April 2026
Abby Knobel
In many places, April is a month of first blooms and warmer days. However, in Bozeman, April can mean another month of winter, a few weeks of melted snow and thick mud, or, if we’re lucky, the beginning of spring. Every year seems to bring a…
April 2026
I’ve never met an actual cowboy. Growing up in Slough, a town outside of London, England, I met a fair few cowboy builders and mechanics but never an actual rooting, tooting, lassoing cowboy (imagine rooting or tooting said in an English…
April 2026
Steve McGann
Montana has an outstanding literary legacy. The names A B Guthrie, Norman MacLean, and Joseph Kinsey Howard come to mind. There are many more men on the list. A name not often mentioned is Dorothy M Johnson, most likely because she was a woman. Yet…
April 2026
The Prettiest Place in the World
Rachel Phillips
In the spring of 1879, Flora Gardner traveled from Kansas to Bozeman with her family, via steamboat and wagon. Once settled in her new home, Flora sent a letter to friends in Kansas describing the trip’s adventures. This is the first of a…
April 2026
Ready to end dark money and corporations swaying our elections? The Montana Plan is here—protecting free and fair elections for Montanans by restoring transparency! Beginning mid-March, The Montana Plan began collecting signatures from voters…
April 2026
Josi Hinds
As the weather gets warmer and the buds start to appear, everyone from birds to Bozemanites recognizes it’s time to plan for more sunshine. For many people in the valley, that means browsing for seeds, designing garden beds and tilling soil for…
April 2026
Josi Hinds
The Gallatin Valley is full of wandering trails, glistening lakes and bountiful rivers, so it’s hard not to find yourself wanting to explore these beautiful landscapes. Luckily, the mountains surrounding Bozeman don’t just make for a…
April 2026
Maybe you saw them. In the summer of 2024—the year before last—volunteers collected signatures on sidewalks and in parking lots across Bozeman. It was hot (except when it wasn’t), windy (except when it wasn’t), and very…
March 2026
Kathleen Johns
Aries (March 21–April 19) Slow your roll--no impulsive starts. Revise first and act second all the way to month’s end. Try movement—walking meditations or stretching—to align intention with action. “I begin again…
March 2026
Topher Sedlak
Three Forks, Montana 1974. Little Joe #77 works during the last week of electrification. Courtesy A. Burns at American Rails.
Behind a curtain of forest, at a spot called Ravenna, a lone building stares out in silence. Its red-brick body is a…
