2020

By Sue Carlbom On October 10, 2020, the Bunkhouse Inn on Main Street in Augusta burned to a pile of rubble. But, as with most tragedies, when the smoke cleared there was some good to be found. [...]

In Great Falls, more than 475 children experience homelessness each year. It’s a heartbreaking statistic—one that the community is working to address. Thomas Risberg, Development Director of [...]

December 7-January 9, 2020 For more than fifty years, Carol Olthoff has been collecting nativities. From manger scenes that fit in the palm of her hand to life-size nativities (and everything [...]

After the first Thanksgiving in 1621, it took over 200 years before Thanksgiving Day was officially proclaimed in 1863. Sara Hale, a magazine editor, spent 40 years writing editorials and letters [...]

2020 has been a difficult year for many of us. Yet, as is always the case, there is hope to be found, joy to be shared, thanks to be given. As we look across the Treasure State, we find stories [...]

Text by Brad Reynolds, Photos by Jack Cantrell The mine was sick, and all of Butte knew it. In 1983, Don Peoples Sr., chief executive of mining operations, told reporters it was like “being told [...]

The health of a business is dependent on customers. That is why, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Subaru of Great Falls is committed to the health and welfare of Montanans. “You have to [...]

By Brad Reynolds Music is the fire that fuels our feet. It moves our minds and spurs our souls. It anchors us in times of turbulence. It soothes us in times of pain. Music is the thread that [...]

By Stacy Bronec “The best part of working at a care center in a small community is getting to know your residents. There’s a more ‘homey’ feel,” Anne-Marie Benjamin says. Benjamin is a social [...]

by Tiffany Sweeney Cassy Dee paced along her patio in disbelief; “I have breast cancer. I have breast cancer. I have breast cancer.” The doctors believed her to be too young. She was only 41 [...]