth home for troubled kids since July 15.

    (Up Front)   Mar 3, 2011

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Flash in the Pan

Feed your head

Hunters will go to great lengths to gain an edge on their prey.

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