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New York Daily News is reporting that our senior Senator (and 10th ranking US Senator) is on the outs with his wife Wanda:
As if Sen. Max Baucus hasn’t had enough on his mind as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, he and his wife, Wanda, have split. The Montana Democrat’s spokesman denied Baucus has been [...]

Here is an interesting bit of news for anyone interested in Montana’s frontier heritage.
The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its second round of inductions for the 1860-1920 Legacy Awards to honor historical figures who had an impact on Montana’s Western heritage.
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This year’s nominees can be men, women, ranches, stage coach lines, [...]

Heard earlier today that CNN political reporter John King was in Montana, and here’s a screen shot from this evening with John reporting from Helena:

Isn’t it amazing how much attention The Last, Best Place has received this year, thanks to the Presidential campaign? The Obama team spent plenty of time here, including his much-covered Independence [...]

Electric City Weblog found a video clip on YouTube that Montanans should see. In the clip, Montana Secretary of State Brad Johnson and former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns appear on Fox News to discuss the controversy over Governor Brian Schweitzer’s “election tampering” comments at a trial lawyers’ meeting.

The consensus seems to be that either [...]

Up here in Great Falls, the cost of parking downtown might be going up from 25-cents to 50-cents per hour. I’ve got no problem with it, but there are plenty of folks who are steamed about it. Someone mentioned to me that there are no parking meters in downtown Missoula and Bozeman, which got me [...]

Got an e-mail from Montana author and blogger TL Hines, and his new project sure sounds intriguing – especially to fellow bloggers, I suspect:
My new book, THE UNSEEN, is about a loner who hides in unexpected places. So to help roll out the project, it’s time to hide reminders about the book in unexpected places.
I’m [...]

It’s time to crank up the Montana pride and cast a vote for Caitlin, a student at Great Falls High School who is one of five finalists in a big national contest:
Hey! My name is Caitlin, I’m from Great Falls and I am a finalist in a national contest to win a trip to New [...]

If you’re a right-of-center person – who in 2008 can be called Conservative, Republican, Libertarian, Paleocon (or should that be Palin-ocon now?), Neocon, Independent – and you want to start blogging, check this out: Right Montana! It’s a free, push-button simple blogging site where anyone can sign up and begin blogging literally within minutes. [...]

Here is an entry from October 1, 1954 by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt about her visit to Billings.
It’s a chatty, but interesting entry. One thing I found interesting; Mrs. Roosevelt lists what she feels makes a hotel comfortable and it seems the Northern fit the bill. Who would have thought washcloths, waste baskets and reading [...]

TV Barn has a great profile of John Bohlinger, Jr., the current head of the house bands for the television shows Nashville Star, on the USA Network, and The Next GAC Star on the Great American Country Network.
Yes, John, Jr. is the youngest son of our Lt. Governor.
Aaron Barnhart is an old friend of [...]

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