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The solar eclipse reminded me of our conversation with "Is Atheism Dead?" author Eric Metaxas during a recent visit to Montana. Plus, check out this throwback photo from Larry Mayer in Lewistown, Montana in 1979.

A legendary Montana photographer will be a special guest at Thursday's State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C. The Billings Gazette's Larry Mayer was already en route when I heard from him Wednesday morning.

Larry Mayer is an incredible photographer here in Montana. He's been with The Billings Gazette for over 40 years. A new exhibit opens July 7th.

A WWII Marine was finally brought home to Moccasin, Montana and laid to rest. Family, friends, and patriots gathered in the Central Montana town to give Lt. Gordon Thompson a proper goodbye, over eight decades later.

Has Chick-fil-A gone woke? Apparently so. Hey Gazette Chick-fil-A guy...it's safe...you can now admit that you actually like the chicken!

If you lose your local paper, you lose the majority of your local coverage. So we'll get fewer pictures of small-town parades, criminals to be on the lookout for, and somebody's kids making a basket in the big school tournament.

There was a plan. And it was a plan to shoot down the China spy balloon over the Beartooth Mountains. Larry Mayer joined us to talk about his latest report.

Just admit that the Chick-Fil-A chicken is incredible.

Paul and I put an article out every day. And anybody who can afford the internet is welcome to say anything they want to us.

We were talking about downtown crime. We were talking about the transients downtown. And, we got to talking about how empty the big Billings Gazette building has been of late. "Didn't you hear that building is for sale?" I asked them. "Really?" They asked. Yep.