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17 million words (or so): that’s all she wrote
Well, dear folks, the time has come for me to put down my pen — back away from the computer is more like it — an...
Grizzly management a public safety issue
Montana biologists have many challenges when managing many of the world class wildlife populations of elk, mountain sheep and other wildlife species found in Montana.
Amid the grim, find the funny
The seed was planted when I went to last month’s performance capping the Comedy Improv II class at Flathead Valley Community College.
A Maiden (and Chief) voyage for Ronan hoops
To this point Leina Ulutoa, the leading scorer and rebounder on this year’s Ronan basketball team, hasn’t traveled far for a basketball game.
Disaster takes no holiday
As Kalispell’s oldest public facility, the 1894 Richardsonian Romanesque edifice on Second Avenue East is a symbol of our earliest residents’ ambition for their town and the education of generations to come.
Life on brink saved by a bark
On this day last year, Bradley almost lost it.
We’re all in this town together
It was the last thing I wanted to do, leaving work to go anywhere but home in a driving snow.
Turning the page
A little over 20 years ago, I accepted a job at the Inter Lake.
The next generation speaks up
I could hear the clamor of students inside Flathead High before I opened the door to the school a couple of Saturdays ago.
Two lively concerts, one lively community
I had the privilege of hearing two nights of live music last weekend. In many ways the music and the venues couldn’t have been more different, but the atmospheres were surprisingly similar.
The bullets kept dodging me
The third time's the charm.
Peddle. Paddle. Repeat.
Each day was as perfect as the last and they called to me like sirens.
For Pete’s sake, build a bridge
When I started working at the Northwest Montana History Museum I began to hear the name Pete Skibsrud. At first he merely sounded like a man about town.
Opening day his finally here
Opening day. Those words have an almost sacred meaning if you are one of the 100,000 or more Montana resident hunters and thousands of non-resident hunters that will be welcoming the opening of the general rifle ...
Season of the stink bug
Around this time of year, every year, stink bugs seemingly come out of the woodwork and begin appearing in every room in the house, on the house, and floating aimlessly in the atmosphere.
Lessons come over water, wood
"You look like you need to go to the hot pool," the woman said as she bobbed toward me. She beamed a smile, her face edged in white curls.