MCH holds town hall meetings

SUPERIOR - Administrators from the Mineral Community Hospital and the Mineral Regional Health Center stopped by Superior Fountain and Drug April 30 to talk healthcare with the community.

The Kids will be all right: Two key school administrators to retire in June

For Allan Labbe it’s just a typical day at Superior High School as he guzzles a cup of coffee and hustles down the hall to teach his algebra class. But a “typical day” for Labbe will soon change because he will retire as the high school principal at the end of this school year.

Kvelve's Comments: It can't get worse, can it?

Does anyone out there feel like I do about 2020?

Shakespeare in the Parks is another COVID-19 casualty

It’s been a quieter and less entertaining summer around Mineral County this year. With a wide range of events being cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it’s hard not to feel a bit melancholy.

Rediscovering home: St. Regis Resort District

The rivalry in Mineral County was a real cat fight. The Tigers, Panthers and Bobcats hated to lose to each other. It was like brothers, and now sisters, going at each other in the backyard.

Lady Savage Heat scratch out win over Noxon

Sometimes when things go sour, it’s hard to sweeten them up. Such is the state of Hot Springs basketball, with both teams struggling to get on the winning track.

Blade runners: Lawn mower races return to Thompson Falls

The only particles in the air Saturday were clouds of dust flying off the tires of the crowd-pleasing riding lawn mowers.

To refine water forecasts, Western cities map snow by plane

At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region's snow by air.

Sanders County exceeds 1,000 Covid-19 cases

Through Thursday, Sept. 23, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reported Sanders County had 1,080 positive cases.

COLUMN: Winter sports wrap up

I will miss this basketball season and the group of characters who took to the courts from Sanders, Mineral and Lake counties.

Thompson Falls, Plains clash in rivalry matchup

It was rivalry week for high school basketball teams in Sanders and Mineral counties this past week with Plains and Thompson Falls renewing their decades old clash Friday night in Plains.

Superior outlasts Plains in wild finish

Save the best for last?

COLUMN: World Cup team all about politics

Soccer, at least among the Women’s World Cup team, is shooting itself in the proverbial foot.

Mineral Co. youth hear dangers of drug, alcohol addiction

That was just one of the many difficult questions that drug and alcohol prevention speaker Matt Kelley...

Sanders County Fair draws 3,000 entries

The 97th Annual Sanders County Fair began on Monday after months of preparation.

Hundreds brave the cold to celebrate Plains Day

With activities starting near sunrise and going well into darkness, the 38th Annual Plains Day saw just about everything, except sunshine.

Superior teacher to be inducted into Butte Sports Hall of Fame

Lining the walls of the lobby at the Butte Civic Center are glass cases filled with plaques. Each one features a photo of an individual or team along with a short biography of their accomplishments in the world of sports. For 30 years, a Hall of Fame committee and a public forum selects around 15 individuals and teams to be inducted into the Butte Sports Hall of Fame each year.

Locals head to 4-H Congress

SANDERS COUNTY – The next generation of leaders had an opportunity to show off their skills as they attended the Montana 4-H Congress in Bozeman.

Hawks run at Archie Roe invite

Pool opens for summer

Perhaps some of the fondest memories of childhood are those spent splashing around in the town's swimming pool. Whether jumping off the diving board or doing belly flops, the community pool is the spot where children beg their parents to take them.