Stephanie Land sat down for a conversation with 406 Families about what it means to write about Missoula, her sex life, and two of her favorite subjects: her daughters. Want to hear from her in person? Join Stephanie Land and Hank Green at the Missoula Public Library on Sunday. Find more information here.

Missoula: We Needed Stephanie Land's New Book

Stephanie Land had the audacity to dream of a better life for her family. The dream: To attain a degree from the University of Montana and go on to become a full-time writer. The part that made it audacious? Land was a 35-year-old single mother living below the poverty line in Missoula. She writes in stark detail about her life during that time. Class is important and necessary.

Missoula Needs the Festival of the Dead

Festival of the Dead is back, and we need it now more than ever, Missoula. One of the organizers explains why.

Saying Goodbye to Some of Missoula's Best Eateries

In & Around TownTiffany WilliamsSeptember 18, 2023Restaurnts, restaurants, missoula, missoula eats, nomtana, farmers market

I Foster a Medically Complicated Child. It's More than Worth It.

A Registered Nurse decided to become a foster parent, and a question plagued her: Would she have what it takes to parent a medically complicated child? Abby Riley writes about why she believes it’s so worth it.

ParentsTiffany WilliamsSeptember 5, 2023foster, foster care, foster parent, Abby, Abby Riley

Things You Can Try in a Small Town If That Small Town Is Missoula

We have news for country singer Jason Aldean. There’s plenty of things you can try in a small town that don’t involve vigilante justice or threats of violence. Here’s 20 things you can try in Missoula.

Please Don’t Call Her Lucky: Things Not To Say To A Foster Parent

Our resident foster care parent Abby Riley writes about the things she wishes people would stop saying to foster parents

ParentsTiffany WilliamsJuly 15, 2023foster, foster care, foster parent, Abby, Abby Riley

Splash Montana, What to Know Before You Go

Splash Montana’s new protocol helps you feel like you have the whole place to yourself, but it does take some planning. Here’s our tips for getting in.

Seven Patently Missoula Things You Can Find Anywhere

For a town of roughly 75,000 people, Missoula stands out as a place that attracts creatives, art, and innovation. Here’s just some of the products, performances, and personalities that put Missoula on the map.

6 Family Friendly Pride Activities You Might Not Know About

This weekend, Missoula becomes awash in rainbows and festivities as the town celebrates the freedom to live their gender and sexual identity with pride. Here’s some of our favorite activities during Missoula Pride.

Watershed Education Opportunity Aimed at High Schoolers This Summer

The Watershed Education Network is on the look out for six high-school students to take part in their Backcountry Stream Corps program during the last week of July and the first week of August.

Just in Time for Pride: Queer-Friendly Missoula Businesses

Target backpedaled their support of the LGBTQ+ community after backlash. So now seems like a REALLY good time to tell you about some of our favorite local queer-owned businesses and stores.

Meadow Hill Parents Demand Answers about Attack on an Eighth Grader

Meadow Hill Middle School parents have a lot of questions about a playground attack that left one student critically injured and needing reconstructive surgery. Among their questions: Why didn’t the school administrators tell parents or even teachers about the crime?

ParentsTiffany WilliamsMay 31, 2023Meadow Hill, Middle School, Montana, assault

Who Can Solve the Latest Target/Pride Controversy? Parents Can

A Target shopper in Missoula threw Pride merchandise on the ground and harassed a trans couple shopping nearby. Target responded by removing many of the Pride products. Doesn’t Target know what all parents do? You can’t give in to childish hissy fits.

The Fourth Trimester: A Guide to the Post- Baby Period

Have you heard of the fourth trimester? It’s that period after having a baby that can be filled with changes as you adjust to life with your new little one. And for many moms, the physical and emotional toll of life post-birth goes overlooked.

BabyTiffany WilliamsMay 17, 2023fourth trimester, baby, newborn

A Mother's Day Wish

This Mother’s Day, the best gift you can give a momma is to do the thinking for her.

ParentsTiffany WilliamsMay 14, 2023mother's day, missoula, mom

Some Lawmakers Are Terrible Parents - And They Want You to Be Terrible Too

Some lawmakers are terrible parents, which would be fine, if they didn’t also want to legislate that you be a terrible parent too. Last month Montana lawmaker Kerri Seekins Crowe, R-Billings, told everyone how she handled her teenage daughter’s depression: She didn’t.

Buckle Up: Another Movie is Being Filmed in Montana

Big Sky Country is back on the Big Screen, this time in a film that is already notorious for accidents and tragedy. Alec Baldwin’s Rust is filming in Montana.

Parents, LifestyleTiffany WilliamsApril 19, 2023Rust, Rust movie, Alec Baldwin, Joel Souza, Hollywood, film

Missoula Gives Adds a 2023 Twist: Videos!

Missoula Gives took their city-wide fundraising event one step further, allowing nonprofits to submit 30-second videos to showcase what they do. We loved viewing the 25 videos submitted, learning more about some of our favorite nonprofits and being introduced to new ones.

SURPRISE: Get Air Is Opening. Will They Stay?

Get Air, Missoula’s new trampoline park, posted yesterday that they would be opening at 10 a.m. TODAY!