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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 year, 3 months ago
Column: Painting a pretty volleyball picture

Jaimie Nelson might seem like an unlikely pick to be Glacier High’s next volleyball coach, in that it’s her first varsity coaching job at the age of 48.

Updated 1 year, 3 months ago
Heeding the call of the wild

As Flathead Wildlife’s Jim Vashro introduced the presenter for the group’s gathering last month in a meeting room on North Meridian Road, a low rumble rose from the back of the room.

Updated 1 year, 3 months ago
Elk foundation champions hunting, conservation causes

This Saturday, Feb. 15, will be one of the most fun nights of the year for Kalispell area hunters.

Updated 1 year, 3 months ago
Column: Sherwood caught the bug early

Basketball fans in Kalispell should remember that George Sherwood was a centerpiece of the Flathead Braves team that made a surprising run at the 2012 State AA championship.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
The truth is in here

Truth truly is stranger than fiction. One institution stocks plenty of both.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
Giving Together: Charitable giving for 25 years

It has been said that a lot of good ideas start on a napkin.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
A modern arsenal for ice fishing

The recent cold weather has been very welcome for those of us that like to ice fish.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
Surprise and delight yourself

"We don’t even know what it is until it starts,” said Dan Brauneisen, general manager of Kalispell’s Cinemark theater, referring to the “secret movie” that plays for $5 on Monday nights about once a month.

Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
Ice fishing 101

Last Saturday morning my day started at 4 a.m. Yep, 4 a.m. occurs very early in the morning!

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Collection tells Carter’s story

Apart from the toothy grin and the accent, I only have another hazy memory of Jimmy Carter as president: how he put on a cardigan to encourage Americans to sweaterize rather than boost the thermostat.

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
God bless the USA

As the old Charlie Daniels song goes, God Bless the USA. Let me revise that song a little bit and say, God Bless the state of Montana.

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Roadside frosties meant to bring smiles

Together the Laumans aimed to create something special, fun and secular, and settled on snowmen, or “frosties.” They started in 1999 with about 25.

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Column: A ranking and a giant from the past

When you see the Iowa State Cyclones are 9-1 and ranked No. 3 in the men’s college basketball poll, you might think this is the best they’ve been since “The Mayor” — Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg — was putting up sho…

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Time to change horses

The general rifle seasons for deer and elk hunting has mostly ended. Unless you were lucky enough to draw a late-season elk tag and have access to private ranch land in central Montana, your big game hunting season…

Updated 1 year, 5 months ago
Column: Where QBs go - but not to stay

It was a spring evening a couple years ago when a longtime friend — we’d played fastpitch together, and like me he is maybe a little too fond of Red’s Bar — made an off-hand yet salient point.