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  • ucallus Saving lives or stopping criminals

    It was dusk, and a storm was building in the western hills, blocking the sunset. The road was filled with remnants of crusted snow and ice, but that didn't stop Kevin Sandberg. "Ucallus Designated Drivers," Sandberg said, answering his cell phone for the third time.

  • No guys allowed: Women’s groups provide social, athletic environment

    On a Tuesday evening in late January, the Montana Dirt Girls, a Missoula-based women's hiking and biking group, carefully navigated Blue Mountain's ice-covered trails in the moonlight. Only a fraction of the group — four out of the 150 women on leader Julie Huck's email list — had shown up for the icy hike, but conversation was abundant.

  • On the Town: First Friday

    The Final Frontier Frontier Space was never meant to be a typical gallery. In fact, the art it displays probably would never hang in the Dana. University of Montana fine art graduate students Nathan Tonning and Will Hutchinson created it because they felt Missoula needed alternatives.

  • Milkcrate Machanic plays the Palace Lounge A funny little thing called Dubstep

    Dubstep dropped into Missoula like last week's storm, and it left an impression more lasting than your snowman.

  • For Your Consideration

    Although it's been a while since the silent movie was the Hollywood standard, Michel Hazanavicius's recent film "The Artist" is bringing audiences back to the motion picture industry's days of yore. 

  • Garden City Arm Wrestling Ladies Ladies arm wrasslin' for a cause

    The sport of arm wrestling will make its Missoula debut tonight, but the competitors aren't in it for the pride — they're in it for the money. A $2 entry fee at Zoo City Apparel will get you access to Garden City Lady Arm Wrestlers like "Sassy Squatch," "Rainbow Fright" and "Miss Paincake.

  • Surviving the backcountry

    In the Montana backcountry, things rarely go according to plan. Weather can turn, gear can malfunction and injuries happen. Earlier this month, a Kila, Mont., couple got stranded in Glacier National Park after a skiing day trip went downhill. Despite their extensive preparation, they found it out the hard way.

  • My winter bounty

    Last Saturday I took home a few organic beets, a pumpkin on its last legs and some raw chocolate. Roasting the beets while stuffing the pumpkin with polenta and peppers gave me a hearty, mostly local dinner. And the chocolate picks me up like coffee without any bitterness.

  • wintermarket On the Town: Heirloom Winter Market

    Attention Missoula foodies: Our local harvests have a new outlet through the winter. Kristen Lee-Charlson, publisher of Edible Missoula magazine and founder of the Heirloom Project — a local food sourcing and buying club — started a winter market to fill farmers' frosty void between October and May.

  • wailers What you missed: winter break

    The town grows quiet every December. The streets are clear of the usual riff-raff of the collegiate types, and the parties move out of homes and into offices. It's the holiday season in Missoula, and while our dear college town may lose some population, it sure doesn't lose momentum for those few precious weeks at the end and beginning of every year.

  • wintercycling Cycling across the snow to beat winter

    When the weather gets rough, Missoula's cyclists get tougher. Last week's onslaught of winter weather did little to phase the city's die-hard bikers from wheeling over snowy streets. Ian Truscott, who spent a portion of Monday afternoon fixing up his bike at Free Cycles, said it just makes sense to ride a bike in Missoula, no matter the season or the weather.

  • Missoula trend goes viral #frosting

    If you want to join Frosters Anonymous you'd better act like it's summer and have a camera to prove it. Facebook users are posting photos of themselves playing golf, going kayaking and even sun tanning, but these pictures weren't taken last summer — they were shot last week.

  • prehab Iconic vs. ironic

    Dead Hipster or Prehab for Thursday night debauchery? 

  • ON THE TOWN: December First Friday

    The best things to check out at5 this month's First Friday.

  • Ahlstorm Wells Perfecting the curls

    At first glance, the single-story brick cottage looks like a new art supply store.

    Katt Ahlstrom, 2011 winner of Best Hair Stylist by the Missoula Independent, wouldn't mind the mix up. After all, Ahlstrom has always been an artist. Recently though, she gave up all mediums but one: hair.

  • Lights, stage and no notes

    Missoula Moth has been revived after an eight-month hiatus to bring back live story telling without notes.

  • JappanTsunami Goessman Japan from the journal of a student

    Upon arrival off the coast of Japan, University of Montana student Chris Dobson's squadron, known as the Black Knights, began working with air support to move things like water, food, blankets, baby diapers and other aid items to those on the northeastern shore.

  • David Gates Q&A: Author David Gates

    David Gates, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, author and now an associate professor in the University of Montana's creative writing department, took a break at Food for Thought to answer questions for the Montana Kaimin on the state of journalism, creative writing and transitioning to teaching.

  • On the Town: Yo Waffle

    There are plenty of cheap date options in Missoula, but — to guarantee a little something-something at the start of next semester — the date has to leave a lasting impression. Show off by taking your date to Yo Waffle, a treat that you have to work for.

  • SnowbowlGroomers Gast La Nina to make Montana a powderhound’s paradise

    The snow might be sparse on the valley floor this week, but skiers and snowboarders can rejoice — the season is here. Winter's fury has returned with a vengeance named La Nina.