'Come and get it!'

About 40 years ago, my dad, my brother Rob and I dragged my old camper down the Swan to a spot called Point Pleasant. It is a camping area on the Swan River. Rumor had it that the deer were hopping out from behind…

‘Come and get it!’

About 40 years ago, my dad, my brother Rob and I dragged my old camper down the Swan to a spot called Point Pleasant. It is a camping area on the Swan River. Rumor had it that the deer were hopping out from behind …

With ballooning, it's all about hot air

I saw two hot-air balloons floating above the West Valley on my way to work this week, and was reminded how mesmerizing those voluminous orbs can be. Once you spot one, it’s hard to take your eyes off it.

'I am part of the resistance inside the news media,' and I'm not anonymous

Over the years, I’ve been asked to run anonymous letters dozens of times, but I’ve never done so. The explanation is always the same: Our readers have a right to judge the validity of a submitted opinion based on w…

Fall fishing is here

September has arrived with a feeling more like October, at least when it comes to the cool mornings and the falling water temperatures on many local lakes.

'Everybody in the pool!'

Hundreds of kids across the Flathead will be jumping not just into a new school year, but also into the swimming pool come January courtesy of The Wave’s School to Pool Program.

Saying goodbye: Thirty-four years in the blink of an eye

If you need to know the truth, I just got wore out.

My pursuit of solitude started early

I was reminiscing with a friend this week about those sweet summers of our youth, and the reckless abandon with which we embraced those treasured days. It was a different time and place, when kids could roam freely…

No headline

For the past 10 years employees of Torrent Technologies have thrown down the gauntlet at the Glacier Challenge in Whitefish, a fundraiser supporting the Flathead Youth Home. The business also became a title sponsor…

Letters are window into our world

TV has gone to the dogs

I suppose it was only a matter of time before there was a television channel developed especially for dogs.

Journalists used to fight fake news; today they pretend it doesn't exist

How — I am sometimes asked — can a journalist like me question the ethics of a fellow journalist reporting about the White House? Shouldn’t all reporters and editors stick together?

Crispy, gooey and oh, so sweet!

Everyday and everywhere across America, campers and households are toasting to glorious mid-summer evenings — not with wineglasses and beer steins, but with 45 million pounds of marshmallows sandwiched between 110,…

The left's love affair with doublethink

If you have a hard time following the logic of some liberal arguments, don’t worry. It’s not you.

That time I was a dancing queen

For those of us baby boomers who came of age in the 1970s, there was no way to escape the addictive melodies of the many ABBA songs that swept the world during that era.