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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…
Highlander fuels up teamwork
At the first Highlander track practice I attended, I watched an exchange zone in a 4x100 meter relay involving some of the youngest participants.
Full Count: Local anglers bring state title to shore
On May 17 Trent Tennison could say he caught the biggest lunker Noxon Reservoir had to offer, and no one would suspect a Fish Story.
Good fishing memories
Here we are in June and the unofficial start of summer. It’s time to forget the yard work and a hundred other “honey dos” that tend to keep us out of taking time for a great fishing trip, hike into the backcountry …
Connah welcomes all comers
“We’re going to have some fun down here with atlatl,” David Steindorf told the Evergreen eighth-graders squinting in the sun. “You’ll get a chance to throw one.”
Full Count: Storybook finish for the Braves
Dan Hodge has been boys track coach at Flathead for eight of the Braves’ state championships, and Saturday was maybe the first where he began the cleanup portion of the meet before it was actually over.
Giving Together: Celebrating nonprofit impact
One of my favorite events is our spring Community Grant Awards celebration that benefits local nonprofits.
Spring is gopher season
For the outdoors person, springtime is here and rapidly moving forward towards summer.
Hard work makes for good music
Last fall a visitor came to see the Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit on logging and related industries, then offered to play us a soundtrack.
Full Count: Troy softball -- Driven to new heights
The coach drives the bus, the third baseman throws lefthanded and the first baseman has only been hanging around the diamond for three seasons.
Full Count: A breakaway roper and her horse
When her horse, Monty, reared back in the breakaway roping box and pinned Anna Tretter to the back wall, the needle swung to “big mistake.”
Noon shore lunches
Boy, I am hungry for a good meal of deep fat fried fish filets.
Not so fast with the 'swan song'
Before I heard wildlife biologist Dale Becker’s talk, all I knew about trumpeter swans came from an East Coast writer who had never seen one.
Full Count: Things continue looking up for Phelps
Jack Phelps’ time through the 200 meters at the Iceberg Invitational on April 17 was 22.57 seconds, which tells you that the Columbia Falls sprinter can fly.
Giving Together: Maximize your Impact
Last year a donor from Bigfork who had just sold his long-time Flathead Valley business and property walked into my office. He wanted to give back to the valley where he has lived and worked for the past 45 years.
Montana values, transcribed
People want all the freedom they can get.