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Celebrating Six Years in Montana

Brenda Ahearn | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 1 month AGO
by Brenda Ahearn
| November 12, 2015 2:45 PM

A Bison and her calf at the Spring Brook Yak Ranch in Kalispell on June 23, 2013. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

ARTICLES BY BRENDA AHEARN

July 8, 2018 2 a.m.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships

Gathered together under a perfect blue sky, a group of Marines shared smiles and told tales on a long-awaited Sunday afternoon in Columbia Falls. Next to the camp fire, James Cooper, aka “Coop,” stood up to tell the story of how he pulled the wool over “Hawk’s” eyes with a complete piece of fiction about his first wife and the mafia and “an offer he couldn’t refuse.” As the crowd leaned in close they were all smiles (except for Hawk) as the yarn unwound.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships
July 8, 2018 4 a.m.

Vietnam veterans rekindle lost friendships

Gathered together under a perfect blue sky, a group of Marines shared smiles and told tales on a long-awaited Sunday afternoon in Columbia Falls. Next to the camp fire, James Cooper, aka “Coop,” stood up to tell the story of how he pulled the wool over “Hawk’s” eyes with a complete piece of fiction about his first wife and the mafia and “an offer he couldn’t refuse.” As the crowd leaned in close they were all smiles (except for Hawk) as the yarn unwound.

Photographer reflects on modern-day Jekyll and Hyde
October 29, 2015 12:15 p.m.

Photographer reflects on modern-day Jekyll and Hyde

Beautiful monsters

Oh, Bridezilla.