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Jon Tester is the U.S. Senate’s only working farmer. This lets him communicate in a sophisticated yet folksy way. It’s a skill that was on display during a June 19 conference call with reporters from around Montana. 

If you happened past the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center recently, there’s a good chance you heard the song “I’m a Believer” blasting from the speakers. You probably also caught the sound of little tap shoes echoing from the stage, a lot of singing, and a lot of laughter.

Willie and Robin Blazer, owners of the popular Willie’s Distillery in Ennis, Mont., enjoyed making their own beer and wine recreationally and the bigger step of opening a distillery just seemed to make sense. 

On a busy morning in early June at the Big Sky Conoco, owners Renae and Steve Schumacher worked the store’s two registers as a steady stream of customers lined up to purchase items they need to start their day.

Firelight Meadows is running out of water.

     On June 17 a well designated for irrigation was repurposed to fill the development’s drinking water supply. That’s what Matt Huggins of HLH Utility—the company managing the 220-unit development’s standalone water and sewer system—told the Big Sky W&S Board at a June 19 meeting.

In June, procrastination emits a sound. Those with studded snow tires can hear the tiny metal spikes embedded in the tread click and clack like little tap shoes over snowless pavement. The sound offers a reminder that Montana requires drivers to switch out their studded snow tires by May 31.

For Wini Weiner, returning to Ophir School two decades after graduating from middle school there brings back fond memories of the ski days she enjoyed with her classmates.