September 2020
Rachel Phillips
When the city of Bozeman incorporated on March 26, 1883, John V. Bogert was elected the city’s enthusiastic first mayor. The new city leader and his aldermen immediately began passing ordinances regulating everything from business signs to…
September 2020
Tim Ford
While this column generally focuses on Bozeman’s real estate market, the community of Belgrade is also an integral part of the Gallatin Valley. This month, we’ll look at how the Real Estate Market has fared there.From the first of the…
September 2020
What I’m about to tell you is very difficult, but it is done with great gratitude and optimism for the future:
It’s time to move on from our beloved strip mall.This theater has been our home for 22 years. While no one person has been…
September 2020
Angie Ripple
I have no particular words of encouragement to share with you readers this September, I am just hanging on, as I imagine many of you may be. This fall my three children were set to begin school at three different schools, including an incoming Middle…
August 2020
Angie Jamison
Western CafeThis one is getting a fresh burst of popularity thanks to the younger generations having found out about it. It’s also where everyone wants to bring visitors to give them the “Montana” experience. What we…
August 2020
Tim Ford
The first 6 months of 2020 are behind us, and what a crazy 6 months it has been. Sitting at the halfway point, I thought it appropriate to look back and see how the local real estate market has fared over these tumultuous months. A shortage of…
August 2020
Cynthia Logan
Actor / Producer Zac Titus’ Two Yellow Lines is one of the highlighted films set to screen at the Third Annual BZN International Film Festival, which will be held both as a live event in Bozeman August 27-30 and online August 27 –…
August 2020
It was our first anniversary dinner, one year to the day since our first date. I remember her make-up, stunning shades of blue that evoked her Blackfoot name, “Blue Paint Woman”, and my bushy beard, curly and unkempt, symbolic of mine…
August 2020
Angie Ripple
In January of this year, Bozeman heralded a new mayor, Chris Mehl, but if you are a regular citizen of Bozeman (like me), you very well may have missed the pomp and circumstance of the induction. Ok, there wasn’t a parade or anything to welcome…
August 2020
From the beginning of humankind, women have supported other women as they birthed their babies. These support persons are known as “doulas.” Doulas are welcomed into homes, birth centers, and hospitals alongside a laboring woman and her…
