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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: In hindsight, our 'good old days' were hazardous
While I was trolling the Internet for story ideas recently, I came across a humorous article I could certainly relate to: “28 Reasons Children of the ’70s Should All Be Dead.”
COLUMN: Reflecting on fire season
This weekend for the first time in a long time, we in Northwest Montana can breathe a sigh of relief, and then breathe in fresh clean air that doesn’t smell of smoke.
TERRY COLUMN: Despite slow start, not time to panic for Glacier football
Glacier football isn’t used to this position.
COLUMN: Food bank grows to help community
The North Valley Food Bank has been expanding ever since it started in 1977 in June Munski-Feenan’s garage in Whitefish.
COLUMN: Refugee horrors are not new, and not easily solved
It could have been called “On the Beach at Bodrum.” The photo showed a uniformed Turkish police officer carrying the lifeless body of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned attempting to reach Greece with his refugee …
TERRY COLUMN: Braves focused on future
First impressions are the most lasting.
COLUMN: Best time of year at hand for kokanee
In his excellent book, “Kokanee — A Complete Fishing Guide,” author Dave Biser recalls his first experience with catching a kokanee.
COLUMN: Can Europe be saved? And can we?
Karl Marx wrote in 1848 that “A spectre is haunting Europe.”
COLUMN: Chicken at church, 'awesomesauce' new words
The age-old question is: “Why did the chicken cross the road?”
TERRY COLUMN: Smoking out practice time proves tough
The Glacier boys soccer team held an outdoor practice session just once this week.
COLUMN: Fire situation might affect fall hunting
Normally at this time of the year, many of us will start storing our fishing gear and boats and dust off our hunting equipment.
COLUMN: Heroes 'for a time such as this...'
What do Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson and Zell Miller all have in common?
TERRY COLUMN: Beau's last go at fair rodeo?
At 36, Beau Hill is starting to feel the effects of a lifetime of bull riding.
Rule changes might help yellow perch
It is comment time again, with Fish, Wildlife and Parks seeking public comment on proposed fishing regulations for 2016 and beyond.
COLUMN: Trump vs. Sanders: Too good to be true?
For the past year we’ve been told that Hillary Clinton is the inevitable Democratic nominee and that Jeb Bush is her virtually certain Republican opponent in the 2016 presidential race.