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ConocoPhillips’ 300-ton coke drums are shown at the Port of Lewiston, Idaho, earlier this year. Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian Here at MissoulaEditor.com, we’re borrowing – OK, stealing – from our friend and colleague Gwen Florio this morning. Florio’s blog, CopsandCourts.com has a great daily feature: “Cops and Courts Quote of the Day.” And there’s been no [...] Advertisement
I’ve just made a first edit on several of the stories for this Sunday’s Missoulian, and want you to know this: It’s going to be an incredible newspaper. We have a terrific lineup of A1 stories – significant, meaty work by our most experienced reporters – and a beautiful Territory section feature, one of our series [...] We only know them as Mr. and Mrs. Swaine, but their story endures – 100 years after the largest firestorm in recorded U.S.history came within a few feet of incinerating tiny Mullan, Idaho, and everyone huddled outside its homes and shopfronts. On Aug. 22, 1910, Mr. Swaine took pen in hand and began writing, retelling the [...] Mike Johnson, left, and Bill Wiesner check vital signs on a grizzly bear they trapped near Ovando recently. Montana FWP is working on a federal study to determine the number of grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. Photo by Michael Gallacher/Missoulian When grizzly bears come to town, it’s a story. This week, when [...] A Brown Pelican sits in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon has affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) As the Gulf oil disaster continues, the danger of course is that the media, the nation’s [...]
Photograph by MEGAN GIBSON/Missoulian We’ve got another wild Outdoors section coming your way this Thursday in the Missoulian. I’m very happy to let you know that Ryan Rauscher is back writing his monthly “Critter Corner” columns. Rauscher works for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks – and was a staple of our Outdoors section several years ago, [...] Western tanager. Photograph by MICHAEL GALLACHER Years ago, I was at a journalism workshop where the keynote speaker talked about the importance of a local newspaper looking and sounding like its community. I remind myself of that imperative every day. “What does it look and sound and feel like to live in Missoula – in western Montana [...] Jack Hooker works with one of his young horses at the Whitetail Ranch’s indoor arena. MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian If you’ve ever had the pleasure of spending even a few hours at Jack and Karen Hooker’s Whitetail Ranch, you know there is no lovelier, more well-tended ranch in Montana. Just outside Ovando, the ranch commands sweeping views of [...] Rose Tracy of Anaconda prepares to spell one of the final words in the 2010 Treasure State Spelling Bee, while runner-up Ania Chaney of Missoula looks on. BILLINGS GAZETTE PHOTO “This is how I spell ’spelling bee,’ “ an assistant news editor proclaimed early Saturday afternoon. “B-O-R-I-N-G.” But alas, he spoke too soon. By the last round [...] Sam Person of Lolo School won the Missoula County Spelling Bee, and is one of three top spellers who’ll represent the county at this weekend’s state bee. MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian They’re down to the last few days of practice, and up to words most of us cannot pronounce, define OR spell correctly. So it is with sincere [...] |
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