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.
Covering 'the last great race' takes stamina
Senators take a stand for the Constitution
Long road to repeat
It’s hard enough to win one state championship.
Spring fishing is just around the corner
I don’t mind March coming in like a lamb … even if it goes out like a lion.
Eskimo QB Reilly 'a class act'
Plenty of Flathead football fans are familiar with the name Mike Reilly.
'L'etat c'est moi': Obama vs. the people
What is “the state”? On that question hinges the fate of Obamacare, and perhaps the fate of the nation.
Tough tests begin for Wildkats
There haven’t been many tests this season for the Columbia Falls girls.
Long-distance farm oversight is no easy task
It’s time for another conference call with my three brothers. We’ve been conducting these long-distance sessions periodically for the past couple of years as decisions need to be made about our mother’s care and wh…
It's not a funding crisis; it's a constitutional crisis. Got it?
When the history books are written, they won’t write about whether or not the Department of Homeland a got funding in February of 2015; they will write about whether or not there was still a homeland at all.
There's a lot riding on crosstown
Final night’s final crosstown basketball game of the season means a lot to the players on the court.
Volunteers end year of service
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Americorps VISTA Program’s founding.
Why is Congress all talk, no action?
Fantastic February for golf
The Midwest is stuck in a deep freeze and there’s roughly 10 feet of snow piled atop the East coast. There are ice and wind chill warnings in Florida.
Hunting-tag change zooming through Legislature
Smart PJs no substitute for storytelling
I came across something the other day that was so appalling to me I have to tell you about it. They’re called Smart PJs, and an advertisement for these high-tech “jammies” tells parents their children now can slip …