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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…
News flash: Swedes are meatball marauders
They’re calling it an “Abbasolute scandal.”
Socialism, bribery and the death of the republic
The day I wrote this column, I had a conversation with a local businessman who told me, in all earnestness, “I have a hard time finding employees who want to work.”
The more voices, the better
It’s become increasingly easy to malign ESPN over the past few years.
Can Kanye West lead a rebellion for black voters?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Diamond and Silk, the black political commentary duo who have been deemed dangerous for the most peculiar of reasons — they are black AND conservative!
Inane rule yields unnecesary consequences for Stillwater
It’s rather inconspicuous, even slotted near the top of what seems like a full-length book of MHSA bylaws.
Pa. sheriff takes on NRA boycotters
BUTLER, Pa. — A Western Pennsylvania sheriff has issued an order within his department to not conduct county sheriff business with any of the corporations that have decided to cut ties with members of the National …
'The times, they are a changin' for retail
It’s been a week of big business news in the Flathead, topped by the looming closure of our spacious, refurbished Herberger’s store in Kalispell Center Mall. A lot of friends in my age group are lamenting the loss.
Finally, a truly bipartisan issue: We all hate robocalls
A funny thing happened on the way to this week’s column — Sen. Jon Tester did something I liked.
LeBron's time to make his case is running ever shorter
It seems borderline blasphemous to even speak of such a day now, but the time will come when LeBron James will cease to be the LeBron James we’ve become all too accustomed to seeing.
Are conservative black women really 'unsafe' to hear? Or just on Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg may be a master of the universe, but there are two things even he shouldn’t have done — one, allowing Facebook users’ private information to be shared with Cambridge Analytica, and two, getting on t…
For Montana's Ferrington, a race worth running
Well over 1,000 marathons are held across the United States each year, but none rival the Boston Marathon in prestige.
Old Man Winter has the last laugh
I really don’t like to be that person who complains about the weather, but for crying out loud (and we are all crying out loud), spring, why hast thou forsaken us?
The only wall between Trump and success
President Trump can wager his future legacy on making liberals happy, which would be a fool’s bet, or he can ensure his legacy by doing what he was elected to do and “Build That Wall.”
Spring is here, even if it may not look like it
Spring is in the air.
Project helps heal heart patients
With the energy of spring chickens, a group of women at Prestige Assisted Living completed a heartfelt project in February to help post-surgical patients at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.