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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…
Inter Lake's grizzly story 'repurposed' by the Post
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Where's the leadership?
When was the last time an NFL owner asked your opinion on building your favorite team’s roster?
Time for a refresher of 'Rules of Civility'
Rarely a day goes by that I don’t shake my head at the headlines — both local and national — of people behaving badly.
Monster swamp vs. swamp monster: A D.C. allegory
Politically speaking, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place, or more appropriately between a monster swamp and a swamp monster.
Northwest has too much talent to list it all
It’s time, once again, to nominate the best prep athletes in the region for the Daily Inter Lake’s Athlete of the Year. The 12 finalists are the collection of athletes in the running for the top spot for boys and g…
Civility matters, no matter what
Farm Hands happy to have 'ants in their pants'
The Whitefish-based Farm Hands – Nourish the Flathead organization recently received a $2,000 infusion from the Red Ants Pants Foundation.
Learning a new language
Penalty corners. 3-meter lines. Goes. Offloads.
Don't be a dinosaur; get yourself digitized
'Ain't no sunshine' for this fair lass
I don’t do well in the sun. This is because my Nordic heritage makes me one step removed from being declared an albino. I don’t tan, never have. Instead I turn different shades of a hue I like to call fish-belly wh…
Center's renovation benefits many
Shining Mountains Center for Spiritual Living received an uplifting gift recently through Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety Program.
On the fault line of news: Shaking it up with the internet
“Honey, are we having an earthquake?”
'Witch hunt' tried to take down another president in the 1950s
What a difference 65 years makes — NOT!
How to be cool - or not
Let’s face it. After a certain point in every person’s life, it’s difficult to be “cool.” In a newsroom full of 20-somethings these days, I am reminded daily that I am one of the oldest people on the staff still po…
Trump and the 'Mean Girls' of the media
The preening journalists who have made a profession out of hounding Donald Trump probably see themselves as avatars of Woodward and Bernstein in “All the President’s Men,” but I think they are sadly miscast.