St. Regis Senior Center is keeping people fed

It’s been nearly three months since the St. Regis Senior Center has been forced to shutter its doors in light of the pandemic. This however has not resulted in a break for the cooking team and staff, if anything business has picked up a notch.

St. Regis all-class reunion cancelled

For St. Regis, usually the third weekend of July brings former alumni, young and old, from all around the country to gather in their hometown to catch up and reconnect. But this year due to COVID-19 the St. Regis All Class Reunion has been cancelled.

Sanders County Justice Court

Johnathan Earl Boehme, exceed 34,000 pounds tandem axle weight limit.

Leo Allen King

Leo Allen King

T-Falls 7th-grader takes Spelling Bee

Rehanna Burwell correctly spelled “discern” last Monday to make her the winner of the 2008 Sanders County Spelling Bee.

Frances Ewen, 91

Frances Arlene (Osmond) Ewen died in Missoula, Montana on August 30, 2017 at the age of 91 years. She was born prematurely at home in Worden, Montana on October 26, 1925 to Wilma Elizabeth (Jones) Osmond and Washington Percy Osmond. She joined brother, Byron. She was a fighter right from the beginning. Since she was less than three pounds at birth, she was put inside the oven of her parent’s wood stove to keep warm. She was unable to suck, so was fed barley water from an eye dropper.

First baby of 2016 arrives at CFVH

Christopher Aaron Cole

Our dear, sweet Chris — son, brother, uncle, caregiver, companion, friend—passed away too soon. Chris was the youngest of the four Cole siblings.

Codi Lea Vulles

           Son, brother and life of the party; 23 year old Codi Lea Vulles was many things to many people. His obituary is to be believed he was a super hero of the “Batman” persuasion.

Car show draws crowds despite cloudy conditions

TROUT CREEK - Clouds and threats of rain could not stop the 9th annual Cool Summer Nights Car Show in Trout Creek at the Lakeside Motel and Resort. Overcast skies looked to washout the car show, however by the start of the show at 10 a.m. the number of cars outdid the rainy expectation. Cars, trucks, pickups and motorcycles lined up on the grass, pavement and inside of the restaurant. In all, 36 vehicles lined up for the day with sunny to overcast skies. The voting for the people’s and driver’s choice awards were completed by spectators as well as the drivers. A deadline of 2 p.m. was established for votes, which allowed one hour to tally up the numbers and announce the winners by 3 p.m.

Train derails near Superior

Nick Ianniello

Elaine Patrice (Patty) McClenahan

Elaine Patrice (Patty) McClenahan passed away on Nov. 6, 2010 at the age of 56, in Kalispell, Mt.

Caroline Ann Kittock Holyk

PLAINS - Caroline Ann Kittock Holyk passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 with family and friends by her side. She was 89.

Sanders County Spelling Bee crowns local champion

The 26th annual Sanders County Spelling Bee was held at the courthouse in Thompson Falls on Friday. Participants from Noxon, Dixon, Trout Creek, Thompson Falls, Plains, and Hot Springs competed for the privilege of representing the county at the state competition held at Montana State University in Billings in March.

Riverdogs fall in semifinals of season finale tourney

Anyone who has ever played fetch the stick at a local pond or lake with a retriever or other kind of “water” dog knows how tough and relentless these dogs can be.

Riverdogs snare signature win at Kalispell tourney

How about them Dogs? They keep battling and overcoming, and taking on all comers.

Tough week for Hawks softball

The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks softball team could hope a dose of home cooking would help bring them out of a three-game scoring slump when they took on Sanders County rival Plains this past Monday afternoon.

Lady Hawks gain experience

THOMPSON FALLS – The Lady Hawks softball team hit the field on Saturday, April 13 and faced off with the coop team, Mission-Arlee-Charlo.

Superior baseball defeats Noxon at home

SUPERIOR – The Superior Rockies earned their first win of the season beating the Noxon Diamondbacks 9-7 on May 3. This one was close as both teams battled to the bitter end; however, Superior took it at the finale batting in multiple runners.

Riverdogs hang tough at Whitefish wood bat tourney

They most often play against teams from much bigger population areas, which means a deeper player pool in which to dive.