The XL Morning Show

Ranch dressing, a cold beer, and something that takes a little courage to order — Montana's most notorious dish just landed on a national list, and not for the reasons locals would hope.

White Sulphur Springs is the kind of town where everybody knows everybody. That's part of what makes what happened at the Spa Hot Springs Motel so hard to wrap your head around.

Sixty-two deaths over 25 years might not sound like much until you see where Montana lands on the list compared to states like Texas with more than 700.

The guy who co-founded Home Depot built something pretty unexpected in Montana — and it's not a hardware store.

Montana has somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500 grizzlies — more than any other state in the lower 48. That number matters a lot in this conversation.

No motorcade, no warning — just a former president pulling up to a small-town Montana pharmacy like it was any other afternoon.

Eight hundred thousand dollars for a starter home in Bozeman. That number alone tells you a lot about where Montana stands for first-time buyers right now.

Most people think of Yellowstone as geysers and scenic drives. But there's a reason the National Park Service says the safest wildlife viewing spot is inside your vehicle.

There's a list going around that basically separates the real Montanans from everyone else — and some of the items on it are pretty hard to argue with.