Episodes

  • Episode 84 Logging advocate works to lead contrasting groups for sustainable forests

    Episode 84 Logging advocate works to lead contrasting groups for sustainable forests
    Nov 24 2025
    (Special thanks to The Heritage Museum, Libby, Montana, for providing historic photos for video in this story) The timber industry was a mainstay of western Montana's economy for decades. But that economic force entered a sharp decline that continues today. Divisions between the industry and critics were especially rampant in the 1980's and 90's. But one of Montana's most prominent logging activists is on a journey of collaboration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 83 Brawl of the Wild's Great Divide Traveling Trophy celebrates 25th Anniversary

    Episode 83 Brawl of the Wild's Great Divide Traveling Trophy celebrates 25th Anniversary
    Nov 17 2025
    On Saturday, November 22nd, thousands of college football fans will swarm Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula for Montana's Brawl of the Wild. The Montana State University Bobcats and the University of Montana Grizzlies will meet in the state's most intense rivalry. Who will bring home the coveted Great Divide Trophy? This will be the 25th year that traveling trophy will make its appearance on the field. They are scenes of joy when the winning team hefts the coveted prize in the air for fans to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 82 Rocky Mountain Lab's research on Chronic Wasting Disease, path to more understanding

    Episode 82 Rocky Mountain Lab's research on Chronic Wasting Disease, path to more understanding
    Nov 11 2025
    With big game hunting season underway, NBC Montana explores a disease that is devastating to deer, elk and moose.' For years, Hamilton's Rocky Mountain Laboratories, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, has been researching Chronic Wasting Disease. For the time being , the scientists who are doing this work have been furloughed. We shot this story before those furloughs. The scientists' CWD research focuses on whether it could be transmitted to humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Episode 81 Polson ranch family awarded state, regional environmental stewardship awards

    Episode 81 Polson ranch family awarded state, regional environmental stewardship awards
    Nov 3 2025
    A ranch family from Polson has earned state and regional honors for their conservation practices. The Montana Stockgrowers Association awarded G&G Livestock and 'Cathey Cattle Company' its annual Montana Environmental Stewardship Award. The family also won the region's Environmental Stewardship Award from the National Cattlemen's Association. The family is one of six regional winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Episode 80: Bozeman couple's house inspires creativity, welcoming beacon for community

    Episode 80: Bozeman couple's house inspires creativity, welcoming beacon for community
    Oct 28 2025
    Are there times when you just know when something's right? You discover that despite obstacles, everything turns out fine because it's meant to be. If that happens, your sense of contentment and happiness may spread throughout your community. That's kind of the way it was for a Bozeman couple, who in the 1960's, were busy raising a family. From the very first time he saw the handsome old house in Bozeman, Ray Campeau knew it was here that he wanted to live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Episode 79 Libby secondhand store, pawn shop, reflection of town's history

    Episode 79 Libby secondhand store, pawn shop, reflection of town's history
    Oct 20 2025
    In last week's Montana Moment, NBC Montana brought you the story of a secondhand store and pawnshop in Libby. In its tenure of 40 years, this family-owned business may be a reflection of Libby history and its working people. The late Dave Strand opened 'New To You' as a secondhand store, and eventual pawnshop after a career in logging battered his body, especially his knees. He'd worked in the industry for years. “He had a lot of logging equipment," said his wife Peggy Strand, " and that went into the secondhand store.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins
  • Episode 78 Family honors beloved patriarch, logger turned secondhand pawn shop owner

    Episode 78 Family honors beloved patriarch, logger turned secondhand pawn shop owner
    Oct 13 2025
    Hard work and smarts are always assets to success. Doing what you do well, usually brings rewards. But nothing’s ever guaranteed. Sometimes, life throws a curve, and you need to change direction. This is the story of a secondhand store and pawnshop, the generational family that runs it, and the family’s late patriarch who started it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Episode 77: Missoula's Big Dipper Ice Cream turns 30

    Episode 77: Missoula's Big Dipper Ice Cream turns 30
    Oct 6 2025
    Along Missoula's Hip Strip, off South Higgins is a go-to spot just about everybody knows. Its back story is about hard work, a love of what you do, and a dedication to local community. Big Dipper Ice Cream is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Not far from downtown, the University of Montana campus and Hellgate High School, it's been a draw for ice cream lovers for generations. Customers come from all over to taste new flavors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    6 mins