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Editor’s Note: Living Here Will Make You Crazy

Editor’s Note Living Here Will Make You Crazy  KATIE CANTRELL I“don’t think this is an unfamiliar pattern for many of us who have moved to the valley somewhere along our way: the outdoor adventures we used to think were for extreme crazy people are now just a...

Love Letter

Love Letter Finding the Bright Side isn’t always easy …but we think it’s worth it. We get it, the last couple of years have been a whirlwind of the unexpected, and it can feel really good to pick out a scapegoat. But we all get to choose how we react to...

Love Letter from the Editor

Love Letter “Don’t you just love this magazine? I know I do.” -Katie Cantrell, editor BY KATIE CANTRELL As the editor, I might have the privilege of shepherding the words along, but make no mistake: the fine folks of Highline Design are the reason Go Local...

A Remote Chance

Field Notes A remote chance Moving is easy, but belonging takes effort.   BY MICHELE PURCELL “T he first time I moved to a new town I was 17. My parents dropped me off at college in Knoxville, Tennessee and I ended up stayingfor 33 years. The second time I...

Let the Sun Shine

Field Notes Let the Sun Shine Two lifelong friends are harnessing solar power and can-do attitudes to make a life in their hometown. Illustration by Morgan Krieg   By Thomas Clark W hen Curran Edland and I graduated from Whitefish High School in 2013 and went...

“Either You Guys Have Vision or You’re Completely Nuts”

Love Letter “YOU GUYS EITHER HAVE VISION OR YOU’RE COMPLETELY NUTS” – Pete Costain, our unfortunate cover model for Go Local Summer 2021 Probably a little bit of both. The folks at Highline Design Co. reluctantly stepped into the publication business. We...