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10 Essential Tips to Help You Get the Best Deals at Garage Sales

With the popularity of eBay and craigslist, it has become very easy to get great deals on “gently used” items without leaving the comfort of your home, but as the weather warms up, we can’t deny that there is just something much more exciting about finding those great deals while on the hunt at garage sales all over town.

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Why Everyone — Even Children — Needs to Wear Sunglasses

Sunglasses don’t just make you look cool, they’re also good for your eyes. But a lot of parents don’t seem to know that rule also applies to their kids.

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Search Continues For Man Presumed Drowned [AUDIO]

A 19 year-old Missoula man, possible a UM student is missing and presumed drowned after he and his girlfriend jumped off the Madison Street Bridge into the swollen Clark Fork River.

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Could Bank Tellers Someday Become Extinct?

Many of us do our banking via ATM or other electronic means, but how would you feel if actual in-person tellers didn’t exist? A few banks are testing out new systems with the possible goal of making that idea a reality.

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Road Trip Nightmares

 

 

 

 

This weekend I spent a total of nine hours in a car with four boys and one husband. Any parent who has ever taken kids on a road trip knows the pain and agony that I just somehow survived.

I have to admit, we have a DVD

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5 Ways to Enjoy the Summer Weather in Missoula

Looking for an excuse to get outside? Here are five ways to enjoy the beautiful summer weather in Missoula.

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Prefer the Print or Online Version of a Newspaper? — Survey

It’s no secret that most newspapers have lost a good chunk of their circulation over the past decade.

But just because more and more people are getting their news from the internet it doesn’t mean they’d rather read their news on a screen than they would on a piece of paper.

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Park or Pasture for American Buffalo [AUDIO]

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will be hosting a series of public meetings around the state this month as a first step toward developing a long-term bison conservation and management
plan for the state. In west-central Montana, interested persons may attend the
meeting in Missoula, which will be held on May 14 from 6-9 p.m. at the Holiday
Inn, Downtown at the Park (200 S. Pattee).

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Can You Pass a Citizenship Test?

Nearly a third of Americans would get a big fat “F” on a citizenship test, according to a new study. The lack of knowledge mostly pertains to civics questions.

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Is Multitasking Good for You?

Multitasking may often mean that we sometimes do too many things just “okay,” as opposed to a few things “very well.” But studies show that doing a lot at once makes us feel good, hence why we engage in such behavior.