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Winning, losing, interning, returning: Jennifer Carlson back in the running for House seat

Montana House District 68 candidate Jennifer Carlson is mounting a return campaign against incumbent Caleb Hinkle. Carlson is a Republican who served House District 69 from 2021-25, including a turn as House Human Services Committee chairperson. She lost the 2024 Republican primary against Hinkle and then interned in Helena

Trouble in paradise: Big Timber couple has pool-side seat to Puerto Vallarta cartel chaos

Foreboding crept over Big Timber residents Joe and Becky Linn-Todisco as they watched billowing smoke from burning vehicles and buildings in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from the safety of nearby Velas Vallarta Resort on Sunday. No airplanes could be seen in a usually busy sky. "El Mencho", one

'Range' rovers: Ranching moms hit the screen in Big Sky documentary

'Range' rovers: Ranching moms hit the screen in Big Sky documentary

“Mother Range”, a Montana-brewed documentary premiering at the Big Sky Film Festival on Sunday, is a different cut on ranching life, which is often male-dominated and hostile to the uninitiated. This screening spotlights Jaimie Stoltzfus from near Big Timber and Amber Smith from the Miles City area. Stoltzfus

'People before party': Shelley Vance welcomes primary challenge from GOP-backed Randy Chamberlin

Republican Montana Sen. Shelley Vance says she values voters more than her own party’s hardline politics. For that season, Vance says, she is facing a primary challenge for Senate District 34 from businessman Randy Chamberlin, the CEO of Montana Steel Industries. Vance, who knows Chamberlin personally, said they share

'I can beat Zinke': Ryan Busse leaning on name recognition, ground game in crowded Dem primary

Ryan Busse, a former firearms executive and author, is betting name recognition and experience from his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial race can set him apart from three fellow 1st Congressional District Democratic primary contenders. Busse, 55, who lives outside of Kalispell, is the most recent candidate from the group after throwing