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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: Eternal vigilance: It's really a good idea... no matter who said it
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
Terry Column: Loggers beating the heat
Until a few brief days of relief this week, this summer has been long and hot.
Lost little dog found safe
In just a couple of hours between phone calls I answered last Monday, a little dog that had been missing since the Fourth of July was found alive and well — albeit a bit bedraggled.
COLUMN: Vandalism and values: What side are you on?
Last week, the Ten Commandments Park north of Columbia Falls was vandalized for the second time in a month.
Hot summer evokes flashbacks for Midwesterners
To put things in perspective, here’s how oppressive the Flathead Valley’s heat wave has been: The summer weather in Minnesota has been more pleasant lately than Northwest Montana.
COLUMN: Asleep for the last 60 years? Wake up – and brace yourself
I turned 60 last week, which got me thinking — not about myself and the many changes I have been through in six decades, but about the nation’s fundamental transformation in that same time span.
Fishing and freedom go hand-in-hand
As I write this, our county is considering a ban on fireworks due to dry, fire-prone conditions.
OPINION: John Roberts: Worst chief justice ever?
I’m giving the chief justice of the United States the benefit of the doubt by including a question mark in my headline. There have certainly been bad chief justices before, and bad decisions rendered by probably al…
Kidney Classic features softball for a cause
The Kidney Classic Co-Rec Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament held earlier this month at the Conrad Complex in Kalispell raised $3,905 for the local Dialysis Clinic Inc. Patient Fund.
TERRY COLUMN: Patience pays off
Patience has paid off for Joe Pistorese in his baseball career.
Manitoba lake teems with big northern pike, walleyes
Last week, JoAnn and I returned from three weeks of fishing and vacationing with family and friends in Minnesota and Canada.
Buddy was a good dog
Two weeks ago my brother and sister-in-law posted a photo of Dad’s dog on Facebook, alerting the family that Buddy had passed away.
A day to be proud - and to remember
Happy Father’s Day!
TERRY COULMN: Time with Dad, time well spent
The round started off good enough.
The answers are blowin' in the wind
In my last column, I talked about how the lack of normal runoff was impacting several of our fisheries.