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Long weekends are always nice. I love having a little extra time to run, hike, read or just hang out with the people I love.

Most people — myself included — look forward to Memorial Day for reasons like these. Some att

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The failure rate for restaurants is notoriously high, sometimes for reasons completely unrelated to customer satisfaction. But this cold, hard fact doesn’t do a thing to ease my disappointment over the closure of some of my favorite Missoula eateries over the years. This po

Don’t let a little gloomy weather ruin your holiday weekend — there’s plenty of fun to be had indoors. Here are a few suggestions:

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Here’s the lowdown on what will be open in Missoula on Monday, May 28.

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The Western AA divisional track meet took place at Big Sky High School in Missoula this past weekend, and for two days, there was magic in the air over the Garden City.

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After I found out last week that Sunday’s solar eclipse would be visible from Montana, I was stoked. Even though I didn’t have any of the specialty equipment necessary for viewing the event directly, I really, really wanted to see — and photograph — the crescent-shaped shadows that were supposed to accompany the eclipse.

Although there is an abundance of awesome trails right here in Missoula, sometimes I get the itch to get out of town and hike somewhere new — even if it’s only 20 minutes down the road.

After hearing nothing but good things about the trail that loops Lake Como — the largest lake in the Bitterroot Valley — I decided to check it out for myself last summer.

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When it comes to astronomical events, it seems like I’m always a day late and a dollar short.

Over the years, I’ve missed comets, meteor showers and the Northern Lights, and although I recall seeing a shooting star once when I was a kid, I’m now fairly certain that it was actually just an airplane.

But now

Many Missoula restaurants boast awesome outdoor seating areas. Here are five al fresco favorites.

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Even with all of the sun, flowers and barbecues that we’ve been enjoying thanks to the warm weather we’ve had in Missoula recently, it didn’t truly feel like summer until I picked up my first Big Sky Brewing Co.

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