Explore Big Sky

1 week ago | explorebigsky.com | Jack Reaney

By Jack Reaney SENIOR EDITOR Editor’s note: Fischer Genau works as a multimedia journalist for Explore Big Sky and its publisher, Outlaw Partners. ‘Stay for the Season’ was produced by EBS.  This past winter, filmmaker Fischer Genau set out to shoot a documentary about Big Sky’s seasonal workforce, capturing the challenges, opportunities and support systems that a typical nonresident might experience when they move to Big Sky for a new winter gig.

1 week ago | explorebigsky.com | Jen Clancey

EBS STAFFA new law in Montana will shorten the timeframe for filing as a municipal candidate to three weeks, between May 27 and June 11. The previous filing period was April 17 to June 16. Bozeman, Belgrade, Manhattan, Three Forks and West Yellowstone will elect city commissioners and councils on Nov. 4. Interested candidates must file for available seats between May 27 and June 11.

1 week ago | explorebigsky.com | Jack Reaney

By Jack Reaney SENIOR EDITOR On Sunday, May 25, Lone Peak High School’s 2025 graduating class donned Big Horn blue for the final time as students. The group is tied for second-largest in school history with 2023.  Dr. Dustin Shipman, Big Sky School District superintendent, began the 2025 Lone Peak Commencement Ceremony by expressing pride in each student’s accomplishments.

2 weeks ago | explorebigsky.com | Jen Clancey

EBS STAFF  The Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue communications team is looking for new members to provide logistical support and communication assistance to on-the-ground teams. In a May 22 Facebook post, the search and rescue team shared that the office is looking for new members to contribute to vital communications, mapping and logistical support to air, ground and water teams throughout Gallatin County and across the state of Montana.

2 weeks ago | explorebigsky.com | Jen Clancey

By Matt Standal MONTANA FREE PRESS For Bozeman’s Amanda Schenderline, the threat of eviction changed everything. She remembers the night that a letter was taped to her apartment door and the dread that it brought in the morning. The problem, according to the 41-year-old single mother who moved from the Crow Indian Reservation, was that her landlord refused to add her father to the apartment’s lease and wanted him off the property.