March 2025
Steve McGann
This opinion was contributed after our editorial deadline had passed, we included here in the Recreation section.
The United States of America is being dismantled in plain sight. The new administration has authorized unelected, sometimes even…
March 2025
Peter Brancaccio
Was it really invented by a U.S. Congressman? During the war? On an island? And then named after the family dog? Yes. No. Yes. And, no.
Not too long ago, one of our neighbors was being pulled along by her two stout bulldogs. One of the dogs is named…
February 2025
Julia Yanker
I wasn’t rag-dolling anymore, but I was still sliding down the snowy slope at a high rate of speed. On my back. Headfirst. This was not how I had imagined this ski day would go. Nor would I have imagined how formative for my life path this…
February 2025
Jessica Cairoli
Faces pressed as close to the thick plexiglass as dared, longing to be close to the action but safe from its intensity, fans alternate between joyful cheering and quiet focus as the game unfolds before them. As the Bozeman Icedogs hockey team…
January 2025
Sydney Jones
With a fresh start to a brand new year, we all get the opportunity to look forward to another 12 months, each filled with different ceremonies and celebrations. With a January birthdate myself, I am no stranger to the way winter birthdays sometimes…
January 2025
Angie Ripple
A Bozeman winter brings long, cold days and nights, and you’ll want some activities to keep you warm and busy until things thaw out. We’ve collected a handful of ideas to keep you moving and happy this winter.
Play in the SnowEmbrace the…
January 2025
Jeff Beyl
How was your day fishing?
Terrible!
Didn’t you have a good time?
No!
What? Is there such a thing as a bad day on the river? I have fished on days when the sun scorched down upon us and we sweat so much we looked like we had just gone…
December 2024
Embracing the Quiet of Winter
Steve McGann
To overstate the obvious, winter contains two basic things – dark, and cold. One momentous early human discovery dealt with both of these obstacles to life. That was fire. This advance brought on more than light and warmth. Soon there was…
December 2024
Jeff Beyl
I was writing about autumn in Montana. Specifically, about fly-fishing the Yellowstone River in autumn. I added the cottonwood leaves turning bright orange and yellow and they would let loose from the branches as a breeze came by and they fluttered…
November 2024
Steve McGann
The saying, “Been there, done that, got the t-shirt” mildly pokes fun at people who did stuff and, even before they could brag about it you knew about their exploits, because their t-shirt advertised it. They had been to parks, climbed…
