Native Boxer Faces the Challenges of a Champion BY BRIAN D’AMBROSIO 09/03/15 Twenty-seven year old Duran Caferro contrasts his aggressive boxing skills with an unassuming personality. Even Caferro's tall, lean physical appearance comes across as deceptively modest. When he stepped into the arena at the Three Forks Rodeo Grounds on Saturday, August 22, to exchange grunts … [Read more...]
Chet Huntley’s Journey, the Hi-Line to the Big Time
A Journey That Began in a One Room Schoolhouse BY BRIAN D’AMBROSIO 09/10/15 Saco, Montana—the kind of place where you step off into eternity and wonder if you will ever make it back. Situated along the Hi-Line, the land lays flat and scrubby, never a look to be confused with natural beauty. A roughneck town of only a few hundred, Saco is also home to the Chet Huntley … [Read more...]
The Bee-Pocalypse Myth
Montana’s Bees and the Whole Country’s Are In Good Shape BY SHAWN REGAN 09/05/15 By now, you've probably heard about the plight of the honey-bees. In 2006, beekeepers began reporting above-average losses to their colonies over the winter. Within no time, the media was abuzz over “colony collapse disorder,” a mysterious affliction causing entire hives to die or simply … [Read more...]
Secret Service on the Yellowstone
They Stand Out Like, Well, the Secret Service 09/01/15 BY DAVID S. LEWIS So I’m driving down Hwy 89 in Paradise Valley near Point of Rocks. It’s August, but freakishly cold and wet. I see a small fleet of identical silver SUVs parked at the fishing access. At 80 mph, I fly by, then turn around, drive back to the entrance, and roll down the gravel road to the … [Read more...]