Missoula

I really get a kick out of this photo. It's a golf cart, converted into a pseudo-Zamboni for our Pond Hockey tournament. The folks out at The Ranch Club golf course have been preparing the ice on some of their larger sand traps with the homemade machine, which apparently is working pretty darn well!

We had a scheduling change, by the way

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If you don't know what the difference between an advisory, a watch, and a warning are, this new system might give you a better understanding of the severity of winter storms in Montana.

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Authorities are scaling back the search for a University of Montana student reported missing from a private river trip in Grand Canyon National Park.

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Missoula has some great bars. We all know that! But, I was shocked to learn that we had a bar make Esquire magazine's "15 Bars Every Man Should Drink in Before He Dies" list.

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With the widespread flu epidemic, people who haven’t already got their flu shots are scrambling to do so now. The Centers for Disease Control is recommending everyone get a flu shot this year. Both New York and Boston

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A vehicle chase along highway 200 involving the Cascade County Sheriff's Office, the Montana Highway Patrol and the Missoula Police department ended with a crash in Missoula on the morning of January 15.

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Getting ready for the first ever, Missoula Pond Hockey tournament. It is all happening at the Ranch Club January 26th and 27th. It is going to be fun for the whole family. Just hope that the bears don't show up to play, because they look like they got some serious skill.

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Janet Finn, University of Montana professor in the School of Social Work, will discuss her new book, "Mining Childhood: Growing Up in Butte, 1900-1960."

She will be at a Fact & Fiction Book Club luncheon Tuesday, January 15, at Missoula's Holiday Inn Downtown

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Winter and snow flurries may leave most golf courses unused, but that's not how we do things in Montana.

The Ranch Club is sponsoring a unique 24-team pond hockey tournament this month and all of the action will take place on golf course's water hazards!

The contest is set to begin on Saturday January 26 and will run between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. The final bouts will be p

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I've been on a running kick lately. In fact, my goal this year is to finally run Bloomsday 2013. As a born and raised Spokane native I'm actually shocked and disappointed in myself for never taking part in this annual tradition. This year, no excuses. And to get myself thoroughly prepared for this challenge, I'm going to attempt to take in as many Missoula-area 5K's as I can between now and then.

Here is the next one. Perhaps you can join me?

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