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Be Careful, Huge Fire Shows Growing Danger in Montana
Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Montana this year are bracing for hot, dry weather that's now led to "red flag" warnings this weekend. And with the Horse Gulch Fire near Helena now well over 10,000 acres, there's concern this first major fire of the 2024 season could be a harbinger of things to come, with nothing but hot weather in the extended forecast.
Is This The Weirdest Named Town In Montana?
All across America and here in Montana, you will find countless small towns. Some of them are charming, with idyllic downtowns and cute little houses. While others might have a certain history (good or bad) that they're known for. Or maybe, they just have a very odd name. Estately, a...
Income guidelines lowered for families in need of food assistance
There are new income guidelines for families needing food and healthcare assistance for young children. Yellowstone Public Radio’s Orlinda Worthington has details. The U.S. government recently revised the poverty level guidelines for the Women, Infants and Children program to those with a household income 185% below poverty level. That...
Montana’s Best ‘Hidden’ Bar Isn’t a Secret To the Locals
There is something special about finding a place where you can get together with your friends, have a comfortable conversation, and maybe enjoy an adult beverage. No wonder the television show Cheers was such a hit. It captured the feeling of a bar where you felt like "everyone knows your name".
Montana’s Most Difficult Town To Pronounce According To A National Publication
Reader's Digest produced an article highlighting "The Most Difficult Town To Pronounce In Every State." Montana has several viable options to top the list as illustrated by my colleague Chris Wolfe in the article below. That article stemmed from a 24/7 Wall Street publication that listed several options such as...
The Best High Schools In Western Montana
High school is an extremely divisive time in one's life. Some hate the teenage years and some love the weird years because they were not taking high school seriously instead having fun and partying every weekend. The ladder may or may not have been me. High school is a place...
Montana creates emergency ‘drive-thru’ blood pickup service for rural ambulances
Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a transfusion as the blood drained from her body during a stormy, 100-mile ride. Because of the 2019 snowstorm, it took 2.5 hours to drive from her small...
A tribute to Yaak, America
On America’s Independence Day, when other candidates were waving to large parade crowds from the streets of Butte, Red Lodge, Bigfork and other great Montana towns, I traveled, instead, to a quieter corner of our state to celebrate America’s birthday in one of our more secluded communities – Yaak, Montana. And the day turned out to be a perfect reflection of all that is good in our country and our state.Unlike many parades aimed at celebrating every aspect of the Fourth of July, the Yaak Community parade has a singular mission – to celebrate the founding of America.The parade formed in...
Montana judge: Signatures of inactive voters count for initiatives, including 1 to protect abortion
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge said Tuesday that the Secretary of State’s Office erred in changing the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for three constitutional initiatives — including one to protect abortion rights — after officials tried to omit the signatures of inactive voters.
Finding and renewing the Montana spirit that gave birth to the Constitution
Paul Weyrich is not a name most Americans would know, but he may be the man who is most responsible for the current state of politics in America. Weyrich, who studied journalism, had fairly humble beginnings to his political career, starting as press secretary to Colorado Sen. Gordon Allott in 1973. But when he came […] The post Finding and renewing the Montana spirit that gave birth to the Constitution appeared first on Daily Montanan.
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