August 2019
Growing up in the late 80s/early 90s was such a different time. In the summers, we ran our town on our bikes or barefoot even; it didn’t matter. From after breakfast until we heard Mom holler “Lunch!”, then again until she yelled…
July 2019
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. --John Muir
It is counterintuitive of the soul present in the mountains to have anyone of low…
June 2019
The world is supposedly becoming more helpful. When I needed to know how to balance my ceiling fan, I went to YouTube.When I had a question about medication side effects, I turned to the Mayo Clinic web site.Power steering on my van gives me better…
May 2019
Bozeman is a great place to live for humans and animals alike. There are countless areas to play and enjoy our community. They say everyone in Bozeman owns a black lab and drives a Subaru. If you live here, you can confirm that is true for the most…
April 2019
Kris Drummond
Last month I paid almost a thousand dollars, flew across the country, and drove four hours to sleep in a tent and tell strangers the truth. For five days, we woke with the sun beneath the pale blue Sonoran desert sky and gathered at the picnic tables…
March 2019
Do you have any kids?” “When are you two going to have kids?” These may seem like benign ice breakers and cute, probing questions. Unless that is, the person who you are asking is in the private struggle of trying to build a family…
February 2019
We hear it all the time, right? “This is a really special place.” There’s much that makes this true: our landscapes and access to them, our people and their work ethic, our education and healthcare systems, our thriving local economy. Over the…
January 2019
There are forty two homeless students in Bozeman High School, one hundred and nine in the District. Anna Edwards, the Family-School Services Coordinator for the Bozeman School District works on several different programs including the Mckinney-Vento…
December 2018
Seth Ward
It’s 5:13AM on a Tuesday and I really should be sleeping. Yesterday the Gallatin Association of Realtors reported that Bozeman home prices rose an eye-watering twenty percent in just the last year. Half of homes now sell for over $450,000. A…
November 2018
"You’re So Brave!" That was the comment I heard over and over after a girlfriend and I decided to head straight into the belly of the beast and attend the September MAGA rally at Billings’ MetraPark Arena. We decided not to protest…
