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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: Pursuing whitefish in the Flathead River
One of the most popular fisheries in years past was the annual Lake Superior whitefish bite that happened in late summer. These hard-fighting, tasty members of the Salmonid family would stage up shallow as they wou…
COLUMN: Boehner, McCarthy and the big bad media
Learning the news through the prism of the 24-hour cable news channels is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility. For the most part, you are neither learning, nor getting the news.
COLUMN: The art of waiting difficult to master
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock...
TERRY COLUMN: 'Cats and 'Dogs: old rivalry, new importance
The Whitefish-Columbia Falls football rivalry has always been important.
COLUMN: Teacher, student reconnected
On Oct. 8, folks in the Flathead will have a chance to see a unique multimedia performance by accomplished pianist and entertainer.
COLUMN: Is it time for a new statesman?
Have you heard of Daniel Webster?
TERRY COLUMN: Sometimes blowouts happen
The sportsmanship police arrived before the game had even finished.
COLUMN: Obama's pen strikes again
The most important story of the past two weeks was not the visit of Pope Francis to Congress. It was not the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House. It was not the resignation of John Boehner as s…
COLUMN: Family history well worth the time and effort
I just got a new book in the mail and I’ve been poring over it for days. It’s not a best seller by any means, but to me it has great sentimental and historic value.
TERRY COLUMN: Flathead Braves building a winner
Flathead has been in this position before.
COLUMN: Food-storage rules tightened for broader area
Most hunters do their best to follow the increasingly complex rules associated with hunting. But I’ll bet that most hunters who camp out, either in a tent or RV, will unknowingly violate the law this fall.
COLUMN: Mansion benefits from surprise markdown
The generosity of the local community and businesses raised the roof on the Conrad Mansion this summer.
COLUMN: Actually, there IS more to fear than fear itself
It was the great historian Arnold Toynbee who said “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.” That puts it very well, and takes the blame off the Islamists or the Mexicans, and puts it squarely on ourselves. …
TERRY COLUMN: Calming down the coaches
Old school coaching doesn’t have to include making a fool out of yourself.
Kokanee tips and perch kudos
In my last column, I was sharing some information about our abundant kokanee salmon and trolling for them in the fall, arguably my favorite time to fish the Flathead Valley.