AltWeeklies Wire
A Whiff of Hyperbolenew
Thirty years ago, the Mission Mountain Wood Band became Montana's best-known musical export -- 30 years later, it's harder and harder to remember why.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browniing |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
How (and Why) to Dry a Fishnew
If you can eat this, thank a fisherman.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
06-08-2006 |
Food+Drink
No Place Like Homenew
Playwright Barret O'Brien stages a story about his native New Orleans on the day Katrina hit -- will "Breach" be his final Missoula act?
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
06-08-2006 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Tester Timenew

In Montana's Democratic Senate primary, money walks while the grassroots talk.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
06-08-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Much Ado About Mulchingnew
Didn't you have a garden -- where all those weeds are now?
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
06-01-2006 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
Buying Powernew
What does Babcock and Brown's $2.2 billion offer for NorthWestern Energy mean to Montana?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-25-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Tasting the Snake in Paradisenew
Chef Boy Ari goes fishing for rednecks.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
05-18-2006 |
Food+Drink
Wrong End of the Gunnew
When "Willie" Burrell got shot seven times and survived, he learned that what doesn't kill you can turn your life around.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
05-18-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Accidental Activistnew
Asbestos watchdog Mike Crill has been in the wrong place at the wrong time his whole life, fighting to right wrongs even as activism and ill-health consumed him.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
05-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
A Faux Chef For Sure ...new
Chef Boy Ari finds the kitchen competition hot.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
05-11-2006 |
Food+Drink
Yellowstone's Own Caviarnew
With Caspian Sea sturgeon banned, can Montana's prehistoric spoonbill paddlefish fill the void?
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
04-27-2006 |
Food+Drink
Mendacity 101new
Sirota's new book unveils the movers and the motives of big, bad money.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
04-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: David Sirota, Hostile Takeover
How Clean Was the Cleanup?new
The EPA's asbestos remediation in Libby, Montana, comes under investigation by the Office of Inspector General.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
04-27-2006 |
Science
Tags: Libby
Why the Morrison Affair Mattersnew
While Montana's Abramoff-linked Sen. Conrad Burns is getting most of the corruption-related ink, Democratic challenger John Morrison is saddled with some ethical demons of his own.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
04-27-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Burns' Burdennew

The earliest midterm senate race in the country is already well underway in Montana -- is Conrad Burns' Abramoff baggage the Democrats' ticket to ride?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
03-23-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect