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 [...]
Oct
17
Tim Montana on Letterman
October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is cool: Tim Montana, a country/rock musician who grew up in & around Butte, will appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman” tonight (Friday, October 17) to perform his song “Butte, America.”
Tim landed the gig on after he met Letterman while he (Letterman) was vacationing at his Choteau ranch.
More Montanans on [...]
Jul
9
Obama In Butte – Roundup
July 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
Many Montana bloggers were excited about Barack Obama’s visit to Butte, America on Independence Day; here are some of their recollections:
Miss Bonkrood, one of the longest-running Big Sky Bloggers, got to shake his hand, and experienced both joy and disappointment:
Then about 5 minutes or later we realize that he is, in fact, making his way [...]
Jul
2
Obama in Butte on July 4th
July 2, 2008 | 4 Comments
It’s been confirmed that Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama will be visiting Butte, America on the 4th of July, aka Independence Day. A former Butte resident ponders the excitement, and Big Sky Cairn notes the possible consequences of the ensuing media circus:
…I’m not sure how to feel about Obama’s decision to come to Butte [...]
Jun
30
Montana Counties: Butte-Silver Bow
June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
County #1 in Montana, according to our license plates, is Butte-Silver Bow. There are about 35,000 people in the 715 square miles, most of them concentrated in the historic mining town of Butte, also known affectionately as “Butte, America.” Butte has a large Irish population, as evidenced by the world-class St Patrick’s Day celebration. Butte [...]
Jun
6
Police need your help; information from the GF Tribune:
Anaconda-Deerlodge police are searching for an Anaconda woman who has been missing for two weeks. Detective Bill Sather says 45-year-old Helena Gracia’s sister reported her missing last Saturday.
Her family last saw her on May 23, when she went to the store to get groceries and fill [...]
Aug
24
Rain
August 24, 2004 | 2 Comments
For a state racked by drought any reports of rain are welcome. I see here the western part of the state got a nice rain and I heard on the radio the northern part of the state really got a nice rain. In fact there were complaints about the rain in the northern [...]
Aug
22
The sun is rising on the beginnings of the venture, put together by david, of the bigskyblog.com. I thank him for the invite to post from the Middle of Nowhere on this collabrative Montana blog. All of us that love Montana know it’s The Last, Best Place and this is a way to [...]
Aug
17
Big Sky Blog: UPDATE
August 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Fellow Montana bloggers, please forgive me if you haven’t yet received an invitation to join this site, and please don’t fret if your site is not yet added to the sidebar! I just started this site the other day, and haven’t yet had the time to fully “create” everything — as you can tell [...]