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El Niño conditions like we saw last season seem to get the most media hype because the warming effect tends to cause more extreme weather across the nation, but it might actually be the cooling effect -- or La Niña phenomena -- that benefits snowboarders the most. "We are quite confident that this...

In the public eye: Two painters turn downtown walls into windows

No matter what an artist may paint on a wall, it's still just a wall.

Teen Faces Deliberate Homicide Charges At Later Date

A Flathead County judge postponed the trial date for an Evergreen teen accused of killing two people in a car crash. Justine Winter faces two counts of deliberate homicide.

Rite of passage

“You’re a brave soul,” said the grizzled commercial fisherman as he watched me pitch a tent on the aft deck of the M/V Matanuska. It wasn’t a compliment. The salty dog’s tone of voice and facial expression made his true meaning clear: “You’re a complete dumbass.”

Breaking trail: 60 years of nordic skiing for Mahaffey

Jim Mahaffey, 80, has done more for the sport of skiing than anybody in Anchorage. He even founded the popular footrace series Tuesday Night Races -- which begins tonight -- as a training opportunity for skiers.