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Bozeman’s Mental Health Resources

Thursday Sep. 1

Chances are you or someone you know has experienced mental health struggles. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five U.S. adults experiences…

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Forest Bathing: A Dose of Nature

Kelly Nicholson  |   Thursday Sep. 1

I woke up this morning in a shady, creekside campground south of Red Lodge, and finally realized why I’ve been feeling down the last few weeks: I’ve been spending too much time inside. The summer heat has made me lethargic; my packed…

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The Bear & Me

Peter Brancaccio  |   Thursday Sep. 1

Fear is relative. Until you are in the middle of it. Last week, at dawn, I drove up the Taylor Fork Road to the four-mile mark. At the split, I turned south and followed Wapiti Creek until the dirt road ended. Two moose were grazing out on a piece of…

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Top 10 Ways to Reduce Everyday Stress

Steve McGann  |   Thursday Sep. 1

The best way to eliminate stress and ensure good mental health is to retire. This approach has worked for me for a number of years. To many of you that will sound smug, patronizing. Yet it does provide an insight into good practice. I remain busy…

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August Cover Artist: Erin Redlin Benson

Monday Aug. 1

A native of Northwestern North Dakota, Erin Redlin Benson, now a resident of Belgrade, Montana, has been a creative and adventurous person ever since she can remember. Her upbringing on a family farm ignited and enabled her love of the outdoors…

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27 Augusts

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

August is the month I moved to Bozeman. I’d visited in July in sweltering heat to attend orientation at MSU. My assigned dorm room was near the top floor of North Hedges and I spent two uncomfortable nights melting in the unfamiliar…

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Current Leaders Must Care

Steve Kirchhoff  |   Monday Aug. 1

We need to understand as much as we can about life. It is not enough to know what something is or how much of it there is. We also need to know the why and wherefore of things. Citizens of Bozeman, particularly in this period of rapid population…

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Bozeman Real Esate Market Report

Tim Ford  |   Monday Aug. 1

As we sit at the halfway point of 2022, there are many factors pushing and pulling the economy and housing markets. Inflation has remained high. Mortgage interest rates shot up quickly, then paused and seemed to come down slightly, then slowly ticked…

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The Jump

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

Lynn Shanahan’s story could easily be turned into a movie. It has mountains and skyscrapers, love at first sight, tragedy, motherhood, and ballroom dancing championships. She met her late husband, John, in New York City, where she worked in…

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Sweet Pea 2022 Music Lineup

Monday Aug. 1

The Sweet Pea Festival is a three-day festival of the arts held the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in August. The Festival kicks off late Friday afternoon in Lindley Park with a performance by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks; Saturday ramps up…

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Parker Millsap with King Ropes and Matt Wallin

Monday Aug. 1

The fifth album from Oklahoma-bred singer/songwriter Parker Millsap, Be Here Instead emerged from a wild alchemy of instinct, ingenuity, and joyfully determined rule-breaking. In a departure from the guitar-and-notebook-based approach to songwriting…

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Bozeman | The Sweet Pea City

Angie Ripple  |   Monday Aug. 1

Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley have been known as the valley of the flowers since only native Americans roamed the area. In the early 1900’s over 17,000 acres of the valley were planted in edible peas harvested both for canning and seed. In…

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Fish Photos

Jeff Beyl  |   Monday Aug. 1

I don’t take pictures of fish anymore. Well, I take that back. Sometimes, I do. You know the pictures I mean. Smiling, holding the trout out in front of you, trying to look cool. We’ve all taken them. We’ve all shown them around…

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Trekking Tribble

Marion Jackman  |   Monday Aug. 1

Bozeman is an outdoor lover’s paradise that attracts people from around the globe. Not only are we mere hours away from two national parks that are world renowned for their natural wonders, we are also surrounded by tall mountain peaks and a…

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Alternatives

Steve McGann  |   Monday Aug. 1

Bozeman is changing, growing before our eyes. The edge of town moves almost daily; you can see it, and also hear it in the sound of nail guns on the frames of countless new buildings. The whole place is vibrant, moving, exciting, and alive. Says me…

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July Cover Artist: Louis Still Smoking

Friday Jul. 1

“I want to move people; have a voice in the world. If you move people you are doing your job as an artist.” Born and raised in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation, art is in Louis Still Smoking’s…

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