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Unchained melody
The woman started talking before I even got close enough to hear her.
North Fork offers self-isolation wisdom
At the risk of this column reading like a journal entry or to even appear that I know what I’m talking about, here it goes. These past few weeks I’ve been reading through the archives of the North Fork re-imagini...
This too shall pass
I am not a lawyer, a doctor, or a high-ranking politician so I have no idea whether or not the near panic over coronavirus is justified or not. Since there is no vaccine or known effective treatment it does seem...
Keeping the Republic
On the final day of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegate Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well doctor, what have we got – a republic or a monarchy?” He responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Letter from a loyal Wildcat
It’s not my habit to write letters to the editor but I feel compelled to let my feelings be known. I am referring to the Northwest divisional basketball tournament in Ronan recently. I feel it was well organized ...
Changing tech, consistent dedication
I really enjoyed the column Flannery wrote last week about North Valley Search and Rescue training on the North Fork. In addition to being a North Forker, Flannery is also a new member of North Valley Search and...
Opposes Adams
According to the March 4, 2020 article about the Lake Five Project getting “Green Lighted by the Fathead County Commissioner” the lawyers and judges may get to do what the Flathead Planning Board would not do bac...
The bare management bill
A classic G. George Ostrom Column from 1989...
The new neighbor
I knocked on the window twice.
North Fork SAR expertise
The skies were abuzz in the North Fork this past weekend. North Valley Search and Rescue members gathered at the Ogle’s for the first field training up this way in a while. Mark Heaphy could not have executed it...
Dime-a-Dozen millionaires
A classic G. George Ostrom Column from 2004...
When women were Republicans
Women were once Republicans. In this centennial year of women’s suffrage, it is interesting to see what a difference a century can make.
Thoughts on Moose
Last week I was mostly whining about how the land management agencies are prone to “kicking the can” down the road. In my opinion, that is the practice of high level politicians and land management agencies that ...
Leftover Madness
A classic G. George Ostrom Column from 1998...
Supports Ruis project
Dear Ms. Nicosia, the City-County Planning Board, and Columbia Falls City Council: