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Plains Mayor Dan Rowan elected to county commission
Plains Mayor Dan Rowan scored a decisive victory Tuesday night in his campaign for the Sanders County Commission...
COVID-19 test result was a false positive
The COVID-19 test result for a Sanders County resident turned out to be a false positive.
Sanders County reports first positive COVID-19 case
Sanders County health officials have reported the county’s first case of COVID-19.
Sheriff's Office seeks help in finding missing woman
The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman.
Sheriff’s Office seeks help in finding missing woman
The Sanders County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman.
Hot Springs-area residents injured in Thursday crash
Two rural Hot Springs residents escaped life-threatening injuries during a one-vehicle crash Thursday morning, May 9 in Lake County near Elmo.
Cement truck flips west of Dixon Thursday; no injuries
A truck carrying a full load of seven yards of concrete overturned in the middle of Montana Highway 200 on Thursday morning, April 25 west of Dixon.
Thompson Falls homicide suspect enters 'not guilty' plea
Danielle Jeanette Wood appeared by video before District Court Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher at the Sanders County Courthouse in Thompson Falls on Tuesday,...
Helicopter ignition controlled burn today near Perma
CSKT Division of Fire release
Thompson Falls homicide suspect enters 'not guilty' plea
Danielle Jeanette Wood appeared by video before District Court Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher at the Sanders County Courthouse in Thompson Falls on Tuesday,...
Noxon's Stogner receives Navy Cross Medal
James Stogner of Noxon received the prestigious Navy Cross Medal during a special ceremony Friday afternoon, April 5 at the VFW in Polson.
Woman arrested, charged with murder of Thompson Falls man
The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Polson woman charged with the murder of Matthew George LaFriniere of Thompson Falls, who was killed nearly one year ago.
Pickup struck my BNSF train west of Cyr Exit off I-90
A pickup truck was struck by a train just west of the Cyr Exit on Tuesday morning, Feb. 19. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. at the railroad crossing o...
Blackfoot voice & data communications in western Sanders County restored
Blackfoot Telecommunications crews worked throughout the day New Year’s Eve to lay a ground-based cable restoring voice and data communications after a two-day outage to western Sanders County.
Damage to Blackfoot line causes communications outage in western Sanders County
A large team of specialists, including cable and fiber-optic technicians and engineers, was assembling along the Clark Fork River on New Year’s Eve to solve a major communications disruption in Thompson Falls and...
Trout Creek man jailed after lengthy standoff
A team effort by Northwest Montana law enforcement agencies helped put a suspect in a Trout Creek shooting incident behind bars Friday.