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Books Making A Fuss

Our county library system is being torn apart because the Flathead County commissioners appointed three board members who are fearful of books

By Maggie Doherty
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We’re the Adults Now

It’s our time to ensure our kids will grow up and brag to their friends: I lived in the Flathead Valley before it became cool

By Maggie Doherty
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The Inversion

What an honor it is to seek refuge and pleasure in a landscape that we all share, a place where we can set aside our grievances and worries, and be restored

By Maggie Doherty
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What’s at Stake

It’s a particularly fertile time for fringe ideas to take hold, when public distrust of the government is high

By Maggie Doherty
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Selfish Pandemic

As the mom of two young children, I’m tired of them having such a restricted social bubble

By Maggie Doherty
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Possibility in the New Year

The workshop showed me how daily practice could work, despite a pandemic, young kids, and all the messiness that constitutes a life

By Maggie Doherty
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Holiday Reflection Season

What grounds me, even if I feel like I can’t quite catch my breath, is the way winter comes no matter if we want it to or not

By Maggie Doherty
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Pandemic is Far from Over

Welcome to Kalispell, where personal responsibility trumps anything else, and people are dying

By Maggie Doherty
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Public Art to Brighten My Day

KALICO’s Beautify Kalispell Traffic Signal Box Project is designed to add beauty and vibrancy to an otherwise nondescript functional object

By Maggie Doherty
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Adulting and Politics

Elections have profound impacts on all areas of our lives, including what happens right here in the Flathead Valley

By Maggie Doherty
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Service Industry in Crisis

It’s rare these days if your favorite restaurant or coffee shop isn’t hiring or hasn’t been forced to shut down one or two days a week due to staffing issues

By Maggie Doherty
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Parents Are Not All Right

The county’s low vaccination rate jeopardizes the health of everyone, especially our children

By Maggie Doherty
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Population Boom

Instead of pointing fingers, it’s high time our politicians work for us so we have infrastructure in place to support boom

By Maggie Doherty
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Ode to Us

This August is the right time for a summer road trip back to my childhood home in Michigan

By Maggie Doherty