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Tech valedictorian Jakob Nielsen aims 'to make something of my life and have fun doing it'

Jakob Nielsen felt bored and stymied during the pandemic. While still a sophomore at Butte High School, he reached out to the founding director of the Montana Tech Nanotechnology Laboratory. The following year, Butte native Nielsen, then 17, started working part time in the lab, which houses electron microscopes and

Renowned appraiser values Montana Historical Society's collection of modern art

Timothy Gordon looks at art so closely, he said Montana Historical Society staff had to help him make sure he didn’t fall through any of the paintings this week at the Montana Heritage Center. The reason Gordon was getting up close and personal with the pieces in the historical

‘In their backyard’: MCPS students study river ecology with science ed nonprofit

During a field trip on the banks of the Clark Fork River, Dalit Guscio asked a group of Missoula County Public School fifth-graders to get together for a photo. “Can you tell me what mayflies do?” Guscio, with nonprofit Ripple: The Center for Education and Ecosystem Studies, asked the

Anaconda's Dee Motor Company celebrates 80 years of family business

It wasn’t long after World War II that Army veteran Leonard Dee returned home, married, settled down and started his own business. Dee Motor Company opened its doors on April 24, 1946, with the desire to “serve the public in every way.” Eighty years later, the Anaconda dealership, through

Case Ranch: $4.8M deal protects 2,300-acre wildlife hotspot east of Missoula

POTOMAC — Elk lumbered through the hills, springtime bird songs filled the air and sandhill cranes swept across the meadow Friday morning at the Case Ranch east of Missoula, where 2,300 acres of forests, fields and working ranch land are now forever protected from development. Earlier this month, the seven

Volunteers fill over 8,000 eggs for annual Easter egg hunt at Ravalli County Fairgrounds

Volunteers fill over 8,000 eggs for annual Easter egg hunt at Ravalli County Fairgrounds

Over 50 volunteers filled more than 8,000 Easter eggs in the back room of the Hamilton Eagles Lodge in preparation for the annual Easter egg hunt at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds in Hamilton. Volunteers got a special visit from the Easter Bunny who came to check on the progress

Missoula comic Michael Beers returns with 'Comedians with Disabilities Act' tour

Twenty years ago, before you could see local comedy on the calendar in Missoula regularly, Michael Beers was seeking out gigs anywhere he could find them. He’d sign up at open mics for musicians, even get creative and make up his own ways to hone his craft in public.