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where the sky goes on forever... where everyone must bend to the land... where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. - it was between here and those mountains that cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful, huh? - what was it like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? - oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river, cause the primary winds come from the west. and rain tends to blow ove...

>> mount view on three. one, two, three! >> mount view! >> some people must live in great spaces, where the sky goes on forever, where everyone must bend to the land. where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. >> it was right here in those mountains that the cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful. >> what was it like a hundred years ago? two hundred years ago? >> oh, not much different. this was never forested...

This is the dry side of the river because the primary winds come from the west. Rain tends to blow over here that brings the snow to the mountains. Anthony legendary writer and poet jim harrison is one of those people and this is the place he calls home. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, ...

On his show "The State of Montana," Russell Rowland has interviewed folks like Dorothy Bradley, Ryan Busse and Marc Racicot.

[relaxed country music] ♪ ♪ bourdain: at first look, youd think this is the worst place on earth-- a ravaged, toxic, godforsaken hill threatened from above, riddled with darkness below. but youd be wrong. butte, montana-- it is, in fact, heartbreakingly, poignantly beautiful. the gallus frames seem eyesores for only a second before it becomes clear why they are points of fierce pride for locals, for whom they signify and commemorate everything. - for montanans, many people consider it sort o...

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Becomes clear why theyre points of fierce pride for locals, for whom they signify and commemorate everything. >> for montanans, many people consider it sort of a black eye. i happen to think its sort of the essence of montana. >> aaron parrett was born in butte. hes a professor of literature and a chronicler of the citys colorful literary history. >> there is something beautiful about this city, right? >> yeah, the enduring decay. >> like in detroit or buffalo or cleveland, you can see the aspir...

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music Wilbur Rehmann, on saxophone, and Ken Nelson, on piano, are playing jazz classics at 6 p.m. Friday at Benny’s Bistro. Photo provided Jazz is back Wilbur Rehmann, on saxophone, and Ken Nelson, on piano, are playing jazz classics at 6 p.m. Friday, April 30, at Benny’s Bistro. This is the first time in 2021 that the duo has played at Benny’s, bringing their special jazz style back to Helena. Rehmann and Nelson have played together for many years, but because of the...

Two local-area authors, Tom Harpole and Jean O’Connor, announced the release of new books. “Regarding Willingness – Chronicles of a Fraught Life” by Avon resident Tom Harpole is in its second printing, published by Riverfeet Press of Livingston, with Daniel Rice (editor) and Loren Harr (forward). According to amazon.com the book is a collection of 16 of his most popular stories. Tom “Harp” Harpole was a horse logger working from remote mountain camps and living in wall t...