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The Big Sky blogging community has suffered a loss. Allan has passed away. Please send warm thoughts and condolences to Karen, our very own Karbon Kounty Moos.

From a comment left earlier today that probably deserves to be posted up here:
My husband and I own a fresh, all natural salsa company in Missoula and we are looking for people to do salsa sampling in the Super 1 grocery stores in Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Polson and Whitefish. We are looking for [...]

I saw Sunday’s edition of the State’s Youth Open to the Military
The problem isn’t corruption in recruitment, said Wayne Lewis, who is starting a state chapter of Veterans for Peace. It’s the ease with which the military accesses kids. It grooms them, he said. When they turn 18, signing them up is [...]

I crossed over the Continental Divide this weekend for a booksigning in Great Falls. I always love to make that trip into what I think of as true Big Sky Country. Here in the Missoula Valley our sky is average. Don’t get me wrong, I love Missoula but there is something about the feel of [...]

Here’s some information that could help anyone, looking to move to the Flathead Area.
Flathead County: Property Tax Department
(406) 758-5680
They could probably give you basic information but anything helps doesn’t it?

Hello!!!! My family and I are seriously considering moving to your beautiful area! Flathead county is very beautiful! In researching our potential new home, I’m having a hard time getting info on property taxes. What is the approximate percentage of tax relative to the price of a home? Also, how and [...]

I’ll be at Hastings Books and Music in Great Falls on Saturday, March 25th signing my new book–My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.

“I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love, and it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.” – John Steinbeck

Just a reminder: when winter weather hits, as it did this weekend, be sure to check the Montana road conditions before you head out. And not only can you read about road conditions — you can check ‘em out yourself via some handy web-cams!

Strolling through the Big Sky Pool photos over at Flickr, I stumbled across another very cool pool: BISON! Plenty of awesome pictures of bison: sleeping, standing in traffic, and a baby eating. And it’s not just limited to real bison: souvenir-type creations, drawings, and art displays! If you can’t get enough Bison [...]

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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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    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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