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Updated 1 week, 6 days ago

Giving Together: Supporting those who care for others

For many caregivers in the Flathead Valley, caring for a loved one with dementia can become an around-the-clock ro…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full Count: 'That one day' arrives for QB Schweikert

Cody Schweikert could be forgiven for getting down during his two-plus seasons with the University of Montana football program.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One Timer: No chance Scholz could pass this up

As Evergreen State and Spokane Falls Community College took the field for the second half of Saturday’s second match at the Glacier Park College Soccer Showcase, one substitution stood out from the rest.

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Tired? Just wait until next season

I have adapted about as well as any sports fan I know to the NIL Era, feeling it is better than anything the NCAA came up with previously in terms of how college athletes are treated.

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
One timer: Local ties as soccer showcase comes to town

The soccer hotbed that is the Flathead Valley has another chance to enjoy the beautiful game.

Updated 2 months ago
Young bards tread the boards

Hanging out around teenagers always proves enlightening. Even better when they get poetic.

Updated 2 months ago
Spring baseball has arrived for Glacier, Flathead

It’s been a long time coming for baseball players in Kalispell.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Giving Together: Giving today, investing in tomorrow

On summer evenings in the Flathead Valley, the hills come alive with music as families and friends gather for Glacier Symphony Night at Rebecca Farm.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Full Count: Have to ask, Will it play in Meridian?

When we sit back to watch the Big Sky Conference absorb another lopsided loss at the NCAA Tournament — Idaho's men play Houston at 8:10 p.m. local time Thursday on that channel we watch once a year, TRUTV — we can …

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
'Megafires' spark fresh thinking

Surrounded by forest, we should get fired up about fire.

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Full Count: Bulldog spirit exemplifies young squad

When we last checked in with Bob Bolam and the Whitefish girls basketball program, they were on the verge of breaking a state tournament drought in 2021.

Updated 3 months ago
Full Count: Masters class in making a big comeback

Maria Phelps discovered her talent in the 800 meters too late to excel at it in high school — she was already chucking the javelin, hurdling and jumping (trip…

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Bob Weir tribute hit all the notes

A few weeks after Bob Weir died Jan. 10, I went to “A Grateful Gathering" at the Montana Tap House to pay my respects, alongside many others.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Full Count: None of this should seem at all radical

Bobby Kennedy, the freshly-minted head football coach of the Montana Grizzlies, had some highlight moments during a Thursday press conference ahead of the star…

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Giving Together: Strong nonprofits make strong communities

On a recent afternoon in Lakeside, volunteers at West Shore Food Bank moved briskly between shelves lined with canned vegetables, pasta and hygiene products.

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
We heard the call of the wild

No one understands this better than wildlife biologist Diane Boyd, who came to Montana from Minnesota in 1979 and started with one collared wolf in the North Fork. After decades in the field and watching the gray w…