The year before he was born, Scott MacFarlane’s father bought the Korner Klub in Four Corners.
“It’s all kind of weird colors. Green, purple. He has kind of an interesting taste in the color palette,” laughed MacFarlane during a recent phone interview.
The Big Sky Community Food Bank is partnering with the Human Resource Development Council’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to offer free tax assistance for those in Big Sky earning under $54,000 annually.
Back in 2005, Jed Hinkle was just out of college at Montana State University and working as a fisheries technician in Gallatin National Forest. His job: To locate and protect remnant populations of genetically pure native cutthroat trout.
Flying down the slopes of Moonlight Basin, Belgrade High School sophomore Kami was often leaving her Big Sky Youth Empowerment crew in the dust. But they didn’t seem to mind, since it gave them the option to catch up, make a quick stop and blast her with snow.
Visit Big Sky’s impressive work with the consulting firm Destination Think! has created a double helix of revealing insights about this community’s DNA. It’s foundational to the tourism master plan still in the works, and it’s formed using two strands of content.
With the recent addition of licensed clinical psychologist Hillary Morin, Women In Action (WIA), Big Sky’s social services provider, can now deliver a higher level of mental healthcare to the community.
It’s the rarest of wildlife found—and not found—in the forests around Big Sky, and recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its intent to begin the process of removing protections for Canada lynx under the Endangered Species Act.
When it comes to Highway 64, the stakes are high because it’s Big Sky’s one link to the outside world.
“If that road fails,” said David Kack, with Montana State University’s Western Transportation Institute.
“Then the whole community is going to fail.”
After 17 years of selling mountain attire, souvenirs and gifts, Big Horn Boutique owner Dorothea Jude announced recently she will close at the end of January. She put all her wares at a 50 percent discount, and things have been clearing out quickly since then.
Admittedly jet-lagged and remaining alert with the help of a Coke, Senior Strategic Consultant Frank Cuypers of the marketing company Destination Think! was in Big Sky Jan. 8 to discuss the results of the Big Sky Destination DNA study as part of Visit Big Sky’s Tourism Master Plan.