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Sort of a shameless plug here for a new semi-blog: the Great Falls Election 2005 blog. Two factors in play here:
1. One of the candidates for Mayor, Dona Stebbins, has been reading and commenting on several Great Falls blogs for a while, and some of us figured it might be interesting to [...]

There have been several reports in the last few weeks about reality TV shows filming in Montana. One incident was reported at Tower Rock, south of Great Falls, and the other took place on the Missouri River in and around Fort Benton. Some have speculated that “The Amazing Race” was filming in Montana, [...]

Autumn has officially arrived, and the weather reflects it! We’ve dipped down into the upper 30s here in Great Falls, and some of the leaves are beginning to make the transition to pure gold. No snow here yet, but I got a call from Keri a few hours ago, and she reported that [...]

The Montana Festival of the Book will be held today (Saturday) in Missoula, and Patia Stephens, along with some other Big Sky Bloggers, wil be participating in a panel discussion with a cute name.
The panel discussion is called “It’s a Journal … No, It’s a Publication … No, It’s a Blog!” I’ll be joining [...]

One man’s pork is another man’s…job? indulgence? necessity? civic pride? The bottom line for most people is that the federal government collects a bit too much of our money and spends portions of it on certain things that are either silly, bizarre, or have no business being in a “federal” budget. In [...]

Welp here I am back in Cali for a little bit (not too long I hope) due to a bit of a family chaos situation. I was just reading the Chronicle online and noticed the Hilton Garden Inn doing hiring in October. Does anyone have any clue when this is due to open? That’s my [...]

Another YAMB.
Random musings, comments and perspective on life in Montana from a native Coloradan brought to this beautiful country by his wife, the Montana native.

There is ample blame to go around regarding the post-Katrina chaos: the municipal government, the Governor and state, the Federal agencies, the President, and so on. Wulfgar has managed to sum up what a lot of people feel about the whole situation. He manages to articulate his feelings with some…uh…vociferousness, in true Wulfgar [...]

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    The United States Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that Rayne Allen Wolery, a 30-year-old resident of Belgrade, was sentenced in a Helena courtroom to a term of 180 months in prison, supervised release for 10 years, and forfeiture of computer and cell phone. Wolery was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to attempted sexual exploitation of ch […]
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  • Sarah Palin returning to Montana for teen fundraiser
    Former Alaska Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is making another trip to the Treasure State.Palin will be in Missoula on September 12 for a fundraiser for an organization called Teen Challenge;the faith-based organization helps teens deal with life's problems by teaching them Christian values.Money raised during the event will go towar […]
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    Reed Point High School students got quite a shock when a history lesson about a gun misfired on Friday. The gun actually went off in the middle of class and the bullet went through a wall. No one was hurt.Superintendent Dwain Haggard says he was teaching a history lesson and was showing off his .50-caliber Hawkens, an antique replica muzzleloader, when the g […]

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