Columns
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Northern Pike: Love or hate?
Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing.
A wealth of hunting opportunities
For thousands of Flathead area hunters, hunting season is now moving into high gear.
TERRY COLUMN: Gridiron's separation weekend
This is a big weekend in Montana high school football.
COLUMN: Dead voters and other horror stories
There is nothing more aggravating in the entire liberal canon than the myth of voter suppression.
Fall is a good time to get ready for ice fishing
I have taken up my bow again after a 12-year hiatus and have been really enjoying this fall weather. Is there anything better than chasing rutting elk in Montana in September? Maybe chasing fish on the hardwater? I…
TERRY COLUMN: Wildcats chasing Dillon, but can they catch up?
Columbia Falls will host the biggest game of the early football season on Friday night.
COLUMN: Unsung leader of newsroom meets his last deadline
On Friday we bid a fond farewell to Inter Lake Assistant Managing Editor Scott Crandell, who headed out of the newsroom and into retirement after 26 years here.
COLUMN: Obama's terror talk [amplified & expanded]
INTRODUCTION: Last weekend, the United States suffered through yet another terrorist attack — wait, two terrorist attacks — by an enemy to be named later... well, to be named by someone other than the president of …
TERRY COLUMN: Super scorers set for on-field showdown
There are many ways to score a goal in soccer.
COLUMN: A 'deplorable' immigration policy revisited
I took an interest in border politics in 2005 — about the time that Sens. Ted Kennedy and John McCain introduced their first immigration “reform” bill, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.
TERRY COLUMN: Early look at gridiron power balance
A third of the way into the high school football season, we’re beginning to see an outline of what the season may look like.
Fishing flourishes as autumn weather arrives
I have fallen for fall. September has always been my favorite month, but for the last three to four years, there hasn’t been much difference between August and September — but not this year.
A story of love and loss
Every September when Suicide Prevention Awareness Month rolls around, I wonder if this will be the year I share my own story of loss to suicide. And every year I say no, it’s not time yet, and tuck that pain and lo…
COLUMN: Finding a niche for outstanding Montanans
Recreation season turns toward fall activities
Like it or not, fall is here! Two weeks ago, the weekend before Labor Day weekend, we were at our cabin with our granddaughters. The lake water had cooled a little, but with afternoon temperatures in the 80s, it st…
COLUMN: GOP suicide and other liberal leaps
Longtime Clinton operative James Carville said last week that the Republican Party is committing suicide by supporting Donald Trump.