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Fish management failures
Last week I drove to my cabin in the Thompson Chain of Lakes, planning to do some spring cabin chores and squeeze …
Slayer plays the mall
The first time I ventured to the community chess club in the Kalispell Center Mall, the adults outnumbered the kids and just a game or two was under way.
Flathead alum Osweiler seeks happy campers
Second-year Flathead football coach Caleb Aland figured it couldn’t hurt to reach out to Brock Osweiler, the former Braves quarterback who ventured onto an NFL…
Wolf management
Our legislators are busy at work trying to save Montana taxpayers some money.
Rounding up trophy runs of Wolfpack, Bravettes
Recency bias is a thing, so I have a couple things of note after watching the recent State AA basketball tournaments last weekend at the Butte Civic Center.
Kalispell, are you ready to walk?
Use it or lose it, right?
Hard Knocks, Golden Gloves under (sky) lights
Before he racked up a 9-4 record as a professional fighter, Jesse Uhde honed his skills at a place called Kalispell Boxing.
Tourism gives us the FITs
This time of year finds us hunkered down, but the travel pros are revving up, hoping to capture the FITs of the future.
7 years later, the Wildcats break through
The Columbia Falls Wildcats’ boys basketball team is 14-3, and if you think they’ve fattened up on Class B competition, we have some context.
This time numbers still add up
For the record, this year’s scoring change for State AA boys did not affect the top of the team wrestling standings.
If time’s flying, give some away
I’m surprised how quiet it is.
State titles and bonus daughters
One thing you may not know about Amber and Bella Downing — I didn’t — is that they are not related.
In pursuit of yellow perch
Wow, it’s February and we are past the half- way point in our winter.
Employers can boost hire power
Last summer my teenage son wanted nothing more than to lay about the house Howard Hughes-style in plush robe and thumb at his phone.
Grizzly management a public safety issue
Montana biologists have many challenges when managing many of the world class wildlife populations of elk, mountain sheep and other wildlife species found in Montana.
Amid the grim, find the funny
The seed was planted when I went to last month’s performance capping the Comedy Improv II class at Flathead Valley Community College.