Posts By: Tristan Scott

Banff Returns to the Big Screen

After hosting virtual presentations in 2020 and 2021, the iconic mountain film fest returns with a live tour, including a Dec. 6-7 stop at FVCC’s new Wachholz College Center

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John Dutton’s Montana

The "Yellowstone" effect is transforming Kalispell from a sleepy cowtown into a Botox-saturated bastion for the bourgeouis

By Tammi Fisher

Vanilla Bean Cookies

It all starts when I pull out an age-worn recipe card with brief penciled instructions in my grandmother’s cursive. It’s simply titled 'Vanilla Bean Cookies'

By Julie Laing

Our Clean Energy Future 

The mining of lithium for rechargeable batteries has adverse environmental effects, but the primary purpose of the green economy isn’t to eliminate mining, it’s to eliminate fossil fuels

By Walter Rowntree

Less is More

Property tax surges are directly related to the unwillingness of Montana lawmakers to mitigate the cyclical effects of property reappraisal during the western land grab

By Mike Jopek

Giving Back to Owen Sowerwine

Through the “Flathead River in Paint” online art auction and GivingTuesday, local organizations are raising money to support a conservation easement near the confluence of the Flathead and Stillwater rivers

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