Year in Review: Sparking Resistance and ADUs
Despite causing the worst damage the state has seen in 100 years, wildfires may be helping Montana.
The western United States endured one of the...
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...
Year in Review: Sherry Arnold and Bakken Boom
North Dakota’s McDonald’s jobs start at $11 per hour
By Jackson Bolstad
In our last issue, “Boom: Reporting on natural resources in Montana,” we debunked the...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...