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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…
Three more weeks of basketball
The whirlwind high school basketball season came to a fantastic close this weekend. Just in time for another fantastic basketball postseason.
Bigfork boys healthy, rested for state play
The most accomplished team in Montana is entering the state basketball tournament healthy and rested.
Idiomatic expressions reflect our geography, 'Dontcha know'
My husband has a favorite saying for when he hasn’t accomplished much during the day: “I feel like a pea picker with a hole in his sack.”
A Constitution more or less for the trampling
Too bad we spend so much time yelling at each other about which political party is right and which party is wrong. Too bad we get so easily distracted by the slogans and the backslapping. Too bad that myopia is the…
March (fishing) Madness is now in full swing
March fishing in Montana means you need to be ready for anything.
Polson film festival a big hit
Not only does Polson’s Flathead Lake International Cinemafest have an ideal acronym, “FLIC, ” but it’s become an ideal new venue for national and international indie film producers to showcase their talents.
Split tourneys a chance to focus
For Cary Finberg and the Columbia Falls basketball teams, two trips to Great Falls are certainly better than one.
Snow creates flooding woes for ice anglers
Where is global warming when we need it?
Right now, it's all about ice fishing
Welcome to Howe’s Fishing — both a column title and a question.
Youth, 11, a volunteer whirlwind
Bailey Lake isn’t the typical 11-year-old. When she’s not going to school, dancing with her dance team or managing her own 4-H projects, this young volunteer keeps busy making the world around her a better place.
Sauerkraut: 'An ambrosia of mankind'
James Perez sent me an email last week that started like this: “Sauerkraut deserves more attention.”
How about 'shared responsibility' for freedom - period!
You have to hand it to Nancy Pelosi: She was dead-on accurate when she claimed Congress had to pass Obamacare before we would find out what was in it.
Despite setback, the FCC's snout is under the tent
Chalk one up for the good guys — well, sort of.
Drama at Sochi keeps us riveted
I’ve been spending way too much time watching TV this week, but for me the Winter Olympics have always been simply mesmerizing. Whether it’s the awe-inspiring figure skaters or those insanely talented freestyle ski…
Man-given rights and government gone wild
Just what we needed — another item to add to the ever burgeoning file labeled “Things that can’t possibly be true in America, but are anyway.” Consider this monstrosity: