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/PRNewswire/ -- Its time for snow lovers to rejoice and head to the winter haven of Montana. The Big Sky state features an abundance of snow-covered jagged...

This town had a reputation for drinking and gambling, and having a murder rate at the time higher than the city of Chicago,

Book Description Random House USA Inc, United States, 1999. Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Mountains and Plains Book Sellers Association Award "Sprawling in scope. . . . Mr. Egan uses the past powerfully to explain and give dimension to the present." --The New York Times "Fine reportage . . . honed and polished until it reads more like literature than journalism." --Los Angeles Times "They have tried to tame ...

HELENA, Mont. - Activist groups and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) put forward a petition Tuesday to rename three Montana geographic sites currently named after Jefferson Davis, the former Confederated States of America president. The Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the CSKT sent the petition to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. They are aski...

A note from the editor …. I am excited to announce that Photos of the Week (POTW) are back after a one year hiatus! You are probably wondering why they sent away in the first place, let me explain. This time last year COVID-19 lockdowns began, I had members of the editorial team all over the world scrambling to get home, there was a lot of uncertainty and I focused on keeping the site going at the expense of publishing POTW. A couple of months later most of the world was locked down and it se...

Christmas at the Open Arms Motel By Hank Nuwer - Near Darke As our columnist enjoys the Christmas lights in Union City’s Harter Park, his thoughts are of an unexpected Silent Night 41 years ago. Photo by Malgorzata Wroblewska-Nuwer As a freelance writer in 1979, I accompanied a photographer to interview sheepherders out west. These hardy workers stayed with the flock six weeks, visited by camp tenders who brought food, radio batteries, mail, and a single bottle of Early Times to them. On C...