Livingston Weekly

Livingston Current is a locally-owned free alternative newspaper published and distributed every Saturday in Livingston, Montana. Although the editorial focus of the Current is Livingston-area arts and entertainment, some hard news and investigative reports on issues facing the Park County community are also regularly featured. The Livingston Current is the fourth in a tradition of Weekly newspapers in the Livingston and Park County areas. The Livingston Post published until the late 1910s; the Park County News published through the early 1970s; and the Park County Weekly published weekly until the just after the year 2000. The Current published under the name Livingston Weekly for nearly four years. As of January 19, 2009, the Weekly underwent a name change to the "Livingston Current" a play on the area's wind and waters. Each fall for the past seven years, the Current has sponsored the yearly "Best of Livingston" reader poll which culminates in a community fund raiser and Halloween party at the historic Livingston Depot. The Current also produces the only area Menu Guides and a yearly "Annual Manual" guide to the city exclusively illustrated by a local artist. Previous Manuals have been illustrated by Edd Enders, John and Karen Garre, David Swanson and the historic Whithorn Photo Archives. The 2011 Manual featured photography from Lynn Weaver's series at livingston365.com. Previous manuals have also contained special reports and editorial excerpts from authors Doug and Andrea Peacock and poet Max Hjortsberg. The Current strives to be a free community newspaper open to fostering the interactions between the press and the populace and has sponsored community growth forums and mediated public debates between city officials. The Current also continues to offer free ads to individuals and non-profit organizations in the Bulletin Board Classifieds and sponsors local events presented by organizations as diverse as the Livingston Downtown Association, the American Cancer Society, Porterhouse Productions, the Stafford Animal Shelter and the Park County Friends of the Arts.