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Received the following e-mail:
Because you write about Montana, I thought you may be interested to know we were holding this event in Washington, D.C. this weekend. It is organized by a group of us who were born and raised in MT (Winifred, Missoulia, Lolo, West Glaicer, Broadus, Geyser), and now live in [...]

A strong economy (= strong demand for gasoline) and refinery shortfalls (= less than strong supply of gasoline) have combined to produce a situation where higher prices for gasoline have not been able to attract more supply, and may have to trade even higher in order to turn-off some demand.

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Two screenshots of Governor Schweitzer when he appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday. It was a relatively tame, uneventful show – and unlike all previous shows that I can recall, there were TWO conservatives and only ONE Democrat, instead of the other way around. Hmmm…maybe that’s why it was such a tame [...]

Received an e-mail from Reif Larsen, who is once again offering his unique writing workshop:
I just wanted to let you know about a unique writing workshop I will be teaching again in June, which may of be some interest to you and your blog readers. For the second summer in a row, the [...]

I watch “Real Time with Bill Maher” whenever I can, operating under the principle that it’s good to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Heh…well, that’s not entirely true. I disagree with Maher on many, many things, but I am in complete agreement with him on all matters religious. What I enjoy about [...]

MISSING KIDS:

Reported missing from Kalispell:Donovan and Indigo Revander.
“Circumstances: Donovan and Indigo were last seen on March 24, 2007. They may be in the company of their non-custodial mother. They may still be in the local area or they may travel to Reno, Nevada or Seattle, Washington. When Indigo was last seen, her hair was dyed [...]

Much obliged to the folks over at Home Turf Media for including the Easter Egg entry in their Carnival Of The Cities roundup this week! Yeah, the Big Sky Blog isn’t specific to just one city (or town, given the size of our communities!), but as Craig has pointed out, Monana is just one town [...]

I didn’t know that each state gets to select an artist to design a special egg for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the White House; this has been going on for several years, apparently. Of course, the Montana submission – from Jill Hodges – is just beautiful.

Sadly, it seems that our neighbors to [...]

Got an email earlier today from Racine containing the following:
Dear David,
I hope you will consider writing about Big Hole National Battlefield, it’s just a day trip from Great Falls. This August, Big Hole will commemorate the 130th anniversary of the historic battle between the U.S. military and the Nez Perce people. Regrettably, in the [...]

* a sweet Passover
The 8-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Pesach (PEH-sahkh, PAY-sahkh) begins on the 15th day of the month of Nissan (that’s the Babylonian ‘Nissan’, not the Japanese ‘Nissan’), which this year will be at sunset today on the civil calendar.

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