MISSOULA – Viewers will travel from Main Street to the mountains – with stops at a legendary larch tree and a roadside saloon – when the newest episode of "Backroads of Montana" debuted on Montana PBS at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5.

Longtime producer John Twiggs hosts the episode, "Gathering & Hunting," from the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning.

The annual Big Sandy chili feed is always a chance to come together, but it takes on a deeper meaning for a local ranching family. Shane and Erica Chauvet share why they have a new appreciation for their neighbors as we learn the importance of rural v...