Lolo Middle School fifth-grader Sam Person won the 2010 Missoula County Spelling Bee last week. MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian
I’m tardy in writing this note, but didn’t want February to end without congratulating the winners of the 2010 Missoula County Spelling Bee.
Lolo fifth-grader Sam Person won the county bee this year, no small feat for a first-time [...]
The mountains of Glacier National Park, as seen from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. KURT WILSON/Missoulian
Coming Sunday, in the Territory section of the Missoulian, reporter Michael Jamison and photography editor Kurt Wilson will take readers to the backbone of the world – the place that holds the creation story for many of western Montana’s Native [...]
A wolf near the Clark Fork River west of Missoula. MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS PHOTO
We all know a myth, or two or a dozen, about wolves. Those of us who live in the northern Rockies also know a lot about the long-running controversy over wolves and their recovery in this part of the [...]
Dalai Lama
Props to the Associated Press and photography director Santiago Lyon for Thursday’s decision not to distribute a canned photograph of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama at the White House.
Lyon put his decision in writing via the AP’s Facebook page, and it’s well worth reading. Here’s what he had to say:
You won’t [...]
Still sick, still having Olympic fun
Canada’s Haley Irwin (21) and Meghan Agosta (2) celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the women’s gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Our reporter “abroad,” the YWCA’s Caitlin Copple, is still in Vancouver for the Winter [...]