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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 23 hours, 24 minutes ago

Seasonal sounds: Brass instruments star of unique Christmas concert

Musicians played tubas, euphoniums and baritone in a unique roughly one-hour concert performing at the Red Lion Ho…

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Whitefish Schools regenerative agriculture program takes learning outside classroom

Through the class, students have successfully created businesses selling microgreens, marketing grass-finished beef and building a vegetable trailer to use for…

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Sisters share horsepacking knowledge with others

When Hannah Boll's her parents dragged her to a meeting of the Flathead Valley 4-H Trail and Packing program, she had no idea how much the experience would cha…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Stories from Trego tunnel deviate from historical record

Working between 1967 and 1968, Bruce Morse was a member of one of the three 20-man crews working around the clock on the tunnel’s south portal. Joining his fat…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Boy Scout Troop 1933 celebrates 50 years

Sponsored by the Kalispell Rotary Club, Troop 1933 was chartered in 1972 and is currently one of the oldest troops in the state, but the history of Boy Scouts …

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
‘Rock snot’ algae blooms hurting Kootenai River fishery

On an overcast day in mid-June last year, Jim Dunnigan, dam mitigation coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, stood on a concrete embankment overloo…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Kila man uses flint knapping to bring history to life

Tom Blais has had a fascination with arrowheads since childhood. Now, he is using traditional techniques to make his own.

Updated 2 years, 8 months ago
Book looks at the impact of Depression-area program in Glacier Park

The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by an act of Congress on March 30, 1933. It was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal designed to help…

Updated 2 years, 8 months ago
In pursuit of rare owls in Glacier National Park

Biologists know great gray and boreal owls live in Glacier National Park. Finding them is another matter altogether.

Updated 2 years, 8 months ago
Springtime comes to McIntyre farm

Out at the McIntyre farm, spring is in its full form — blue skies, sun and baby animals.

Updated 2 years, 8 months ago
Thousands of birds migrate to Freezout Lake

Thousands of birds migrate to Freezout Lake

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
North End Swing keeps ‘swinging’ after more than a decade

It’s a cold Friday night as people show up to Noble Dance in Kalispell to get moving. Nervous at first, they learn some basic moves and slowly begin to branch …

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Irish dance academy steps into community

Claire Gutschenritter is planting the roots of a storied dancing tradition in Kalispell soil. She recently launched An Daire Academy — named for the Irish term…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Natural rhythm — Mission of Rain or Shine 'forest school' in Somers is to get children outdoors

No matter the weather, children attending Rain or Shine School are ready to explore, play, learn and grow.

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
At-home mushroom cultivation workshop part of Free the Seeds event

The seventh annual Free the Seeds event runs Saturday, March 5 through Monday, March 7 with several virtual workshops and two seed giveaway locations.

Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
Photographer captures night sky to raise awareness of light pollution

For the past several years, the New Jersey-based artist Imma Barrera has been working towards her goal of capturing images of the Milky Way in diverse ecosyste…