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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…
The dead can dance all right
“It’s OK if you come in late,” Joy Bartel said to us dancers in rehearsal about the cue to a move. “It just means you’re more dead than everyone else.”
Full Count: Vals are no less amazing this season
When we last checked in with Bigfork soccer coach Park Schara, he was giddy about his Valkyries and their 1-1 draw with Laurel on Aug. 26, 2022.
Giving Together for the Flathead Valley
Each year, the Great Fish Community Challenge reminds us what makes the Flathead Valley so special. It’s not just the mountains and lakes that keep us here — it’s the spirit of generosity and shared purpose that th…
Appreciating the buzz out of Hornetville
I’m going to miss these guys.
Finding community in a time of isolation
If Robert Putnam was worried enough to write a book about it 25 years ago, he’s even more so now.
Full Count: A flip-flop at least half of us can understand
Count me unsurprised that the fifth-ranked Montana State Bobcats are ahead of the No. 4 Montana Grizzlies in the first FCS Playoff Selection Committee’s Top 10…
Allen, Ah Yat, Bell and Kay: Who did it better?
The first weekend of October, if you extended it backwards to Thursday the 2nd, brought yours truly dangerously close to a football overdose.
That trek was for the birds
“The birds are kind of flying right in your face,” Jess Garby of Flathead Audubon said, referring to Jewel Basin Hawk Watch.
Full Count: Fairways and greens for the Green and Gold
Some 2,200 miles separate Asheville, N.C., from Whitefish, which is a lot, but at the end of that journey Scott Minton found two familiar sights: Mountains and impressive golf courses.
Giving Together: Navigating tax changes to maximize impact
When Carol and Richard Atkinson met with their accountant this summer, they had one big question: “How will the new tax law affect the way we give to the causes we love?”
The grass doesn't always have to be greener
“Your neighbors let you do this?” my dad said as we embarked upon a neighborhood walk years ago when I lived in Oregon.
Taking a swing at metalworking
Metalworker Jeffrey Funk offered the Forging from the Natural World course through his New Agrarian School, which offers chances to immerse oneself in historic craft, with some modern touches.
Giving Together: 12 days left to multiply your impact
On this Labor Day weekend, Whitefish Community Foundation is celebrating the hard-working nonprofits of the Flathead Valley and the generous donors who fuel their missions.
Once upon an Airstream
The StoryCorps trailer took off from the Flathead Valley at the end of June, and I’m still listening to the stories left behind — and recorded for the future.
A father-son fishing trip to northern Canada paradise
I recently returned from my annual fishing trip to northern Canada. I’ve been fishing Canada for more than 60 years and fishing in the lake country of northern Canada has never disappointed.