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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…
COLUMN: Plenty of buzz about big smallmouth
There has been quite a buzz in the local angling community lately about a new state record fish caught in Northwest Montana — in Flathead Lake, in fact.
TERRY COLUMN: Glacier softball hoping for some home cookin'
There’s no place like home.
COLUMN: This milestone birthday is cause for reflection
Wasn’t it just yesterday I was bemoaning my 50th birthday? Now it’s 10 years later and I’m on the precipice of another milestone.
COLUMN: Our '1984': An equal opportunity gender disaster
My daughter has been reading George Orwell’s “1984” in high school this month. Too bad it’s not required reading for all citizens — especially before they vote. If it were, then perhaps Americans would not be so gu…
COLUMN: Deer, antelope populations looking healthy
Here is some good news for hunters. Last week my wife and I had to make a quick trip back to Wisconsin to attend a funeral. On the way, I planned to stop at my farm near Malta to see how the farm had wintered. But …
COLUMN: Park volunteers contribute in many ways
Glacier National Park Associates don’t let any dust collect under their feet – unless it’s sawdust.
COLUMN: Consent of the governed and judicial tyranny
If you had thought the far-left lunacy that has taken over Washington, D.C., could not possibly reach into Montana and cancel out our Big Sky common sense, then you had better check your dose of medical marijuana.
COLUMN: Gather all your intel before fishing new waters
A few columns back, I wrote about why I conduct seminars and how lucky we are in the Flathead Valley to have so many experienced anglers, guides and charter captains who are willing to give their time and share the…
TERRY COLUMN: Last chance to shine
Time is running out for local athletes to make their mark on the spring season.
COLUMN: Love of country-the key to Trump's success?
It appears the Montana presidential primary will once again be relegated to irrelevance, at least on the Republican side, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Montana doesn’t have considerable influence on the nationa…
COLUMN: Trapping opponents pursuing initiative again
For the third time in the last several years, animal-rights advocates, funded by mostly out-of-state money, are attempting to get public trapping banned on over 30 million acres of Montana public land. This effort …
TERRY COLUMN: Ex-teammates build Valley's newest rivalry
Rivalries can spark quickly.
COLUMN: Help build a mountain of food
Summer should be a time of fun for children, not one of worrying whether there will be enough to eat.
COLUMN: Bureaucracy, anarchy and the lost Constitution
Anarchy and bureaucracy are virtual opposites, but they are also in a very real sense best friends that feed off each other in unexpected ways.
COLUMN: Fishing picks up with change in weather
Wow, did that weather last week kick the fishing into gear across the valley!