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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…
As we go over the cliff, just who is in the driver's seat?
A final crosstown for ever-dueling best friends
Caden Harkins remembers well the first time he matched up against Eric Seaman. He recalls even more clearly how he felt about his opponent afterward.
Plowed path is put to good use
It’s said that if you want to survive and thrive in the Northwest winters, you need to find an outdoor activity you enjoy … and then get outdoors.
Our society's tragic sickness can't be fixed with Band-Aid
It is natural in the wake of any tragedy to ask questions, to seek answers, to place blame, and particularly to ask how a similar tragedy can be avoided in the future.
Flathead's Thompson has built - and maintained - a dynasty
There’s only one thing in sports harder to obtain than success — consistent success.
Pressure's on to use Instant Pot
Let me preface this confession by saying my husband is a very thoughtful gift giver. Sure, his gifts tend toward kitchen gadgetry, and their might be a slight ulterior motive in his selections since he likes to dab…
FEMA FLIP: Maybe Whitefish Energy wasn't so bad after all!
Whitefish Energy probably won’t say so, but the power contractor won vindication of sorts last week when it got a shout-out from a FEMA official for its work restoring power in Puerto Rico.
Flathead's Vasquez a picture of persistence
If you’d asked Flathead senior Trae Vasquez two years ago where he’d be today, his answer would’ve been on top of the world — or at least the state.
Good Stuff is 'right stuff' for many maladies
Michael and Maranda Johnson, co-founders of The Good Stuff Botanicals in Creston, are out to heal the whole community … one baby bottom at a time.
Why would a journalism school be afraid of free speech?
If there are two institutions that should support free speech without reservation, they would be journalism and higher education.
Time to separate contenders from pretenders
There comes a time in every season when teams are exposed.
2018: Year of the 'ice capades'
I seem to be preoccupied with ice this year.
Huffington Post smears Ryan Zinke with fake charge
The fake news media took another scalp this week, er, I mean, they distorted another story in order to smear the Trump administration.
The progress behind us, and the long road ahead
You may not recognize the names of Bernice Sandler, Edith Green and Patsy Mink.
Family's kindness shines during the holidays
It takes a well-kindled spirit to move someone to spend their entire Christmas Day visiting the sick.