| | | | | | | The quaint town, with its orderly, tree-lined streets, sits at the base of the Bitterroot Mountains. While it’s in one of Montana’s fastest-growing counties, Hamilton has remained charming, with down-home values and a smalltown feel. |
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| | | | | | People in Montana want to be outdoors, suggests Diana Beattie, an interior designer. That’s why when she and her husband began planning their home near Ennis, she paid close attention to the outdoor spaces. |
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| | | | | | Farmers and ranchers understand better than anyone where food comes from. And they are, by trade, sensitive to the needs of a creature — including humans. That’s where Levi Britton stepped in. The Billings man founded the nonprofit Cattlemen Feed the Needy program in 2006, through which ranches can donate cattle to be processed for hamburger that is subsequently donated to the Billings Food Bank. Britton raises a few cows of his own north of Billings. In recent years he’s witnessed Billings’ population grow ever larger. |
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 | | | | | | | | Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will appeal the recent U.S. Federal District Court ruling that put Montana's wolves on the endangered species list. |
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| | | | | | During the planning stages of Q, owner Mike Schaer, Suzy Schaer's father, envisioned an establishment that embraced both traditional elements (so that it would fit in with historic downtown Billings) and modern elements (because he loves to travel and wanted to bring a bit of the big city to Billings). |
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| | | | | | For André Floyd, his tenure as the cultural minister of Montana began at the tender age of nine, when he met his true love — a guitar. Floyd calls it a perfect match. With a smile he recalls the time in his youth, with his sisters running down the hall, slamming his door and telling him to shut up that twanging coming from his room. His sisters’ music of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield was clashing with the odd likes of Andre’s influences such as Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Dion and Rodney Crowell. |
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