Letter From The Editor: Welcome To Montana

Angie Ripple  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

On August 10, 2021, our family was camping at Hyalite Reservoir, our two youngest children had been chasing each other around the campsite for several days before our son tripped running downhill and broke both the radius and ulna in his left arm. As…

What's Your Beef? Tell It Time

Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

My 2 cents in regards to vaccinate or not to vaccinate...might get kinda long...I work two jobs. I work two very ridiculously American jobs. By day I manage a summer grazing operation. I am a ranch manager and a working cowboy. No shit. Doesn’t…

September 2021 Cover Artist: Kirsten Kainz

Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

Kirsten Kainz sees the beauty in life, it sets her purpose. She has a never-ending need to create works of art that reflect the beauty, wonder and humor that she sees all around her. Her works of art are wonderful reminders to ourselves to enjoy and…

Robert Royhl: Hard-used Earth: 1998-2021

Angie Ripple  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

Robert Royhl is a painter who has been living and working in Bozeman, Montana, for the past thirty-four years, he taught painting, drawing, and printmaking at Montana State University from 1987 until 2006, and has been featured on the cover of…

The Bridger Foothills Fire One Year Later

Steve McGann  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

On the afternoon of September 4th, 2020 I was on a bike ride south of Bozeman. Turning north I gazed up at the Bridgers as always. There was a puff of smoke above the M. Intrigued, I rode to town keeping an eye on the smoke. Back home I checked the…

Belgrade Real Estate Market Report

Tim Ford  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

Generally, this column focuses on Bozeman’s real estate market. However, Belgrade is a large part of the Gallatin Valley and the homes there play a massive rule in providing housing for our greater community. This month, we’ll take a look…

Drunk and Disorderly: The Era of Prohibition

Kelly Hartman  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

As those living in the Gallatin Valley endure this exceptionally hot summer, one could hardly imagine doing so without the help of a cold beer or a refreshing cocktail. However, that is just what those living exactly one hundred years ago in the…

Chasing Fins at Hyalite Canyon

Christopher Dyrland-Marquis  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

In the early morning light that grew on Hyalite Reservoir, a soft breeze rippled above its low waves and settled—slowly intertwining around the evergreens that peppered the water’s edge. I felt the green, Old Town canoe that I relaxed in…

Top 10 Acts of Montana Hospitality

Christopher Dyrland-Marquis  |   Wed. Sep. 1st, 2021

Big Sky Country is a unique land of rugged scenes, but its people are even more inspiring! Small town attitudes across the state (and maybe all that cold weather) generate special kinships between residents, facilitating kind practices that Montanans…