Elk With Attitude Occupy Mammoth BY LISA BARIL 10/12/14 If you live in Mammoth, Wyoming, just inside the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, you mark the passage of time by observing the seasonal movements of wildlife. Winter brings the Canyon wolf pack trotting into town along with woolly bison and flocks of Bohemian waxwings. Spring brings protective cow elk … [Read more...]
Breaking Bad in the Bakken and Beyond
Oil Patch and Mexican Meth Hit Southwest Montana BY PAT HILL 10/12/14 Montana has seen an increase in the number of methamphetamine-related crimes and arrests since 2012, and though much of the blame may fall on the Bakken oil boom, law enforcement officials admit that much of the problem is really a matter of supply and demand. “As long as you have demand for it, … [Read more...]
A Battle in Old Mexico
Mexican Soldiers No Match for Horn and His Apache Scouts BY TOM HORN Originally published in 1904 (from Life of Tom Horn) We had, I think, sixteen [renegade Apache] prisoners, and some of them were cutting up a good deal on account of having seen their people killed, and an old squaw can always make her share of noise when she is doing … [Read more...]
Fur Flies Over Bobcat Farm
Activists Oppose Bobcat Farmer Operating in Montana BY BEN GOLDFARB 10/09/14 Five years ago, Larry Schultz’s bobcats started killing their kittens due to the constant stress and noise of rolling semis in the Bakken. Now he’s set his sights on a new location in Montana, a potential move that’s stirred up animal rights activists near and far. Schultz is one of … [Read more...]
Can a Bottle of Wine Sink a Political Campaign?
If So, We’re All in Big Trouble BY DAVID S. LEWIS 10/09/14 Not long ago, we reported that a Montana Pioneer photo taken in 2010 was purchased by the Chicago Tribune. The photo revealed then White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (now Mayor of Chicago) and private equity manager Bruce Rauner (now running for governor of Illinois) strolling down the bucolic path to … [Read more...]
The Art of Doing Nothing
Technology, like never before, offers us new ways to decompress. We can take our work on the road, pack a virtual office in a carry on, work in the mountains or by the sea, be highly mobile and flexible in the way we make a living (depending on your line of work), thanks to technology and the entrepreneurs who produce it, thereby helping us to get away and relax. Close to … [Read more...]