Echoes of Declin
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Correction: In a prior version of this article, Frank Liberio's childrens' names were listed as Matt and Chris, but they are Dom and Marissa.

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When the clock strikes 11 p.m. and University of Montana students emerge from their late shifts and homework, only a few restaurants in town are open. And as the days get longer, and the temperature warmer, the hoards of hungry Missoulians grow too. This story features not only students who …

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The Associated Students of the University of Montana election season is here, and candidates are vying for student support after a year filled with controversy, internal conflicts and multiple resignations.

Just after noon, Dagny Walton, a University of Montana Master of Fine Art candidate, heads to the basement of the Social Science building to a room filled with thousands of paintings, ceramics, and sculptures.  The art, dating back to the 1800s, is stored on shelves in rows that fill the roo…

Jose Nieves is no stranger to stressful jobs . He started his career in a boiler room on a Navy aircraft carrier. These days, he’s part of the team managing the University of Montana’s heating plant.

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The weekend after Memorial Day in 2020 was supposed to be a fun way for Courtney Klagues to wrap up her junior year of college. 

Mike Kinsella held a fistful of tapeworms in front of a small crowd of onlookers at the Montana Natural History Center in Missoula. Safely sealed in a beaker of formaldehyde, the mass of white matter was knotted and stringy. It wasn’t hard to imagine them writhing in the intestines of the un…

Dahlberg Arena had a distinct energy as friends, family and lifelong fans of former Lady Griz head coach Robin Selvig waited for the reveal of a court naming long overdue.

When Diane Sands was a student at the University of Montana in 1970, abortion was on the front line of both political attacks and protections.

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Every year, the Big Sky Film Festival returns to Missoula with a selection of diverse films from across the country and the world. While differing in genre, tone and topic, these films usually articulate a common theme, a thread to pull the festival together.

Editor’s note: In January, the nonprofit news organization ProPublica published a sweeping list of museums, universities and other institutions that still hold Native American remains, including bones and scalp bags. Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, a…

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Every time UM senior Mason Banks remembers his first and only Foresters’ Ball from 2020, he smiles.

Benji Headswift and hispartner had been shopping at Costco last month when Headswift got a message on Snapchat. 

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Runyon Matthews dreamed of going to college and becoming a teacher ever since he was little. At 19 years old, he’s majoring in English education and has become the first person on his dad’s side of the family to attend college. 

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When you enter the Champions Center at the University of Montana, you see top-of-the-line weight training sets, ellipticals and even a small island cafe where athletes relax. You might also see UM Athletic Director Kent Haslam.

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When you enter the Champions Center at the University of Montana, you see top-of-the-line we…

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Julia Lauany Duarte sits pretzel-legged in front of dozens of University of Montana dancers …

Skylar Tibbs, a freshman psychology major, attended her Montana history class Oct. 7 from th…

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Mark LeFebvre stands at the peak of a long, stainless steel kitchen island in the Missoula C…

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Each weekday morning, Garden Manager Anastasia Orkwiszewski takes the daily harvest of parsn…

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When senior Josh Moyar stepped into the dusty, empty room, he already had low expectations. …

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Sophomore Zain Bravo, 19, sat in a dingy hotel a few weeks before the start of school. The d…