By Justin Case The White House recently took on one of the major issues related to federal policy—school yard bullying. Phew, with everything else going on, as the economy struggles to recover, as a budget crisis looms (even as it is ignored), as the Middle East rages and Japan radiates, we  thought they’d never get around to this most pressing matter. And if they hadn’t, … [Read more...]

It’s the Person Who Pays the Bill BY DAVID S. LEWIS To pay bills, we work. That’s a simple truth. It takes hours, sweat, and strain, and so when it comes time to pay those bills, or to pay for anything, we measure the balance due against the sacri-fice personally required—the pain that’s involved. In keeping with this, many of us turn down the thermostat at night, or when … [Read more...]

At Home with Pink Floyd, Jimmy Buffet, Bryan Adams, and at the Pine Creek Cafe BY PAT HILL Bill Payne is well-known to rock and roll enthusiasts as a founding member of the band Little Feat, but these days you can find him more often than not in the Paradise Valley region of southwest Montana where he has found a place he's glad to call home. The 62-year-old Payne is the … [Read more...]

BY TINA HARBISON Howard Lyman is a 4th generation Montanan from south of Great Falls near Sand Coulee. His occupation as a farmer, rancher and feed lot operator, the family business, kept him busy much of his life.  His great grandfather bought the family farm in 1908. Lyman was raised on the farm during WWII, and his operation was once the largest dairy farm in the state of … [Read more...]

Joe Josephson and Local Landowners Help Them Roam Free PIONEER REPORT The pronghorn of the northern Yellowstone (often called antelope) form the last remaining herd of America's first national park. This ancient remnant seeks to parti-cipate in a long-distance migration rare in the modern world. Once, Yellowstone's antelope migrated up the the Gardiner Basin and Paradise … [Read more...]