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Emma Jane Jackson Chronicle

'Rodeo people are resilient': Montana State rallies around coach Kyle Whitaker after wife loses hand

The Montana State rodeo community is rallying around the family of head coach Kyle Whitaker after a devastating horse accident left his wife, Presley, with life-altering injuries earlier this week. On Monday evening, Presley was thrown from a horse at her Bozeman home and dragged around an arena by

'Bragging rights': Belgrade raises toast to best tasting tap water in Montana

The City of Belgrade is taking a victory lap for its utility services after being crowned the “Best Tasting Tap Water” in Montana. The city’s water out-sipped competition in a blind taste test during last week’s annual joint conference of Montana’s leading water associations in Butte,

'We stand in solidarity': Montana State film marks MMIP awareness day

On the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Montana State University’s American Indian Council released a short film aimed at bringing attention to the crisis and honoring those impacted. Filmed in January, the AIC partnered with Montana PBS and the MSU men’s and women’

'You can use your voice': Gallatin High students walk out over ICE

Red caps and raised fists met on the lawn of Gallatin High School on Friday, as students walked out of class to protest nationwide ICE raids while others turned out in support of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. As the third period bell rang, a group of around

'They're reclaiming': Tribal students tap ancestral knowledge at Montana State with buffalo harvest

Larry Ground stood in the center of a circle of teenagers sitting cross-legged on buffalo hides and began to sing in the Blackfeet language. By afternoon Tuesday, those same students would be elbow-deep in a traditional buffalo harvest on the Montana State University campus, hands slick with blood

'Final straw': Bozeman mobile home tenants authorize strike amid rent hikes

The tenants of King Arthur and Mountain Meadows mobile home parks and the owner of the land beneath them are both aware that Montana law forbids withholding rent as a form of protest. Yet, after a late-night April 28 vote, the two sides are on a collision course as

'A lot of needs': Inside the Bozeman lab that might not survive the U.S. Forest Service overhaul

Justin Runyon still remembers flipping on his childhood porch lights to watch insects swarm the glow. “I’ve loved insects since as long as I can remember,” Runyon said. “I used to turn on the outside lights at our house, and get excited by large moths and beetles. I think