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Spying on Wildlife
By Alison Perkins
While civil rights advocates fight government spying in Washington, D.C., Montana is cracking down on snooping that occurs on our public lands.
Placed...
The Code Academy Challenge
By Bjorn Bergeson
Jonathan Paxson, head of the computer science department at Montana State University (MSU), has no doubt that computer-driven curricula, especially cyber security,...
Letter from the Editors
Dear readers,
You are being watched.
Edward Snowden told the world exactly that in June of 2013, as he sat in front of The Guardian’s camera.
Just...
The Last Best Law
By James C. Nelson
Montana’s 1972 Constitution uniquely provides the state’s citizens with the right to be left alone, says retired State Supreme Court Justice...
Gaps on the Map
By Tom Kuglin
In an effort to make its sexual and violent offender registry more accessible to the public, the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Expanding the Wild
By Dave Stalling
Congressional stalemates have held up legislation for years that could create the first new wilderness designations Montana has seen in a generation....
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...
One Frame Every Day
By Hunter D'Antuono
When they were kids, Shasta and Shawna, now 23, had that secret, made-up twin language we all secretly wished we had with...
University Confidential
By Billie Loewen
I wonder if we exaggerated the whole thing.
Looking back, we wrote close to 200 stories related to a multi-layered scandal at the...
Kiss and Tell
By Paul Queneau
“I hurryed down the hill, which was about 200 feet high and difficult of access, to gaze on this sublimely grand spectacle...
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...
Off the Radar
Interviews by Matt Hudson, camera and editing by Hunter D'Antuono, animation by Joshua James
MJR staffers head to the rural Bitterroot Valley south of Missoula,...