Columns
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Peak deer season has arrived
For the thousands of local deer hunters who have not notched their deer license this year, your time has arrived.
COLUMN: Project a sweet touch for firefighters
Diane Groves loves to bake.
TERRY COLUMN: Shaking off good losses
There’s nothing fun about losing.
COLUMN: 'Flathead News' is the story of our remarkable citizens
Two important things are happening in my life today.
COLUMN: Lottery woes and Norwegian stamina
Thank goodness a trio of lucky players finally won the $1.5 billion Powerball drawing so we can all get on with our lives. I’m not a gambler, but I succumbed to the office pool for the now historic largest lottery …
TERRY COLUMN: Chopping down the chants
It’s inescapable at any sporting event.
COLUMN: New approach may be needed for bucket biology
Bucket biology. That term strikes fear into the heart of local fish managers.
COLUMN: 'It has nothing to do with being a Muslim' and other liberal fallacies
On Thursday night, Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett was sitting in his patrol car when a man dressed in Muslim garb walked up to him and fired 13 shots through the driver’s side window.
COLUMN: Family gets suite treatment
There was room at the inn this Christmas for one young family at the Holiday Inn Express in Kalispell.
Three tips to proper sonar use
If there is one thing that most ice anglers will agree on, it is that a quality sonar unit will help you catch more fish. I am not talking about those anglers (and you know who you are) who insist they do not need …
TERRY COLUMN: Breaking out of the break
Two weeks is a long time to go without games.
COLUMN: Trump vs. the machine: Three hu-u-ge stories
Despite Time magazine missing the story (surprise!), Donald Trump was the man/person/celebrity/politician/comedian/revolutionary of the year for 2015.
COLUMN: 'Affluenza' a symptom of sick society
I’ve been following with great interest and even greater disgust the case of the Texas teenager whose defense for killing four people in a drunk-driving accident was “affluenza” — he was too rich to know right from…
COLUMN: Big hunting meeting coming up on Jan. 9
If you are a hunter, mark Jan. 9 on your 2016 calendar.
TERRY COLUMN: College football playoff has terrible timing
There’s a limit to my fandom.
COLUMN: Christmas pageantry, American tradition and a dose of common sense
"That touch of red on the clown’s nose makes it look just right, doesn’t it, dear?”