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Montana Life

What's happening in Montana lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily life and lifestyle in local and statewide Montana news, see our articles below.

Updated 6 hours, 44 minutes ago

Day of care: Volunteers mark National Public Lands Day working on Wild Horse Island

Wild Horse Island, over 2,000 acres of mountains, forests and grasslands, is the biggest island on Flathead Lake.

Updated 4 months ago
PHOTOS: A trip through the Bison Range

Scenes from a trip around the Bison Range on the Flathead Reservation on Sunday, May 19.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Turning the page — Repository for rare books scales back collection

Located off Lake Blaine Road, Parkland Books has been a treasure trove for bibliophiles seeking national park books and publications or rare and out-of-print b…

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
65 years of show tunes and hard work at the Bigfork Summer Playhouse

The Playhouse performs four musicals and a variety show about once a week during its annual run in the summertime. A college-aged cast is hired — roughly 3,000…

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Creston research station designed to meet needs of Flathead Valley producers

The center is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and as those connected with the research station reflect on its decades-long history, they all agree t…

Updated 5 months ago
Let ‘er buck: Local teen launches bull-riding business

When Korbin Baldwin isn’t in class at the vo-ag center, or on the wrestling mats at Flathead High School, he is likely having a bull session with Whiskey, Tumb…

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Alone in the Bob — Artists draw on isolation in nature for creating

Every year, artists, either alone or in pairs, trek through miles of the Bob as participants of the Artist Wilderness Connection residency program. With pack h…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
University of Montana students dive into science of fisheries

Led by Andrew Whiteley, an associate professor of fisheries and conservation genomics in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, the class provid…

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
CRYJ — A model for youth restorative justice in Montana

Spending one to three months working on accountability, roughly 95% of participants will walk out that door having completed “restorative agreements,” entered …

Updated 6 months ago
The birds are back: Migrating flocks settle at Freezout

You really can’t miss the birds.

Updated 6 months, 1 week ago
Stitched together: quilting community remains popular in Flathead Valley

On a windy March morning, guild members gathered at the Quilt Gallery in Kalispell to get together and sew quilts for Logan Health Medical Center.

Updated 6 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Cook Like Mom — Chef creates cookbook for sons and those interested in getting into the kitchen

By extension, the book is a letter to all those who are interested in getting into the kitchen helping them expand their abilities by teaching them to be adapt…

Updated 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Rural Montana county finds unique way to share its groundwater

Montana is in relatively good shape as far as its groundwater supply goes, something uncommon across much of the country, geologist John LaFave with the Montan…

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Gunning to be the best: Teens take part in local shooting league

Standing with her feet hip-distance apart, Flathead Valley Pheasants Forever Youth Shooting League member Abbi Townsend leans into her slightly bent, forward-f…

Updated 7 months, 1 week ago
Disco skate nights on Whitefish Lake bring community together

When Gabriel Layton looks out across the ice at Whitefish’s City Beach, he sees the realization of his vision to bring a little slice of joy to the community.

Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Civil War reenactor takes students back through history

When the kids arrived in the classroom after recess, Inman separated the group into two — the Confederacy and the Union. He referred to groups when talking abo…