Made in Montana: Biomimicry and The Gadget Gap
Montana Inspires Design
By Eric Oravsky
Montana’s Whitebark pine trees look as if they were beaten down by the unforgiving conditions of the mountain environment they live in....
Transients of the Digital Age
Story by Bjorn Bergeson, photos by Elliott Natz.
Sanjay Talwani packs a video camera and a tripod into the back of his company SUV, pulls out...
Local Food, Local People: Q&A with Emily Wendler
By Megan Petersen, photos by Mandy Tippett
Montana graduate student Emily Wendler spent four weeks with a family struggling to eat all local, only to...
Sidney 2.0: A Stranger’s Take on Sherry Arnold
It’s been 43 days since two men from Colorado allegedly drove through Sidney while smoking crack cocaine. They had one mission in mind—kill a...
After Jaffe
By McHugh Pierre
For eight years Missoula politicos closely followed city Councilman Bob Jaffe’s much anticipated weekly digest of council and committee meetings. But 2014...
Privacy Betrayed
By Albert Borgmann
There was a time when privacy promoted prosperity. Then, prosperity promoted privacy. Now privacy struggles with prosperity and is losing.
The Constitution’s Fourth...
Forsyth Dogies Dominate Small-town Wrestling
by Dustin Klemann
In a blur of camouflage purple, the fans rose from their seats, some with hands over their lips, others with eyes closed...
What’s Your Secret Montana Fantasy?
By Caitlin Avey
Artists, politicos, innovators, and sports stars share their Big Sky Dreams with MJR readers
“My secret Montana fantasy is to steal the late...
Strangers in Sidney: When a Small-town Reporter Strikes Big News
By Amy Sisk
Louisa Barber tapped her thumbs against the steering wheel to the beat of the song At Last as she crossed the Montana-North...
Off the Radar
Interviews by Matt Hudson, camera and editing by Hunter D'Antuono, animation by Joshua James
MJR staffers head to the rural Bitterroot Valley south of Missoula,...
Standing Rock: Native journalists torn between passion and neutrality
Story by Jason Begay, photos by Olivia Vanni
See more of MJR's Standing Rock Coverage with this interactive web documentary.
Even if it weren’t for that...
About Face: The Other Side of the Story
Story by Alexander Deedy, photos by Elliott Natz
There were teepees as far as Kathy Weber could see in every direction. Riding next to John...