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,...
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,...
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...
Forsyth Dogies Dominate Small-town Wrestling
by Dustin Klemann
In a blur of camouflage purple, the fans rose from their seats, some with hands over their lips, others with eyes closed...
Hungry Horse News Strives to Keep Community Close
By Megan Petersen
In 1965, Mel Ruder won a Pulitzer Prize for his almost-solo coverage of a 500-year flood in the small town of Columbia...
Uniting Native American Tribes in Canada and Montana
By Kelly Conde
On a cold January day, Bryson Myers played the flute beneath a cottonwood tree on the edge of the Fort Peck Indian...
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...
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...
Montana Gets Its Reality TV Closeup
By Dustin Nelson
From dates under the big sky with “The Bachelor" to a restaurant makeover at the Rising Sun Bistro in Kalispell, Montana made a...
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...
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,...