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Updated 9 months, 1 week ago

Apgar Lookout: This early season jaunt a great way to get in shape, with views

The Apgar Mountain Lookout Trail is one of those trails to hike first thing in the season because it’s easy to get…

Updated 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Life after losing an election

Having lost an election, I know it hurts to lose. I know, too, that there is a good life beyond losing because I’ve been living it for the past 20 years.

Updated 8 months ago
Opinion: Superintendent explains levy impacts

The past four months have been a whirlwind of communication efforts to ensure that everyone had the information they needed to make the best decision they could make for themselves during the May elections.

Updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago
East side report

Went east of the divide about a week ago, so I feel like I should give some sort of report, even though the trip was largely uneventful. It was a Sunday and we didn’t even get going until 2:30 p.m., but the Looking…

Updated 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Opinion: A North Fork report

I went up the North Fork on Sunday so in the tradition of a good old-fashioned Larry Wilson column, I feel obligated to give a report.

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Opinion: Heart advice

I’ve run into quite a few friends and readers since I had my double bypass heart surgery and I thought I’d share some experiences on what you might expect if y…

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Opinion: Changing snowpack

After last year’s deep winter, this season has come as a shock, and many of us are wondering “Where is the snow?”

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Opinion: Slaking a thirst a growing challenge

Last week I had a story on Glacier National Park’s glaciers breaking up — a little less than half of the named glaciers in the park have broken into pieces and I suspect it’s even worse now, since the study was bas…

Updated 11 months ago
Opinion: Daylight Saving

We went for a walk on Sunday evening after supper. It would have been easy to stay in the house — it was raining and cold and damp.

Updated 11 months ago
Opinion: Columnist imagines first days of wolf release

What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year?

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Opinion: Being Montanan

Out of six hikers, my dog was the only one of us born in Montana. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, South Carolina and me, Wyoming. As we looked out over the snowy moun…

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
War comes home to my small town

That might seem surprising since my town is more than 7,000 miles from Gaza, where in just a few months more than 29,000 people have been killed and nearly 2 million have been driven from their homes. But what is h…

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Opinion: Coalition for a Clean CFAC 10,000 strong and growing

The Coalition for a Clean CFAC is pleased to announced that over 1,000 Columbia Falls and Flathead area residents have signed a petition requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Montana Dep…

Updated 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Opinion: Little love stories

Hungry Horse News asked readers to submit their love stories for the Feb. 14 edition, 100 words or less. Here are some of our favorites. Thanks to all that sub…

Updated 1 year ago
Opinion: A call for love stories

“What’s that noise?” my friend asked as we cruised down Highway 2. “I don’t know, I’ve been turning the music up,” I said, and I did.