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Giving Together: Turning Tax Season into Opportunities for Students
On a spring morning in Kalispell, a group of elementary students huddle around a table, testing a small robot they…
COLUMN: Milestones reached 24 hours apart
Two night games and 200 wins.
Memories of Sept. 11, 2001
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I was at work at my hometown newspaper, the Courier-Express in DuBois, Pennsylvania.
Fall is here and it's time to hunt
If you are a hunter like myself, most of us feel we are entering the best three months of the year.
Salsa Saturday
Last weekend I indulged myself by sleeping in as long as I felt like, following a week or more of hosting a houseful of company.
COLUMN: Highlighting a not very long ago era
It has been 20 years since the Montana Grizzlies won the Football Championship Subdivision title, and that’s a decent interval even if, at least for me, it has gone by in a blink.
How to cook a squirrel
During my 26-plus years at the Daily Inter Lake, I’ve gotten a lot of unusual calls from Flathead folks on a number of topics.
Elk management a hot debate
So, with great elk hunting, what are the issues that cause heated discussions? In just four words, availability of bull elk.
COLUMN: Crosstown foes start football anew
There’s a new coach on one side of town, the dean of AA football coaches on the other, and Alex Cummings and Grady Bennett have something in common: They’re going to be starting a passel of sophomores.
A sentimental final journey to Montana
As we made plans last spring for my mother’s funeral, we were lucky enough to find a florist in Cincinnati who was able to provide flowers as Covid-19 closed businesses and the availability and transport of myriad …
Swing your partner round and round…
Square dancing was a rite of passage in middle school.
An unusual natural feature
One such unusual natural featue is where natural water flows across the continental divide.
Company’s a comin’
I’ve been spending the better part of every weekend lately preparing for family and friends who are flying out for a week from three different places in the country.
Hometown history had an English twist
My little hometown of Hawley, Minnesota, has begun the planning for its sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) in 2022, and there’s already buzz on social media about the celebration.
The cruelty of nature
My vegetable garden kills wildlife.
Big Sky, big bands — and a big, hot sun
When headliner Jason Isbell sang his single “Be Afraid” from his 2020 “Reunions” album at the 2021 Under the Big Sky Festival in Whitefish, I thought this could be the soundtrack of my weekend.