Kurt Wilson
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Flowers on Missoula courthouse lawn honor sexual assault survivors
Maisie Gospodarek adds roses to the bunches of flowers on the lawn of the Missoula County Courthouse on Wednesday evening as part of an effort to honor survivors of sexual → Read More
No school! Lots of sunshine! Happy high-schoolers!
High school friends Taylor Fukumitsu, Annie Liddle Broberg and Maddie Lichte celebrate a day off from school Monday with a "little creative project" in Bonner Park. The girls were performing for one of their mothers, who was taking pictures. → Read More
Grizzly bear on the move in Missoula neighborhood
Dave Harper takes his 700-pound grizzly bear for a ride through a Missoula neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Harper, a metal sculptor in Darby, recently finished the four-month project to build the bear and loaded him up in the back of the truck to show him around. → Read More
Roadside Wanderings: Resilient northeastern Montana
“The glamour of the frontier days is gone.” These words, etched on a roadside historical marker near Jordan, were written in the 1930s by Bob Fletcher, who penned Montana’s original roadside markers. The “glamour” as he calls it, is described on that same sign. “This portion of Montana was unsettled country where roving parties of Sioux, Crow and Assiniboine Indians hunted buffalo and clashed in… → Read More
Roadside wanderings: Residents of Northeast Montana remain resilient, optimistic
“The glamour of the frontier days is gone.” These words, etched on a roadside historical marker near Jordan, were written in the 1930s by Bob Fletcher, who penned Montana’s original roadside markers. The “glamour” as he calls it, is described on that same sign. “This portion of Montana was unsettled country where roving parties of Sioux, Crow and Assiniboine Indians hunted buffalo and clashed in… → Read More
Duel workout: UM fencing club attracting people who want both mind, body sharp
In fencing’s en garde stance, you want your back foot pointing out at a 90-degree angle, and your front foot pointing forward. Your knees should be bent, and your sword → Read More
All-state music students warm up in Missoula
Members of the all-state high school orchestra practice Thursday in the Dennison Theatre on the University of Montana campus during the annual state conference of the Montana Music Educators Association. → Read More
Share your jack-o'-lantern photos - before it's too late
A trio of jack-o’-lanterns sits on a Missoula porch waiting for Halloween night, unless there are only two by then. We are looking for your favorite jack-o’-lantern photographs – they → Read More
Photo: Free couch for the moving
Sam Hudson, left, and her mom, Nicole, cross Fifth Street on Thursday afternoon with a large and heavy couch they found for the taking on the curb at a neighbor’s → Read More
Loyola Sacred Heart students spruce up Mount Jumbo 'L'
Jacob Byrne, a sophomore at Loyola Sacred Heart High School, sweeps the “L” on Mount Jumbo on Wednesday as part of a volunteer day for freshmen and sophomores to spend → Read More
Facing the downpour in Missoula
Brennan Labbe, left, turns his face to the sky and the pouring rain Tuesday afternoon while playing ball with Cassidy Schweitzer in their Missoula neighborhood. The rain is expected to → Read More
'Flourishing' mural on Missoula's South Third to make official debut
A jogger and her dog run by the "Flourishing" mural Tuesday, painted on the side of the Nutritional Laboratories International building at 1001 South Third Street West by art students → Read More
Wild country in south-central Montana still lures explorers
It was the fourth day of my six-day driving journey following the trail of Montana’s historical roadside markers through the south-central region of the state. → Read More
Missoula's new Tom Roy Youth Guidance Home prepares for dedication
Nick Giese spreads topsoil at the site of the new Tom Roy Youth Guidance Home on Friday morning in preparation for a dedication ceremony Wednesday afternoon of the new home → Read More
Photos: Preparing for a rescue situation
Missoula City firefighter Robbs Huus starts down the side of the 11-story Aber Hall on the campus of the University of Montana Thursday during a training program on high-angle rescue → Read More
Wrapping up for frost, cold at Lowell School Garden
Katie Mikelsons, a gardener with Garden City Harvest, wraps tomato plants Wednesday afternoon at the Lowell School Garden after the National Weather Service issued an overnight frost advisory for the → Read More
Celebrating a new UM semester with a picnic
Missoula friends Avery Carroll, left, Mariah Masley-Balk, center, and Samantha Mistry picnic on the University of Montana campus Monday afternoon to celebrate the first day of classes. → Read More
Signal box artist at work in Missoula
Missoula painter Karl Stein finishes his signal box painting at the corner of Arthur and Beckwith avenues Monday afternoon. Stein says the painting attracted a lot of attention from neighborhood → Read More
Rehearsing the Bard on the Oval
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks actors Andrew Rathgeber, left, and Michael Gonring rehearse a sword fight scene as "Romeo and Juliet" characters Mercutio and Tybalt Monday afternoon before an evening → Read More
Roadside Wanderings: Western Montana carved by ice
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a lake. A large and deep lake, formed by an enormous glacier that crept down from the north and blocked an → Read More