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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 [...]

One of my blog-buddies in Washington is looking for some online help to get the playing field at the school in Busby refurbished:
My mother-in-law is teaching at a reservation school in Montana. They need their playing fields refurbished- and Kellogg Foods is ready to help.
Vote here for this school:
N.C.T.S. Eagles Field
Busby MT 59016
It would make [...]

If you’ve ever enjoyed the best steak in the world at the Highwood Bar, tucked between Belt and Fort Benton, this will come as sad news: Jack Earl “Piano Jack” Myllymaki, the man who pounded the keys at the Highwood Bar, has passed away at the too-early age of 57. The Trib did a feature [...]

Last Saturday, I stopped by the Farmer’s Market in downtown Great Falls and happened upon a booth operated by Brent and his family, where they were selling their Manly Man Candles, their home-based business located in Power, Montana. I loved the scents, bought a few, and asked Brent if I could promote his business on [...]

How about starting off in Cascade? Cute town, and for such a small community, it sure has some good parks. And right on the Missouri River – beautiful. Lunch at the Badger Cafe – delicious! Then a bumpy ride a few miles west towards the old ruins of St Peters, which I believe was built [...]

In keeping with today’s theme of Moon Over Montana, here is my entry, taken (IIRC) in February of 2003 in the very early morning…

> read the rest (click here) all done

The first Big Sky Blog button — you’re all invited to add it to your site, or create your own and post it here for us to use! It’s my first button, and it’s probably a bit too big, so scale it down if you need to. EDIT: I changed my button to [...]

Is this power plant ever good news for Big Horn County. Chronically plagued by high unemployment, 15.7% in 2003, the prospects of a large number of full time jobs the power plant will bring is really giving people a positive attitude. Then there is the new private detention facility that is being discussed [...]

My Saturday morning routine is like this (with some parts excised because this is, after all, a family blog): Get out of bed, stumble into kitchen, start coffee, check email.
Usually, I don’t get much of anything — even the hate mail has slowed up some. I must be losing my touch.
Anyway, I’ve [...]

Mountain goats move into Yellowstone, for better or worse. The Good news is that they are establishing themselves very well in the higher reaches of Yellowstone. Uhmm, that’s the Bad news as well.
Mountain goats definitely fit into the category of “charismatic megafauna.” Beautiful, graceful and athletic, they survive on scant food in incredibly [...]

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