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My alarm went off this morning at 3:50 a.m., the same as it always has for the last 9,000 times I've started my day at work. My dog always looks at me like, "Do you realize what time it is?" Yes, I do, and I have to admit I'm starting to feel it a little more each year.  As I started my drive into work with my eyes wide open looking for deer, I thought, "Paul, you can't keep this up. You have to slow down." As sad as it may be, I think that this may have to be my last run on the air.

It's a weekend like this that working four 10-hour days would be great.

Although I know that there are other morning shows on the radio across America that may have been together longer, I doubt that many have stayed on the same radio station as we have. But we could have left. Several times.

The Year Was 1988: Mark Remembers I wasn't as focused on my broadcast career as I could have been in 1988, but I got hired at Cat Country. I also had a job spinning records at T-Birds. I was driving a school bus a couple of days a week. Then Coors called. The distributor of Coors beer was independent of other beer companies at that time. They were doing a promotion at the Eagles Nest called, "Tight Fittin' Jeans Contest" and they needed an emcee. The pay was free Coors Beer. Sold. The company representative at that time was a gentleman named Jim Rex, a man I would grow to think very highly of...

Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter Seeking Artists for Mural Following their announcement of a new Learning Center opening next month on Grand Avenue, the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter is putting out a call for local artists to help with an upcoming "large scale" project. According to the post on the YVAS Facebook page, proposals are now being accepted for a "community-engaging" mural that is planned at the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter, located at 1735 Monad Road. The selected mural artist will be responsible for the complete implementation of the mural. Collaboration and consultation...