Kevin Costner dons a cowboy hat, rides his horse up to a rich out-of-state developer and delivers an ultimatum that, in some version, is on the tip of seemingly every longtime Montanan’s tongue.
Kevin Costner in "Yellowstone."
Photo Courtesy of Paramount Network
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An aerial view shows new roads and homes under construction at the Annafeld subdivision outside Billings.
LARRY MAYER, Billings Gazette
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Sergio Torro, Aterio’s CEO, is quick to acknowledge that predicting the population and housing future of Montana is not a perfect science. But, he argued, it’s more than mere guesswork.
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Andy Shirtliff
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
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New homes are built in the 44 Ranch neighborhood west of Reserve Street in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
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A new house under construction south of Bozeman in November 2024.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
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Housing construction in the Miller Creek area of Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
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An overhead view of downtown Missoula in November of 2024.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
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Wes Seward is a district livestock investigator for the Montana Department of Livestock, a role like that of the fictional John Dutton, Kevin Costner's character on "Yellowstone."
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Homes under construction in Stonegate and Ironwood subdivisions outside Billings.
LARRY MAYER, Gazette Staff
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A new apartment complex located on South Avenue in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
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Jacob Kuntz, executive director of the Helena Area Habitat for Humanity.
GARY MARSHALL, BMGphotos.com
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Volunteers raise a wall on a home built by Helena Area Habitat for Humanity Home.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
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The Montana Livestock Administration on "Yellowstone" is a fictional version of the state's Department of Livestock. But how accurate is Kevin Costner's John Dutton compared to a real-life investigator?
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Contractors work to build a home in the Highland Meadows Subdivision in East Helena.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
The Canyon River Golf Course and housing development near East Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
An overhead view of Beartracks Bridge in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
An overhead view of the Upper Rattlesnake neighborhood in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
An overhead view of Mansion Heights neighborhood in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
An overhead view of Mansion Heights neighborhood in Missoula.
BEN ALLAN SMITH, Missoulian
A new apartment building is under construction south of Bozeman in November 2024.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
A residential subdivision north of Manhattan in the Gallatin Valley in April 2022.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
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