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PlumKrazzee has a wonderful post about personalized license plates, also known as “vanity plates.” Like her, I am convinced that Montana has more custom plates than any other state (per capita). She has some great examples, both good and bad. The best one I’ve seen here in GF is “ELKH8ME.” Any [...]

Test-driving the Google Video site and did a search for (duh) “Montana.” One of the results is a 53-second clip that will show-n-tell you, “…what a frozen Montana lake sounds like when the sunlight warms the ice and it begins to expand.” Neat! On the other hand, there is also a demonstration [...]

I came across this neat article, just in time for Halloween about all the supposedly haunted places in Montana. I really like reading things like this. My favorite thing was reading all about Bannock because I spent some time at Granite Ghost Town last November and found it fascinating.
Bannock – This is a [...]

I discovered just a few weeks ago that Montana has an monthly “newspaper” of arts & entertainment called “Lively Times.” I like the story about how Lively Times came to be:
Lively Times was created in 1993 by co-publishers Susan Bearse and Kristi Niemeyer. It was Sue’s big idea, really. She was missing too many [...]

Found a nifty new theme that some of you may enjoy here at Big Sky Blog – it’s called “News Time.” It presents this site in a sorta “newspaper”-like format. Click here to see it in action. If you don’t like it, just use the Theme Switcher over on the sidebar to [...]

With help from other Montana bloggers, there is a large list of Big Sky Bloggers located right here, created using Blogrolling. There’s new additions to the roll every few weeks, so be sure to click through and check ‘em out. The newest YAMB is none other than Wulfgars brother, Moorcat. Welcome him [...]

Dave Budge is laying the groundwork for an official Big Sky Blogger Bash! OK, it could also be called a “Montana Meet-Up,” or even the “Montana Wild Food Cook-Off,” but the point is: let’s get a whole buncha bloggers together in one place, share some foodstuffs and beverages, and have a good time. [...]

Listening to NPR several weeks ago I was amused to hear the tale of a Hurricane Katrina evacuee in Houston who was being wooed by a Colorado “recruiter.” The evacuee quickly backed away, stating that it’s too cold and it always snows in Colorado, and opted instead to relocate to Florida. Heh…I’m sure [...]

No, not the Shirley Jackson story; I’m talking about the Montana Lottery (can’t you hear the radio jingle in your head when you read those two words?). The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now in the $290 million range; quite a chunk-o-change, ever after taxes & the lump-sum option. Hearing all the commercials [...]

Well, not quite, but you could have fooled a lot of people yesterday! Many places got their first snowfall of the season yesterday — take a look at how much was reported down in & around Billings! Lots of snow and power outages in the eastern plains, too. Ed puts things in [...]

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  • Montana unemployment rate ticks up
    The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly by 0.1 points in January to 6.8% while the national unemployment rate fell from 10% to 9.7% in January."The U.S. economy showed positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the second half of 2009, but employment growth lags behind a recovery in GDP," says Labor Commission […]
  • St. Peters, county health agency team up to offer free mammograms
    The National Cancer Institute estimates about 40,000 American women died of breast cancer last year. Saint Peters Hospital in Helena is teaming up with the Lewis & Clark County Health Department to help with early detection by offering free mammograms for uninsured and low-income women.Saint Peters recommends women start getting an annual mammogram when […]
  • 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 […]
  • Custodian found dead in Butte school
    The body of a 49-year-old man was found at Kennedy Elementary School in Butte on Saturday.The man worked as a custodian for the school district, Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh said.The body was found in a classroom by a teacher Saturday morning.The man was identified as Doug Weisenberger.The body was taken to the state crime lab for an autopsy, but it a […]
  • Superintendent's gun fires during class in Reed Point
    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 […]
  • Abducted Tennessee children found safe in Missoula
    A pair of children abducted from Tennessee have been found safe and sound in Missoula according to the U.S. Marshals Service.Clifford Leo Skees was a fugitive who was wanted by the Sevierville (TN) Police Department after failing to return Jedidiah Skees, 7, and Samantha Skees, 4 to their mother after being ordered by a Tennessee court to do so on February 5 […]
  • Six people die in weekend crashes in Western Montana
    It was a deadly weekend in Western Montana as six people were killed in three separate accidents.Four people died on Saturday evening when a 17-year-old fell asleep at the wheel near Libby, woke up and then over-corrected, slamming into a mini-van near Happy's Inn on U.S. Highway 2. The 17-year old was ejected and died while a 59-year old woman along wi […]
  • Former Butte student takes free speech case to MT Supreme Court
    Reneee Griffith, a former Butte High School student, lost her free speech case against the Butte School District after it prohibited her from including God in a valedictorian speech, and now plans to appeal to the Montana Supreme CourtLawyers presented their cases in Yellowstone County District Court in December 2009.In 2008, the Butte School District told G […]
  • Four killed in crash between Kalispell and Libby
    Four people died in a two vehicle crash in Flathead County on Saturday night, including a 12-year old girl and a 13-year old boy. The Montana Highway Patrol reports that the crash happened around 6:00 p.m. near Happys Inn on U.S. Highway 2. A 17-year old male fell asleep at the wheel as he was driving in the eastbound lane. He then struck the edge of the ro […]

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