In the weeks leading up to the shutdown, tribal nations hefted their political and economic capital to protect services for ...

At 16, he accepted an invitation from legendary choreographer George Balanchine to join the New York City Ballet. Four years ...

In the West, more than 4 million people are enrolled in marketplace plans supported by the Affordable Care Act. Depending on ...

I learned that the Chinese comprised nearly a quarter of Montana’s population in the late 19th century. They lived and worked in nearly every town across the state, from the most remote mining camps, ...

Paul Kim is a writer and documentary filmmaker. They previously produced The Bodies Beneath Us, a feature documentary on an unmarked Chinese gravesite in Missoula, Montana, and are currently directing ...

When we think of paleontological discoveries, we tend to imagine massive dinosaurs a la Jurassic Park. But the recently discovered tanystropheid, dubbed Akidostropheus oligos — or “tiny, spiked-back ...

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HOOD LEARNED HOW TO MAKE BOWS in his late teens, teaching at a survival school where a co-worker led bow-making clinics. Hood welcomed the chance to learn a new skill, but the work didn’t satisfy him ...

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And it’s true, in the West, cities sprawl out across deserts and prairies with only mountains to fence them in. My hometown was ringed with sagebrush and open prairie. There are no city skyscrapers ...

This article appeared in the October 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “A season of grizzlies and get-togethers.” ...