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Carter Montgomery takes home state title in 1600m

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Class B and C boys wrap up state meets.

The boys 2012 Class B and C State Track Meets have come to an end, with Thompson Falls placing fifth with 30 points, and Plains finishing tied for 15

Sanders County High Schools Track and Field State Meets-Day One

Day one of the 2012 Class B State Track Meet is complete, and the local teams have some catching up to do if they want to duplicate their success of the past two weeks.

Assessing the Damage

Pieces of the semi-truck were scattered to the side of the highway Thursday night as well as the contents of the load. Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District was on the scene to investigate and help direct traffic. 

Rock-hauling semi rolls over Hwy 200

SANDERS COUNTY - Out of the S-Curves that narrow onto the Clark Fork River on Montana highway 200, a semi-truck and trailer carrying pallets of rock rolled over in the rain at 7 p.m. last night.

Plains Softball

Alex Green fouls off this pitch against Troy

Trotters season comes to an end in Divisional play.

The Trotters softball team played four playoff games this week going 2-2.

Thompson Falls Track

Thompson Falls junior Gabe Flood, racing towards the finish line earlier this season.

Thompson Falls wins boys title in Corvallis

Plains girls win second title

Kayla Holmes, Hailey Phillips, Kelsey Beagley, Nicole Rehbein and coach Denise Montgomery posing with their metals following their record setting victory in the 4x100 relay.

Plains Track and Field girls win second title in two weeks

Panther Entrance

Kyle Bahm, Randi Deppe, and Jake Thompson await their entrance at the Alberton graduation May 20.

Walking the Grad Walk

Superior Salutatorian Kaitlynn Koke is all smiles as she walks to receive her high school diploma Sunday May 20.

Bobcats, Panthers graduate high school

Plains Wildfire

Bob Heckman of the Plains Rural and City Fire Department surveys the scene around the Combest Creek wildfire

State Champion

Superior senior Cary Chamberlain claimed the number one spot in Division B-C tennis with a win in Missoula on Thursday. 

Chamberlain ends on a high note

During the first set of Thursday's State B-C tennis tournament title match it seemed to be business as usual for Superior-Alberton's Cary Chamberlain.

Plains vs. Troy

Karlena Heward steals third as the throw sails into left field

Art students showcase works at Plains High School

PLAINS - Plains art classes held their 19th annual student art show opening last night, May 15th. 

Town Hall Meeting

Attendees of the May 10 Town Hall Meeting in Trout Creek listen to biologist Paul Fielder give his presentation about bear habitat acreage. 

SNRC growls over bear plans for forests

TROUT CREEK – Biological concerns for bears roaming in the Kootenai National Forest have given cause for the Forest Service to explore bear management options that could potentially affect Sanders County residents; however, Sanders County Natural Resource Council maintains these effects have not been explained fully to the public and sought to inform the public Thursday evening at an open town hall meeting in Trout Creek.

District 14C Track Meet

The 2012 district 14C track meet was held Thursday in Polson. Charlo High School won the boys overall competition with 196 total points, Hot Springs finished second with 125 points, and Noxon finished fourth with 84 points.

Plains Girls Win District Team Championship

The Plains High School boys and girls track teams competed in the District 7B Championships on Saturday in Bigfork.

Best of the West

Superior senior Cary Chamberlain won the Best of the West Tournament in Missoula over the weekend and finished the regular season. 

Wild Cats end season best in the west

Explaining the map

Superior Volunteer Fire Chief John Woodland elaborates on the areas that will be annexed into the rural fire district. 

Process begins to annex additional land

A new seedling

Sprouting their own forest

Leading the way

Thompson Falls junior Gabe Flood sprints hard in his leg of the boys 4 x 100 meter relay at the All-County meet in Hot Springs.

Sanders County Track

Getting down to business

Town of Plains Mayor Michael Brinson listens to another council member at the May 1st Town Council Meeting.

Plains Town Council hires pool lifeguards, sets opening

Porch guest

Debbie Griggs indicates where the ewe bedded down beneath her porch for about a week.

Bighorn ewe surprises residents

PLAINS – A wandering mother-to-be- big horn sheep bedded down to prepare for the big day in an ideal spot: quiet, shaded, pine-needles galore, and right at the foot of a mountain. Problem is, her location of choice just happened to be beneath the porch of local residents Rob and Debbie Griggs. 

Searching through boots

U.S. Navy veteran Jerry Messing of Thompson Falls examines boots at the Tri-State Veterans Stand Down at the Sanders County Fairgrounds on May 6.

Stand Down draws masses

PLAINS – The first-ever Veterans Stand Down in Sanders County was received by veterans near and far in numbers close to 1,000 that marked it a great success for volunteers and organizers looking to honor and aid those who have served.