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I’m sure many of you are familiar with The Command Post — one of the flagship news sites owned & operated by bloggers. For Election 2004, they invited bloggers from all over the country (and world) to establish an account so that each state can be represented on Tuesday. So on [...]

Next up: I-149, also known as The Healthy Kids Healthy Montana Tobacco Tax Increase Act. If passed, this initiative will raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes from the current $0.70 cents to $1.70 – one dollar per pack. The revenue raised by this initiative would go to fund state-sponsored health insurance, [...]

As a relative newcomer to the Big Sky State, I know very little about the state-specific politics. So with the barrage of commercials urging voters to vote YES or NO on I-147, I thought it was about time to learn a little more about it (despite the fact that I am still a registered [...]

I can’t help but think that this is one of those things that you’ll only see in Montana.
Dawnalee Ellis, 34, was arrested in a yard at 314 Terry Ave. after officers received complaints at about 12:50 p.m. of a partially clothed woman on horseback near Central Avenue and Sixth Street West.
Officer DeWayne Ness said [...]

Who Want to Be A Millionaire Farmer?
Have you noticed lately how anyone can be a farmer or rancher? All you need is the money to buy a place and then you just call yourself that. I don’t comprehend this. I come from a long line of short, fat, peasant stock – even if I [...]

The Museum of the Rockies is buying Egg Mountain. Egg mountain is arguably one of the most important finds in the history of Paleontology, and it reshaped the way we think of dinosaurs. Before this chunk of ranchland revealed its secrets, dinosaurs were thought of as big lizards, plopping down their eggs and [...]

Two weeks ago, I received a message that a reporter from the New York Times wanted to speak to me about my blog.
Was he interested in my fine, sensitive poems? Or perhaps my incisive political commentary?
No.
He was interested in Friday Cat Blogging.
The article is here. Yes, it requires registration — [...]

Last night, on KULR-8 TV, Billings bloggers Evangelina Duke (Miss Montana), and Billings Gazette reporter Ed Kemmick were interviewed about blogging.
It was a brief overview of blogging, along with some descriptions of what it’s all about.
You can watch the video here. [~ 13MB]
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Since everyone know’s Montana is The Last, Best Place it seems North Dakota wants to cash in by calling their home The Next Best Place.
I suppose we can let them share a little of our “Best” since we do have enough to share.
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