“Painting John” (by Dear Friend Audrey Hall) Nominated for Award at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

January 28th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Painting John Nominated for Coveted Big Sky Award at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Painting John Running Time: 10:28 MONTANA—January 26, 2012—Photographer Audrey Hall’s elegant film making debut, Painting John, screens at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana on February 21, 2012 at 9PM in the Wilma Theater and is nominated [...]

Homeownership Still The American Dream, Fuels Economy

December 15th, 2011

It’s billed as the American Dream and yet for some it’s been an all-time American nightmare. Still “the home is central to American life” writes the National Association of Homebuilders in its report titled: Homeownership Works, released earlier this year. Of course the report aims to show how housing is vital not just to homeowners [...]

Dennis Quaid’s Montana Ranch For Sale

October 18th, 2011

Actor Dennis Quaid is selling his 420-acre vacation property in Montana’s Park County for $14 million. Located in Paradise Valley, a spot known for its world-class fly fishing, Quaid’s ranch includes horse facilities, an arena, an observatory and two miles of a fishing creek. The owners’ residence, approximately 5315 square feet, designed by Frank Cikan [...]

Yellowstone Tops Three Million Visitors For Third Straight Summer

October 10th, 2011

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2011 11-106 Al Nash or Dan Hottle (307) 344-2015 ——————————————————————————– YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE ——————————————————————————– Yellowstone Tops Three Million Visitors For Third Straight Summer Rebounding from a lingering winter that [...]

Congratulations!

October 10th, 2011

A relationship between a painter and a photographer led to a short film about the nature of friendship. Audrey Hall, a Paradise Valley-based photographer, created a 10-minute film called “Painting John.” The film follows Livingston artist Hugh Wilson as he paints a portrait of 84-year-old rancher John Hoiland at Hoiland’s Swingley Road ranch over several [...]

Bright Metropolitan Markets

September 19th, 2011

There are bright spots in the real estate market! The National Association of Home Builders’ First American Improving Markets Index reveals that key metropolitan areas have shown recent improvement in housing permits, employment, and housing prices. “Despite the challenging conditions in the national economy and housing sector, there are areas throughout the country where we [...]

Food For All 2011 – a huge success!

September 8th, 2011

With tremendous support and generosity from Jeff and Susan Bridges, and locals, The “Food for All 2011” event was the biggest and most successful fund raising effort ever accomplished by The Livingston Food Pantry of Park County. Jeff Bridges and his band “The Abiders” gave a beautiful performance for 200 people at the Shane Lalani [...]

Have we hit bottom? Economists: Housing industry looking much brighter in 2011

January 24th, 2011

Source: Reported By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY The housing industry is poised to gain strength this year after coming off one of its worst years ever in 2010, economic forecasts and new data released Wednesday show. One cause for optimism: Building permits for new single-family homes rose 5.5% last month, the third consecutive monthly increase [...]

Another Record Breaking Year for Yellowstone National Park

January 12th, 2011

For a second year in a row, and for the third time in the last four years, Yellowstone National Park has set a new annual visitation record! During this calendar year, 3,640,184 people visited Yellowstone. These visits were 10.5% higher than what was recorded in 2009, which was itself a record year. This past year [...]

Swiss Billionaire Puts $35 Million into Montana Conservation

December 30th, 2010

A Swiss billionaire enamored with the wild landscapes of the American West has donated $35 million toward one of the largest private conservation land purchases in U.S. history. Philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss told The Associated Press that he wanted to build a natural legacy people still could enjoy in 100 years. His donations to the Trust [...]