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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…
So many choices for spring recreation
Spring is here! Well, sort of.
Pussy willows are nostalgic part of spring
There’s no other plant that evokes past memories of spring for me than the pussy willow.
Equal time for common sense on 'equal' pay
I’ve written a couple of columns in a row on some of the more blatant attempts by liberals to shut down free and fair debate on topics ranging from climate change to Christianity.
Bigfork warms up to golf season
After a long winter, the Bigfork golf team is thawing out
It's a hot perch bite in Polson Bay
To most people, early April means tax time. But to savvy anglers in the Flathead Valley, it means something much more important: perch at East Bay on Flathead Lake.
Vintage ski days a big boost for museum
The inaugural Hellroaring Ski Heritage Days swooshed into the history books last month with a smashing gala and weekend of retro events at Whitefish Mountain Resort.
The freedom not to question climate change
The campaign to marginalize conservatives and their traditional values has many facets. Last week, we talked about the efforts in academia to restrict access to people whose beliefs are not in tune with modern libe…
Baseball back in season
I never know how much I miss baseball season until it comes back around.
Happiness is a new fishing boat
I am as giddy as a kid with a brand-new all-day sucker.
More on idioms, but just 'don't have a cow'
I was surprised by the number of comments I got from readers about my last column, which focused on some of the idiomatic expressions in different parts of the country.
Is free speech intended for everyone? Or just liberals?
What is it about liberals that makes them so afraid of free speech, free thought and free expression of ideas, especially on college campuses?
Glacier softball waits on fieldwork
For now, they have to wait.
Now is a great time to catch kokanee salmon
Kokanee salmon are a very popular fish in the West and certainly so here in Northwest Montana. The kokanee salmon is delicious fried, baked, grilled, smoked and canned.
Special coach transforms teen
Piles of snow plowed and shoveled alongside driveways and sidewalks and stuffed into center lanes on city streets may be a flickering memory for the Flathead, but our winter playground provided some lifetime memori…