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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…
Peek in at World Cup
I’m not going to tell you to watch the World Cup.
Cormorant purge improves fishing
After a fun morning of fishing and a late morning breakfast, I am sitting in our Minnesota cabin overlooking sprawling Leech Lake. JoAnn and I have been here for two weeks, upgrading our cabin property and sneaking…
Swim team thanks many who helped
The Kalispell Aquatic Team Swimming thanks the Northridge Lutheran Church and Kalispell Chamber of Commerce for their help with the season banquet.
Searching for fairness in all the wrong places
All right-minded people hate discrimination. It’s too bad we no longer know what that is.
Our local bass 'masters' speak
In my last column, I raised the question, why are our warm-water species becoming so popular …and promised I would get some inside info from local experts.
Big stage for big cities
With the eyes of the nation’s biggest cities focused squarely on the most famous trophy in American sports, the NHL has an opportunity to step back into the spotlight.
Backpacking through Europe was rite of passage
I’m kicking off my summer reading with Bill Bryson’s “Neither Here Nor There,” an entertaining and irreverent account of his travels through Europe in the 1970s and again 20 years later as he retraces his earlier j…
Benny, Ed and the death of treason
One of the many signs of the imminent collapse of the United States is that we can’t even agree on the meaning of treason any more.
On track for history
It’s a rare feat.
The hunter as conservationist
Hunters are the world leaders in conservation. I like that aspect of being a hunter. Hunters, through their hunting license dollars, pay for most conservation.
Donor boosts rink's effort to get new wheels
The Boys and Girls Club Roller Rink is well on its way to buying 100 pairs of new roller blades thanks to a generous donation by one of its past club members.
Let's uphold (and honor!) the Constitution
As we celebrate the ultimate sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of Americans who died in the defense of liberty, perhaps it is fitting that we pause for a moment of silence to contemplate the imminent loss of the …
James staying in Miami
There’s been a fantasy brewing in the NBA for a while now.
Warm-water species have plenty of fans
With fishing seasons now open and in full swing, many anglers are ready for another season on the water.
Kindness of strangers helps injured woman
A chance encounter with a couple of compassionate strangers gave a local woman a feeling of deep gratitude and a wish that she could thank them again and give them a message of hope.