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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…
Lost little dog found safe
In just a couple of hours between phone calls I answered last Monday, a little dog that had been missing since the Fourth of July was found alive and well — albeit a bit bedraggled.
COLUMN: Vandalism and values: What side are you on?
Last week, the Ten Commandments Park north of Columbia Falls was vandalized for the second time in a month.
Hot summer evokes flashbacks for Midwesterners
To put things in perspective, here’s how oppressive the Flathead Valley’s heat wave has been: The summer weather in Minnesota has been more pleasant lately than Northwest Montana.
COLUMN: Asleep for the last 60 years? Wake up – and brace yourself
I turned 60 last week, which got me thinking — not about myself and the many changes I have been through in six decades, but about the nation’s fundamental transformation in that same time span.
Fishing and freedom go hand-in-hand
As I write this, our county is considering a ban on fireworks due to dry, fire-prone conditions.
OPINION: John Roberts: Worst chief justice ever?
I’m giving the chief justice of the United States the benefit of the doubt by including a question mark in my headline. There have certainly been bad chief justices before, and bad decisions rendered by probably al…
Kidney Classic features softball for a cause
The Kidney Classic Co-Rec Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament held earlier this month at the Conrad Complex in Kalispell raised $3,905 for the local Dialysis Clinic Inc. Patient Fund.
TERRY COLUMN: Patience pays off
Patience has paid off for Joe Pistorese in his baseball career.
Manitoba lake teems with big northern pike, walleyes
Last week, JoAnn and I returned from three weeks of fishing and vacationing with family and friends in Minnesota and Canada.
Buddy was a good dog
Two weeks ago my brother and sister-in-law posted a photo of Dad’s dog on Facebook, alerting the family that Buddy had passed away.
A day to be proud - and to remember
Happy Father’s Day!
TERRY COULMN: Time with Dad, time well spent
The round started off good enough.
The answers are blowin' in the wind
In my last column, I talked about how the lack of normal runoff was impacting several of our fisheries.
Marchers aim to foster child abuse awareness
Cheryl Hodges wrote recently to share her appreciation for the organizations and individuals who helped her organize the local Million March Against Child Abuse.
Port insecurity: Is it going to be terminal this time?
One of the many times I deservedly poked a stick in the eye of President George W. Bush (yeah the Republican one) was when his administration tried to put the United Arab Emirates in charge of major shipping operat…