MJR 2012

By Bekhi Spika “The earth is very resilient,” said Mark Vander Meer, his eager smile busting through his white, bushy beard. “It’s people who aren’t.” Vander...

We heard McDonald’s was paying $20 an hour near the modern boom town, Sidney, Mont. — or was it $15... $18... $12? MJR had a...

Folks, There is a current war being waged. The players? Myself versus the flock of wild turkeys in my neighborhood. Long past are the days I...

When in Sidney, do as the Sidneysiders do. Should you venture into eastern Montana oil country, don’t leave without completing the following: Walk into a solitary...

Montana Journalism Review is cranking into full-time work on our print edition, but we’re still taking a bit of time to talk about another...

Ranchers were once kings. When the Mannix family homesteaded Montana in the 1800s they ruled the Blackfoot Valley in west central Montana. Today, instead of...

The proposed program is styled after the Helena Urban Deer Management Program implemented in 2008, which sets baited traps throughout town. The deer that are caught are euthanized and the meat is harvested and given to families in need. There’s room for a modern-day Bambi story in there somewhere…

A cooperative partnership: this is what got thousands of acres of rangeland reseeded and native plants growing less than a year after wildfire raced across Gary Visintainer’s land.

Mike, Amy and Dameon arrive in Sidney after nine and a half hours of driving. Amy documents her first day in the furthest east she's ever been in Montana. Photos by Mike and Dameon.

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...