Santa Photo Experience at Gallatin Valley Mall Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 3:00pm - Monday, December 23, 2024 at 7:00pm Capture the magic of the holiday season with a cherished visit to Santa! Bring your family and loved ones to the Gallatin Valley Mall for the Santa Photo Experience, featuring professional photography by Origin Imagery. Whether you’re looking for a memorable keepsake or the perfect holiday card, Santa is ready to make your visit unforgettable. VIP APPOINTMENTS Reservation fee ($119) ... read more

We all get Spring fever when those first few 50° degree days happen and folks want to get outside hiking and biking.  But spring is also the offical start of MUD season.  Hiking or biking on muddy trails can cause damage that can last all year long.  And road damage from your vehicle trying to get to trailheads with more primitive roads. The best advice is to stay off the dirt trails and roads in the spring and give them some time to thaw and dry.  Instead, focus your hikes on the paved trai... read more

I'm surprised how many people I meet through the year that have sold their home in 2021 or 2022 at what they felt was the peak of the housing market, are renting now waiting for housing prices to crash and buy at the low point of the market.Here are 5 reason why we won't see housing prices crash:1. Lack of homes for sale.  In the Bozeman/Belgrade markets, we only have half of the homes for sale that we did before covid.  When home prices declined after the recession of 2008, we had a glut of homes for sal... read more

Montana State University’s fall student enrollment is the largest in its 130-year history, with 16,978 students pursuing the many benefits of higher education at the state’s largest university.  The new enrollment is up 2% over last fall’s headcount, an increase of 290 students. MSU’s previous enrollment record of 16,902 was set in the fall of 2018. MSU’s enrollment solidifies its position as the largest university in the four-state region of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas.Stude... read more

Montana State University is going to build a hotel on campus to enhance the learning experience of its hospitality and culinary arts programs.  The new hotel will give students real-world hands-on experience in their hospitality and culinary arts degree fields.  Many of the top hospitality programs in the U.S. have training hotels affiliated with their programs.  The hotel will be built and operated by Cross Harbor Capital, the owner of the Yellowstone Club with a 40 year land lease to MSU with the o... read more