AltWeeklies Wire
The Legacy of the Poisoned Clark Forknew
Montana’s rivers, any fly-fisher will tell you, are everything a real river should be. Not the upper Clark Fork. Not yet, anyhow.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-07-2011 |
Environment
Greg Keeler's Self-Portrait as Suckerfishnew
Trash Fish: A Life reads like real life all right. Messed-up, crap-shot, and unredeemed.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
09-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Bad Day in Jailnew
A leaked use-of-force report exposes frightening tactics and puts a detention center veteran under the gun.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
07-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Middle Mennew
St. Louis' Bottle Rockets return with something to prove
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
07-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Bottle Rockets, Zoysia
Heavyweight Champnew
Jim Harrison, writing at the top of his game, inhabits his characters without hijacking them.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-06-2005 |
Fiction
McMeekin's Challengenew
Dissatisfaction is rumbling through the Missoula County Sheriff's Department, but Sheriff Mike McMeekin, critics say, isn't listening. With so much bad news coming out of the sheriff's office, is there mutiny in the county?
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
08-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Historical Dictionnew
Rick Bass messes with Texas.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
06-09-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Bass, The Diezmo
Song of Sting's Selfnew
Sting, as a musician, began his public life sucking, quite literally suffered through a brief interlude in which he didn't suck, and as soon as opportunity arose returned to sucking. So it's pleasant to be able to report that his first literary outing doesn't, mostly, suck.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
04-07-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sting, Broken Music
No Walk in the Parknew
Exploring nature -- human and wild -- with former ranger Jordan Fisher Smith.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
04-07-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jordan Fisher Smith, Nature Noir
Critical Conditionnew
Anyone who's read Dead Elvis and Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung has read way too much music journalism. Neal Pollack has read way too much music journalism.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
11-18-2004 |
Fiction
Seeking Tax Transparencynew
A Montana legislator sues the state for the right to see corporate tax records. Why are they private in the first place?
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-29-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Bison Range Reversalsnew
Critics of a groundbreaking agreement between the feds and the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribe to manage Montana's National Bison Range look north to Alaska, and find oil in the details.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-29-2004 |
Environment
Fear of an Indian Toeholdnew
In western Montana, at the 96-year-old National Bison Range, negotiations for a management handover to local tribes will set precedent for public lands all across America.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
09-16-2004 |
Animal Issues
