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Part 3: Where Can the Buffalo Roam? Attitudes Vary on Fate of National Mammal: A Historic Impact

Part 3: Where Can the Buffalo Roam? Attitudes Vary on Fate of National Mammal: A Historic Impact

Mountain Journal — Photo credit: Wildlife photographer Tom Murphy poses with his image, “American bison,” in front of the Livingston, Montana Post Office on Nov. 3. The U.S. Postal Service is memorializing the bison image on a Forever Stamp and printing 15 million copies to be released in 2026. Credit: Dan Astin
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'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — Robert Redford frequented The Grand Hotel in Big Timber for meals between scouting and filming "The Horse Whisperer" in 1996 and 1997.
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'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — Robert Redford frequented The Grand Hotel in Big Timber for meals between scouting and filming "The Horse Whisperer" in 1996 and 1997. Residents recall their encounters with the legendary actor.
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Stamp of approval: USPS features Livingston photographer Tom Murphy's bison shot on Forever Stamp

Stamp of approval: USPS features Livingston photographer Tom Murphy's bison shot on Forever Stamp

Bozeman Daily Chronicle — USPS features Livingston photographer Tom Murphy's bison shot on Forever Stamp.
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Winging it: Livingston woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

Winging it: Livingston woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

Montana Standard — Bonnie Goodman has been saving pigeons injured under an underpass, where a U.S. Department of Agriculture contractor hired by BNSF Railway reportedly shoots them.
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Winging it: Livingston woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

Winging it: Livingston woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

Billings Gazette — Bonnie Goodman has been saving pigeons injured under an underpass, where a U.S. Department of Agriculture contractor hired by BNSF Railway reportedly shoots them.
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Woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

Woman rescues wounded pigeons shot by railroad sniper

The Livingston Enterprise — Livingston resident Bonnie Goodman has been rescuing pigeons injured under the Main Street and B Street underpass after a U.S. Department of Agriculture contractor hired by Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
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'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — Robert Redford frequented The Grand Hotel in Big Timber for meals between scouting and filming "The Horse Whisperer" in 1996 and 1997.
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'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

'A beautiful human': Big Timber toasts Robert Redford, remembers 'The Horse Whisperer'

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — Robert Redford frequented The Grand Hotel in Big Timber for meals between scouting and filming "The Horse Whisperer" in 1996 and 1997.
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'A beautiful human': A toast and salute to actor Robert Redford

'A beautiful human': A toast and salute to actor Robert Redford

The Livingston Enterprise — The overcast, rainy weather was indicative of the reminiscent mood at The Grand Hotel and Restaurant, where a handful of residents toasted the legendary actor, movie director and environmentalist Robert Redford. Montanans recall their Redford encounters.
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Big Timber city council votes to stop selling water to luxury ranch to water its golf course

Big Timber city council votes to stop selling water to luxury ranch to water its golf course

Montana Free Press — Big Timber city officials vote 3-2 banning the sale of all bulk drinking water to outside entities following a special meeting on Aug. 11, 2025. The nearly two-hour meeting was interspersed with heated debate from the public and between council members. Crazy Mountain Ranch (CMR) is owned by Lone Mountain Land Co., a subsidiary of the exclusive Big Sky Yellowstone Club’s parent organization. The corporation purchased and transported 1,646,400 gallons of drinking water from the city for its bourgeoning golf course west of Clyde Park in Park County, nearly 50 miles away, as of Aug. 11. Lone Mountain Land Co. voluntarily halted natural irrigation of the CMR golf course from Rock Creek and Rock Lake on July 10. The shutoff occurred a day before the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation filed a lawsuit and a cease-and-desist order mandating a halt to the irrigating of the land until a proper recreational use permit can be procured. In the meantime, three to four trucks, each hauling 6,400 gallons of water, were picking up and delivering three to four times from Big Timber daily, until Aug. 11.
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Antler airlift: National Guard helicopter lands on private property; elk antlers stolen

Antler airlift: National Guard helicopter lands on private property; elk antlers stolen

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — I broke this investigative story, which went national from Big Timber, and was covered by Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, and The New York Times. A Montana National Guard UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter touches down on private ranch land. Soldiers are accused of stealing early season elk antler sheds. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks files criminal trespassing charges.
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Guardsmen charged in elk antler trespassing case

