A few years ago, Big Sky Community Food Bank Director Sarah Gaither found herself on a snowy drive to Bozeman from Big Sky in the dark. Her destination: the Bozeman Ace Hardware loading dock, where she stacked slow cookers into the Food Bank vehicle.
Laura Seyfang has always admired former President Jimmy Carter and his work with Habitat for Humanity. On 13 different missions, the former GM executive and Big Sky resident used vacation time to volunteer for Habitat projects around the world: Kenya, Nepal, Vietnam and Paraguay.
Don and Diane Lundsten embarked on their 11th trip to Uganda on Oct. 10, representing the Uganda Orphans Fund, a nonprofit out of Bozeman dedicated to improving the lives of children afflicted by war, poverty or disease. A friend of theirs, Duncan Hill, started the organization 20 years ago.
The political spotlight appears fixed on Gallatin County in 2018. Vice President Mike Pence was here recently stumping for U.S. Senate Candidate Matt Rosendale, and the Midtown Tavern in Bozeman made national political news when it refused to host a political gathering with Donald Trump Jr.
Back in August the Lookout reported on the curious amount of algae being spotted along the Gallatin River—from south of the Taylor Fork area and throughout the Gallatin Canyon.
For many on “team Jamaica,” last winter was the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship. Around 84 Jamaicans relocated to Montana for the 2017-18 ski season in order to fill a variety of hospitality positions at the Yellowstone Club.
I-185, an initiative to extend Medicaid expansion and increase tobacco taxes
Here, in its own words, is why the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce supports I-185:
The Red Cliff shooting range in Big Sky has long been used by the community as a close and convenient venue for honing in shooting skills and sighting in guns. But since it’s on Forest Service land, there’s no singular entity in charge of maintaining the undesignated area–that task falls upon its users.
For Big Sky Fire Department firefighters, perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of the current remodel of Station 1 in the West Fork is the addition of bigger dorm rooms—an expansion upon the current lodging quarters, which were designed as closets and fit little more than a twin bed and a small locker.
For Big Sky Transportation District Coordinator and the Western Transportation Institute Director David Kack, it often feels like things are a year behind when it comes to getting new buses for Big Sky’s burgeoning Skyline public transportation service.
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