AltWeeklies Wire
Dasen Undonenew
Dick Dasen was a compassionate Christian and one of the most successful businessmen in Flathead Valley, Mont. Then cops discovered he was paying young meth addicts for sex. Find out how lawmen built their case and toppled a pillar of the community.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
06-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crystalmeth
Spring Creek's Short Leashnew
Montana's behavior modification programs watch their troubled teen charges like hawks. Recent lawsuits and allegations of abuse raise the question: who's watching them?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-16-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Concrete Junglenew
Teen angst rides a skateboard.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Historical Dictionnew
Rick Bass messes with Texas.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
06-09-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Bass, The Diezmo
Roadless Ragenew
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer calls Bush's bluff on roadless rule ruling.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
State's Rights Take a Hitnew
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dissented from the Supreme Court's recent medical marijuana ruling, saying states have always had the authority to define criminal law. According to the court's majority, that's no longer the case. Montana continues to disagree.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-09-2005 |
Science
Racicot's Returnnew
Bush right-hand man and former Montana governor Marc Racicot tells an audience in Kalispell, Mont., that state and local resistance to the Patriot Act is based on “inaccurate and ill-informed information.”
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
06-03-2005 |
Politics
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Blind Eye on Suicide Watchnew
With three inmate suicides in two months, Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman is under fire. He swears his department had no idea of the suicide risk. Documents suggest otherwise.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Heavy Pournew
Unlike many of today’s crime writers, wedded to their research and well-documented auras of realism, James Crumley understands that a lot of exaggeration goes a long way when you want to capture the essence of a place.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
05-13-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Crumley, The Right Madness
Rules of Green Thumbnew
Rules of thumb on when to plant crops contain crucial information about culture and place, and farmers and gardeners trade them like baseball cards. With a full set, you could plan your whole food year around these earthy cliches.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
05-13-2005 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
DeLaying Judgmentnew
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says the federal judiciary needs to be reined in. Montana District Judge Don Molloy isn't taking the bait.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
05-13-2005 |
Politics
And the Nominees for Poet Laureate Are...new
The Independent goes hunting for Montana's first poet laureate at Harold's Club in Milltown.
Missoula Independent |
Robin Troy |
05-13-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Living with Falloutnew
Although a new study found that 15 Montana counties received some of the nation’s highest doses of fallout following Nevada’ nuclear tests in the 1950s, Montanans aren’t included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-13-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Deep in the Heart of Missoulanew
To mark the release of James Crumley's new novel "The Right Madness," the Independent asked author William Kittredge to write about his longtime friend and colleague.
Missoula Independent |
William Kittredge |
05-06-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
