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Missoula's Hank Green wins an Emmy 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
If the Indy tried to cover all of new-media mogul Hank Green's exploits, it'd be a (really fun) full-time position, but we can't let the latest bit of praise go unreported: he won an Emmy. Specifical...
Rockies Today, Aug. 26 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Top news links, courtesy of Mountain West News. Wind, solar installations threaten U.S. power grid with obsolescence As solar panels and wind turbines continue to pop up across the United States, ind...
Why you shouldn't text and fly (and more from In Other News) 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Curses, Foiled Again Police accused Troy Ridling, 29, of stealing a computer from his former church in Owasso, Okla., after the software tracking company Covenant Eyes alerted a church staffer that th...
Pearl Jam's new video features a major Missoula connection (aside from Jeff Ament) 23 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
Pearl Jam released the music video to the first single off its upcoming album, and local viewers may have noticed something familiar: "Mind Your Manners" includes silhouette animation with the distinc...
Missoula's own Zombie Tools hits the silver screen 23 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
Big news for a badass local business: Zombie Tools supplied a number of its signature blades to the production of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the big-screen adaptation of the popular young-...
Hit Play: Mixed tapes for life, made with Missoula bands 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Fresh Facts, the Indy's guide to being a better local, hit newsstands today. The magazine provides something of an introduction to this here city, as well as helpful hints and suggestions for those of...
Rockies Today, Aug. 22 23 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
Top news links, courtesy of Mountain West News. Federal fund for fighting wildfires runs dry, $600M diverted from other funds A wildfire near Yosemite National Park in California tripled in size Wedn...
Methane emissions still a thorn in the side of natural gas production 22 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Burning coal belches about twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas, but the question of whether natural gas is a bridge to renewable energy or just a bridge to nowhere hinges on how much g...
Viewfinder 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
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Nature's great act 22 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Missoula firefighters recall the summer Yellowstone burned by Alex Sakariassen Twenty-five years have passed since summer 1988, when wildfire swept through 36 percent of Yellowstone National Park's 2....