Letter From the Editor: WInter

Angie Ripple

As we enter into the nineteenth year of publishing a monthly magazine for the community of Bozeman, it is a little hard to believe we’ve been doing it so long. In 2007, with a 10-month old daughter, if you’d told me we would go on to…

What's Your Beef? Town of Virginia City Letter to the State of Montana

Re: The Montana Department of Commerce and the Montana Heritage Commission and their recent actions in Virginia City

The irony of penning this letter as a Lewis and Clark County district judge is currently deciding the fate of a Montana Department of Commerce (DOC)/Montana Heritage Commission (MHC) employee and a Reeder’s Alley contractor for embezzling and…

A New Year in Real Estate

What to Watch, What to Ignore, How to Move Forward

Tim Ford

As we turn the calendar to a new year, many people naturally ask, “What will happen to the real estate market this year?” While no one has a crystal ball, the start of a new year is a good moment to step back, separate signal from noise…

Fight The Funk With Bozeman’s Winter Events

Topher Sedlak

Summertime fills up, like cramming 10 pounds of spuds into a 5-lb bag. There are visitors from other states, there’s maintaining a garden—watering, weeding, maintenance, harvesting, and keeping ahead of bugs, not to mention all the regular…

The Cabin Crazies Cure

Reclaiming Winter in the Rockies

Kathleen Johns

Winter in the Rockies is unlike winter anywhere else. It is long, dramatic, luminous, and deeply influential on our moods and daily rhythm. In places like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and the high Colorado ranges, winter doesn’t simply arrive…

Top 10 Places To Unplug In Bozeman

Josi Hinds

Now that a new year has come and the bustling holiday season has passed, it’s time to slow down and recenter as we make our way through the rest of the winter. Luckily, the cold weather doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of ways to…