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New Movie Stars, Please

The Current Crop Has Become Tiresome BY HOLDEN CAUFIELD It’s true that we see movie stars in Livingston (no one knows why) and even occasionally get a kick out of it, though we act like we don’t care, but if the truth be told this particular observer of the public scene does’t care if he ever sees another movie star again. Maybe that’s not fair, because Jeff Bridges is a … [Read more...]

Pole Dancing Goes Mainstream

It’s the Newest Thing for Fun and Fitness BY DOUG NELSEN From the time the athletic club where Rebecca Stokes worked in Colorado first installed fitness poles, she was hooked. Having graduated with a degree in Media, she initially took a job with Powder magazine, but wanted more, so she became a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor at the Colorado fitness club. "The … [Read more...]

Don and Dan Nichols Imposed  Life Sentences on Their Victims

Stop Romanticizing Vicious Criminals as “Mountain Men” BY KARI SWENSON I am disgusted by the continued characterization of Dan and Don Nichols as "Mountain Men" by the media and the Nichols. When I think of “Mountain Men,” I am reminded of Jim Bridger or John Colter, and scores of others who were hard-working outdoorsmen able to live and survive in the vast wilderness of … [Read more...]

Governor Covers for Unions in Pension Debacle

Protecting His Own —the Budget Busters BY DUSTIN HURST Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is a gifted politician where message discipline is concerned, and that can make life tough for a journalist. On April 10, Schweitzer told a room of reporters that he blames Republicans for blowing a $2.4 billion hole in Montana’s two largest pension programs, the Teachers’ Retirement … [Read more...]

The Mystery of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel

Its Reality Speaks of a Culture Long Gone, Lost to Time, Attuned to the Stars BY PAT HILL Located high in the Bighorn Mountains of Northern Wyoming, the centuries-old Medicine Wheel, as it is known today, seems to be a testament to astronomical applications used by people who lived in the Northern Plains long before white men came on the scene, or even the Crow Indians, but … [Read more...]

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