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A Columbia high school is celebrating a state championship and two more Midlands schools are one win away after Friday and Saturdays basketball action.

Around the Midlands: White Knoll keeps rolling. Hammond and Cardinal Newman lock up rematch in postseason.

Montana calls to storytellers: The cold clear waters of its rivers have carried the voices of its inhabitants from time immemorial, says Debra Magpie Earling, one of its writers. Here, she recommends her favorites.

Party pace or podium place, we are all in this together.

Hole in the Sky: A Tribute to William Kittredge -- a lovely remembrance by Janisse Ray, a former student of Kittredge.

UM English professor emeritus Debra Magpie Earlings novel imagines the Lemhi Shoshone womans "Lost Journals."

The football state semifinals for South Carolina high school football are Friday night and there are several intriguing matchups. Lets take a look. 5-A Upper

<p>Small towns of Washington, Oregon and especially Montana “triggered” or inspired many of the major poems of Richard Hugo.  From each place, he drew images that led to memorable works “that capture the torque between temperament and terrain that is so vital in any consideration of place,” according to Seattle writing professor and poet Frances McCue.</p><p>McCue, founding director of the Seattle’s Richard Hugo House, retraced Hugo’s odyssey and revisited t...

Tributes are being paid to former Ipswich High School teacher Annick Smith, who has died aged 87

Tributes are being paid to former Ipswich High School teacher Annick Smith, who has died aged 87