With Mothers in Prison, Roommates Support Each Other
By Matt Hudson
The last time Sara Palagi called her mother, a federal agent answered the phone. He said her mother was in jail.
In an...
Lucky To Be Alive
By Dillon Kato
When his foot sunk deep into the snowfield, Toby van Amerongen thought he had just stepped in a stream. A second later,...
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...
Jordan Johnson Trial
By Billie Loewen
Weeks after the Feb. 4 incident, Diane Barz, the former state Supreme Court Justice hired by UM to investigate sexual assault cases,...
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....
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...
The Bouldering Boom of Western Montana
By Zeno Wicks
The Bitterroot Mountains on the border of Montana and Idaho have been a longtime secret of western climbers.
Since 1970, hundreds of long...
Graphic: Montana’s gun ownership statistics
By Callan Berry and James Rolph
Looking In From Afar
Katie J.M. Baker, a staff writer for Jezebel.com (tagline: Celebrity, sex, fashion for women), traveled to Missoula to examine what some were calling a...
Bridging the Gap Between Sports and News
When the NCAA announced they would be investigating the University of Montana, Jayme Fraser, now reporting at the Houston Chronicle, was the editor 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...
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...