Saturday, October 10, 2026

Year In Review: Dark Money and the Keystone Pipeline

Dark Money Casts Shadow Over 2012 Montana Elections By Amy Sisk An unprecedented amount of money entered the 2012 Montana elections thanks in part to a...
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One Frame Every Day

By Hunter D'Antuono When they were kids, Shasta and Shawna, now 23, had that secret, made-up twin language we all secretly wished we had with...

Facebook Confessionals

By Conrad Scheid The Internet has never been known as the best way to keep a secret, but it sure holds some mysteries. Take one...

The Deflated Journalist

Column by Jason Kintzler, illustration by Tiffany Garner Right now in a newsroom somewhere, panic has set in. Mounting financial pressure from a newspaper publisher has...

Joey Running Crane and King Elephant Rock and Return

By Tim Goessman Sweat ran down Joey Running Crane’s face as more Dos Equis disappeared from the beer cooler on the porch. The hum of...

Energy Beat Booms

Story by Jayme Dittmar, screenshot from video by Brian Gill When Dan Boyce left his post as Montana Public Radio’s capitol bureau chief for Denver,...
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Kiss and Tell

By Paul Queneau “I hurryed down the hill, which was about 200 feet high and difficult of access, to gaze on this sublimely grand spectacle...

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...

Shifting Perspectives

Story by Gwen Florio, photo by Sarah Chaput de Saintonge, illustration by Kristin Kirkland Missoulian crime reporter Kate Haake is thankfully free on weekends from...

Explosive Real Estate

By Kellen Beck A light layer of snow blankets the North Helena Valley, covering old mortar pieces hidden in long pasture grass. Spent 105 mm...

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...

Finding th3j35t3r

By Brett Bernsten The Jester marks every attack with a calling card tweet: TANGO DOWN. It announced his takedown of the Taliban’s website. It leered...