The Last Wranglers
By Rick Sherman
I can see my breath as I walk out to the corral, halter in hand, to catch my wrangle horse. There is...
Culling in the Capital
By Masaki Nakagawa
First light has yet to peek over the top of Mount Helena as Mark Lerum, reserve officer for the Helena Police, pulls...
Sidney 2.0: ‘Fear and Loathing’ in Montana
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.
Jargon Therapy: A Cooperative Partnership
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.
News of the Wild: A Solution to Montana’s Wolf Problem
Okay folks, so a grey wolf was spotted running around in a field at the Kalispell Middle School in late February, and a man...
Jargon Therapy: Power Shift Players Give Their Two Cents
Sometimes succinct, poignant and creative messages draw the strongest results. These mini-novels were written by young people learning about climate change at this year's Rocky Mountain...
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...
Sales: Dead Worms and Genuine Laughs
When I tell people part of my job as business manager of MJR is selling advertisements, they cringe.
“Ew…I hate selling ads,” one of my...
Sidney 2.0: Tales of Jumpsuits in a Laundry Room
I can’t look at pictures of the two suspects in the Sherry Arnold case. Their jumpsuits haunt me.
I remember walking through the holding area...
News of the Wild: Montanans as Wildlife
On a recent trip to Helena, I was reminded just how much, and why, I love Montana.
I spent one of the strangest days of...
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...
Towner’s Gold
By Allison Mills
Rocks and dirt crash down the wash plant’s spinning metal tube, blasted by streams of water. A muddy wave tumbles down...