Guardsmen charged in elk antler trespassing case

The Big Timber Pioneer — I broke this investigative story, which went national from Big Timber, and was later covered by Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, and The New York Times. A Montana National Guard UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter touches down on private ranch land. Soldiers are accused of stealing early season elk antler sheds. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks files criminal trespassing charges. Three Montana Army National Guard members face criminal trespassing charges from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks after a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were flying in allegedly landed on private property on May 4 in the Crazy Mountain foothills of Sweet Grass County.
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Big Timber bypass: City selling drinking water for irrigating Crazy Mountain golf course

Big Timber bypass: City selling drinking water for irrigating Crazy Mountain golf course

Bozeman Daily Chronicle — Investigative journalism piece. Big Timber, a town with less than 2,000 residents, is selling hundreds of thousands of gallons of processed drinking water from the Boulder River. The potable water reportedly is being used to irrigate the burgeoning Crazy Mountain Ranch golf course. A Big Timber city council member and members of the public raised objections to the controversial arrangement.
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Run of the century: Four Livingston women to tackle 100-mile race in the Crazy Mountains

Run of the century: Four Livingston women to tackle 100-mile race in the Crazy Mountains

Bozeman Daily Chronicle — A notoriously rugged 100-mile ultramarathon within 36 hours. Four Livingston women are lacing up for the the Crazy Mountain 100, a grueling footrace escalating through the remote Crazy Mountains in Park, Sweet Grass, and Meagher counties
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Guardsmen charged in aerial elk antler trespassing case

Guardsmen charged in aerial elk antler trespassing case

The Livingston Enterprise — Three Montana Army National Guard members face criminal trespassing charges from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks after a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that they were flying in allegedly landed on private property on May 4 in the Crazy Mountain foothills of Sweet Grass County.
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National Guardsmen charged in elk antler trespassing case via helicopter

National Guardsmen charged in elk antler trespassing case via helicopter

KTVQ-TV (Billings, MT) — I broke this investigative story, which went national from Big Timber, and was covered by The New York Times. A Montana National Guard UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter touches down on private ranch land. Soldiers are accused of stealing early season elk antler sheds. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks files criminal trespassing charges.
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Outgoing Sibanye-Stillwater CEO talks mine management, tariffs, trends

Outgoing Sibanye-Stillwater CEO talks mine management, tariffs, trends

Bozeman Daily Chronicle — 6 months after the layoffs: Outgoing Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman talks mine management, tariffs, trends.
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Travel + Leisure lists Sage Lodge with world's top hotels

Travel + Leisure lists Sage Lodge with world's top hotels

The Livingston Enterprise — The Sage Lodge, a 38-room Pray resort and spa, is one of three Montana hotels in the list of the magazine’s 500 highest-scoring stays from its 2024 World’s Best Awards survey.
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Colony collapse: Paradise Valley beekeeper reports near-total winter losses

Colony collapse: Paradise Valley beekeeper reports near-total winter losses

KTMF-TV (Missoula, MT) — Local beekeeper recounts worst winter loss of bees in memory
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Law enforcement shooting in Big Timber was first there in nearly 85 years

Law enforcement shooting in Big Timber was first there in nearly 85 years

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — A 25-year-old Nebraska man died in the aftermath of a shooting involving two Montana Highway Patrol troopers in Big Timber last Thursday.
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Perfect 10?: Livingston man receives rare $10 bill at local gas station

Perfect 10?: Livingston man receives rare $10 bill at local gas station

KULR-TV (Billings, MT) — Man receives rare $10 bill at local gas station
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'Our biggest fight': Citizens, stakeholders champion fired federal workers at county commission m...

'Our biggest fight': Citizens, stakeholders champion fired federal workers at county commission m...

The Livingston Enterprise — Ex-U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service workers' testify at county commission meeting.
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The senator, the rocker and the vlogger

The senator, the rocker and the vlogger

The Big Timber Pioneer, Livingston Enterprise, Bozeman Daily Chronicle — What happens when a senator, famed alternative rock bassist and a vlogger meet for a forum on Montana policy and values, 11 weeks before the November general election?
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