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The ICE is Calling

Phil Knight  |   Friday Dec. 1

As the sun slips lower with each passing day, we Montanans enter the Season of Ice. It starts as a thin skin on puddles and frost on the roof. You have to start scraping your windshield every morning.  Before long, the dropping temperature…

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Lost Canyons

Brian Ripple  |   Friday Dec. 1

Lost Canyons is a Bozeman based band that started in 2016. Their current lineup is: Kennan Krause - Vocals & Guitar; Mitch Lauenstein - Guitar, Banjo, Keys, Vocals; Paul Elias - Electric Guitar, Drums, Keys; Jaden Attard - Bass; Lucas Swets -…

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Montana Holidays Outdoors

Steve McGann  |   Friday Dec. 1

My favorite Christmas ornament is a pine cone. It is fitted with a little eye screw and strung on a faded old ribbon. My Mother sent it to me as the wrapping for a present years ago. She included a description typed on her old Underwood, taped to the…

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The Love of a Rancher

Liz Bischoff  |   Friday Dec. 1

The heartbeat of a Montana rancher can be heard when the whistling winds that chap uncovered skin finally die down, when the hail that dents rooftops and cracks glass finally settles, when the lambing ewes stop braying and bleating and start licking…

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Fond Memories of a Norwegian Wool Hat

Ken Walcheck  |   Friday Dec. 1

Christmas morning, 1947. Something about the shape of that package under the Yule tree caught my eye. Call it intuition if you wish, but I had a feeling this gift was going to be a little bit special. Even though I was nearly sixteen, I unwrapped it…

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November Cover Artist: Chris D'Ardenne

Wednesday Nov. 1

As a physician and photographer, art and science have long been intertwined in Chris D’Ardenne’s life. This unique combination of careers is synergistic, and makes him both a better doctor and a better artist. Ever since being handed his…

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New Executive Chef Joins Fielding’s

Taylor Owens  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Shane Graybeal has joined the Kimpton Armory as the new executive chef at Fielding’s, an American-fare restaurant serving up fresh dishes and craft cocktails. Fielding’s, the namesake of Fred Fielding Willson, the architect of the…

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The Hellroaring

Brian Ripple  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

The hamlet of Billings was nicknamed the “Magic City” because of the rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. It’s the largest city in the state of Montana and the 282nd largest city in the United States…

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Take a Montana Drive This Fall

Steve McGann  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Before I lived in Montana, the most vivid recurring image I had of what it would be like involved driving. My mind-picture was of an old bench seat pickup, slowly moving up a long hill on a gravel road through a grassy meadow. There were a couple of…

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Lindley Park’s Tree Totem

Liz Bischoff  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

Have you been to Lindley Park yet this fall? Located behind the Bozeman Public Library, and site of Bozeman’s annual Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, the park has a unique new feature: the Festival’s Tree Totem. Kris Conners with Custom…

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Gallatin River Lodge

Taylor Owens  |   Wednesday Nov. 1

For over twenty years, the Gallatin River Lodge has nestled on the Gallatin River, in the forested area accessed via Thorpe Road, west of Bozeman. Originally a popular spot for those on a fly-fishing trip, it is now open to locals and travelers alike…

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