Wild, feral, abandoned — people have used a lot of words to describe Miller Creek’s free-roaming band of horses. As Missoula County moves toward a balanced management strategy, a proper legal term remains as elusive as the herd’s origins.

Ahead of the James Welch Native Lit Festival in Missoula, a conversation with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain on Welch’s poetry, the writers he inspired, and the lineage the festival protects.

The mill site’s property owner backed out of the Krambu proposal this week, citing public concern — as county commissioners weigh a moratorium on future data centers.

A food writer’s quest to reverse-engineer the carrot dishes stealing the show at Montana steakhouses.

Scott Mathson walked into Missoula’s oldest recording studio looking for a way back to music. He ended up buying the joint — and inheriting four decades of Montana sound.

Devon Lawler didn’t plan to become the fresh pasta guy. Then he read a book, bought an Italian noodle extruder, and sold out the Missoula Farmers Market.

The only three runners who have finished every Missoula Marathon since the inaugural race in 2007 have become each other’s biggest supporters — and fiercest competition.

From Crow Nation teenagers channeling Nirvana to a Missoula neo-soul collective and Livingston surf-rockers, independent Montana artists just dropped new releases to stock your summer soundtrack.

A documentary from Missoula’s High Plains Films about the insects holding life on earth together is back at the Roxy.