2023

October is widely recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But awareness without action does little to help. In Great Falls, a nonprofit called Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) is working not [...]

By Amy Pearson Inge Buchholz had never had a mammogram before the one she did which would indicate that she had breast cancer. She had always been in good health but during a regular check-up [...]

By Kristi Calvery I never thought I would be grateful that I was diagnosed with diabetes as a child. As a teacher, I now find there is value in life experiences and adversity. It allows a person [...]

By Suzanne Waring The first time I zeroed in on the stars was on a summer night when I was around ten years old. I stayed that night with a girlfriend. The Midwest weather was hot and sticky as [...]

by Amy Pearson, photos by Loni Judisch Montana author Ivan Doig is known to have said, “Brands are the classical language of the American West.” The ultimate purpose of a brand is to illustrate [...]

by Tim Lee A constant forgotten thought isthe concern for the children in our communities. As we look around, things like abuse, neglect, and hunger often remain behind closed doors and by the [...]

By Lochiel Edwards If agriculture is defined as the cultivation of crops and the husbandry of livestock, then Montana has a relatively short Ag history. The first settlers of the Americas arrived [...]

Mariah “Omahkaistaawakaakii” Gladstone is one ambitious woman. She is an aerial instructor in Kalispell, makes and sells jewelry, maintains a photography business, and most centrally these days [...]

by Amy Pearson Megan Torgerson grew up as the youngest of four daughters on a farm and ranch south of Dagmar Montana. Her mother claims that even at the age of three, Torgerson was able to “keep [...]

Independence Bank began as First Security Bank in 1973 with one branch in Havre, Montana. It was formed by a group of local business people who saw a need for a community bank that could serve [...]