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Jace Russell, pictured with his dad, Plains-Paradise Rural Fire Department chief, smiles after eating a homemade cookie during a fundraiser for the Junior Firefighter Scholarship Fund. (CFVP file photo)
December 26, 2018
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December 26, 2018 1:24 p.m.
Sanders County: The Year in Review (Part 1)
It was a year filled with a variety of local news in Sanders County in 2018, beginning with Dan Rowan being sworn in as mayor of Plains and pre-Christmas activities.