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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…
TERRY COLUMN: Wolfpack's new hunt
The Glacier football team is in uncharted territory.
COLUMN: Community has a heart for HEART program
The Kalispell Schools HEART program’s logo is a heart enclosed in a home connected by a lifeline to a heart with no home.
COLUMN: Summer fun done to a 'T'
Tomorrow will be the last day of T-ball for a dedicated group of 4-5-year-olds who have spent Monday evenings in Kalispell for the past two months learning the fundamentals of baseball.
Anglers catching fish despite several summer challenges
Folks who have been paying attention over the last couple of months have seen fishing conditions unlike any they have encountered around here for a long time, if ever. Virtually no runoff, unprecedented water tempe…
COLUMN: Embracing the arts is a worthy endeavor
If we’re lucky in life, we have been raised by parents who taught us to appreciate the arts.
COLUMN: Trump trips up the rich and famous (media elites & GOP snobs)
It certainly is satisfying to see the Republican Party establishment squirm at the meteoric rise of Donald Trump to front-runner status in the GOP presidential race.
Terry column: A second chance at a state title
Second chances are hard to come by.
COLUMN: Of young men (and women) and fire ...
I got to meet a remarkable young man last week, and in some ways we were both lucky to have the chance.
Terry column: The Event raising the bar
With mountain views in every direction and the scenic, rolling hills of the West Valley as a backdrop, the Event at Rebecca Farm offers one of the most unique venues in equestrian competition.
Where the fishing trends get started
I was once in Orlando in July and I think I swore to myself every day, “never again…” Oppressive heat and humidity…The only good reason I can think of to ever go back would be to participate in ICAST.
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.