Exploring the rise of outdoor entertaining as a year-round lifestyle trend

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Colon cancer rising in younger adults as early symptoms are missed

Colon cancer is rising in younger adults as early symptoms like rectal bleeding and bowel changes are often ignored, delaying diagnosis.

Why the modern jeep owner is skipping the dealership for replacement parts

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Glacier Nordic slides toward fundraising goal for grooming operations facility

A $50,000 grant from the Whitefish Community Foundation glided the Glacier Nordic Club past the halfway point toward its $500,000 fundraising goal for Phase 1 of the Big Mountain Enhancement Project.

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Strong start for Glacier visitation

Glacier National Park registers only about one-tenth of its annual visitation during the first five months of the year, but if the early numbers are any indicator, the park is on track for another historically crowded year.

U.S. envoy leading second recent high-level visit to Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A senior U.S. State Department official is due to arrive in Taiwan on Thursday afternoon to begin a three-day visit that has already drawn a warning from China.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani started a four-day official visit to China recently. The visit, weeks after the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2, is drawing a great deal of media attention around the world.

Glacier Park visitation down again in June

Glacier National Park visitation was down for the fourth time in six months in June.

State park visitation on the decline

Temperate weather with a few cold spells during the first quarter of 2022 contributed to a slight decrease in the number of overall visitors to state parks in Montana, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reported last week.

Glacier National Park visitation down in August

Three solid weeks of smoke from area wildfires resulted in about 14 percent less visitors to Glacier National Park in August. August visitation was at 579,000 people compared to 675,119 last year, but even so, the Park is still at an overall pace to break last year's record mark, as visitation is up 2.1 percent due to a robust start to the tourist season.

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Amid virus lockdowns, prison ministry groups had to adapt

Normally Teresa Stanfield spends her days in prisons talking with inmates about how she changed the course of her troubled life, and how they can do the same. But the coronavirus has locked her on the outside.

Amid virus lockdowns, prison ministry groups had to adapt

Normally Teresa Stanfield spends her days in prisons talking with inmates about how she changed the course of her troubled life, and how they can do the same. But the coronavirus has locked her on the outside.

Amid virus lockdowns, prison ministry groups had to adapt

Normally Teresa Stanfield spends her days in prisons talking with inmates about how she changed the course of her troubled life, and how they can do the same. But the coronavirus has locked her on the outside.

Most Californians live in areas with troubling virus numbers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly three-quarters of California's 40 million residents live in counties experiencing concerning coronavirus trends, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday in vowing stepped-up enforcement of health orders and, if things don't improve, more restrictions.

Most Californians live in areas with troubling virus numbers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly three-quarters of California's 40 million residents live in counties experiencing concerning coronavirus trends, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday in vowing stepped-up enforcement of health orders and, if things don't improve, more restrictions.

Japan PM Shinzo Abe says he's resigning for health reasons

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished.