Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Dairy Blackout

Story by Kelly Conde  A story about cow hooves was all Mychel Matthews was after. Reporting for the Times-News out of Twin Falls, Idaho, she...

Boiling Point

Story and photos by Kate Siberell Studying weather and climate changeis like watching a pot of water on the stove. Both climate scientists and meteorologists...

Happy Media

Story by Kimball Bennion Greg Dunn's Facebook event page The Gratitude Journal still attracts daily posts from tens of thousands of followers even after it...

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...

Under a Closer Scope

Story by Jacob Baynham, photos by Bess Brownlee On the main street of Stevensville, shouldered between an antique shop and a fabric store, stands a...

CORRECTION: Transients of the Digital Age

A version of the article “Transients of the Digital Age,” which was published in the print edition of MJR 2015 (pp. 19–27), contained several...

Three On a Match: Q&A with Andy Smetanka

Interview by Rob Truax, photos by Louise Johns. It’s been three years since Missoula animator Andy Smetanka started on his most ambitious project to date,...

Scanner Shut-Off

Story by Jesse Flickinger Reporters in Billings used to rely on their police scanner to alert them to crimes. These days, they have to be...

Smartphones Trump Free Rural TV

Story by Corin Cates-Carney, photo illustration by Kristin Kirkland Smartphone Reception in Montana is slated to improve, but in exchange, some people in small rural...

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...

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...

DUI Fashion: Meet the Alcohol Monitoring Anklet

By Michael Beall If only Kayla Pedersen had remembered to turn on her headlights. She was so close to home, so close to keeping her...