Mar

27

Montana Tea Party

March 27, 2009 | 33 Comments

Tea Parties are spreading like wildfire across the nation, but I haven’t heard of any in Montana – yet. But get ready: there are several Tea Parties planned in Montana for April 15, according to Tax Day Tea Party.
The following is a list of CONFIRMED Tea Party Tax Revolts planned within the state of [...]

Mar

23

Congrats to The Lettermans!

March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

MONTANA’S (thx bob! how did i turn that into alaska?!) most famous part-time resident, David Letterman, finally tied the knot! He got married to his long-time girlfriend (and mother of their 5-year old boy) Regina Lasko, and they did it right in Choteau (near his ranch). The official who married them was Teton County Justice [...]

Mar

22

Butte Plane Crash

March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

This is horrible: a plane has crashed in Butte, killing 17 people according to initial reports. First the Bozeman explosion, then the Whitehall fire, and now this…check out KXLF for the latest news.
UPDATE: 14 people – including 7 children – have died in the crash. And in some unusual naming coincidences: the Napa Valley Register [...]

Mar

17

St Patrick’s Day in Butte, Montana!

March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Until I moved to Montana, I had no idea that the town of Butte had such a wild and storied history. I also didn’t know that it was world-famous for the annual Saint Patrick’s Day celebration(s). Turns out that Butte has a large population of Irish descendants, and there are several Irish pubs [...]

Mar

5

Bozeman Explosion

March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Huge explosion in downtown Bozeman; here’s pix from KBZK.

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