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Montana Life

Explore the heart of Montana through features on local culture, outdoor living, food, and community life. Montana Life captures the essence of our state—its beauty, character, and the stories behind the scenery.

Updated 23 hours, 11 minutes ago

Historic guardians: Efforts work to preserve the story of Bigfork

As Denny Kellogg and Ed Gillenwater tell the story, though, Bigfork’s history actually began a little earlier: a m…

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Travel planner: College's study-abroad director sends students off to see the world

Mick Stemborski has a simple philosophy: People should see the world and other cultures to truly appreciate life.

Updated 12 years, 5 months ago
Wilderness wonderland: Rugged Montana country and elk hunt are a timeless allure

Here along the Continental Divide in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on wintry mornings, the horses accepted their saddles and chilled steel bits fatalistically.

Updated 12 years, 6 months ago
Ethiopian expedition: Flathead resident runs ultra-marathon to help children

This was no ordinary run for a cause.

Updated 12 years, 6 months ago
A lesson in logging

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
A dog and his boy: Corgi, child bound by more than mere puppy love

When Robert Love fell from the swing at Lawrence Park in Kalispell a few weeks ago, his mother, Crystal Leach, raced to her 4-year-old son.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Royal treatment

Homecoming is a time for kings and queens at high school celebrations.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Remembering Gus: Movement afoot to honor long-forgotten pitcher from Kalispell

One of Kalispell’s only residents to ever play Major League Baseball, pitcher John “Gus” Thompson was good at throwing the ball past swinging batters. 

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
All that jazz: Festival celebrates two decades of great music

For the last two decades, Glacier Jazz Stampede has been filling downtown Kalispell with the sounds of jazz.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Addicted to recovery: Wilderness Treatment Center has transformed lives for 30 years

Take a headstrong, entitled young man grappling with his own demons and the looming specter of addiction, and for most parents, the situation can get out of ha…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
'Your Life Covered' Summer Photo Contest winners announced

With well over 600 submissions, the Inter Lake’s “Your Life Covered” Summer Photo Contest was a huge success.

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
Blessed are the peacemakers: Mennonite church marks century of service, pacifism

Who are the Mennonites?

Updated 13 years, 2 months ago
Montana Life: Rosemaling

Updated 13 years, 2 months ago
Montana Life: Lee Proctor

Lee Proctor uses a torch to make the final adjustments to the shape of a bulb he has blown on Friday, February 15, at his studio in Bigfork. (Brenda Ahearn/Dai…

Updated 13 years, 3 months ago
What does it take to survive?

Nick Merriman uses a cotton ball and a flint and steel to start a fire.