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Thompson Falls to hold countywide e-waste pick up
THOMPSON FALLS – In an effort to keep the community as green as possible, Thompson Falls will be holding a countywide used electronics pick up.
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Local students earn degrees, spot on Dean's List
Degrees earned
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Survivor pitches in to help Relay for Life
SUPERIOR – After being diagnosed with breast cancer on two different occasions, Linda Letcher is fighting back alongside the Mineral County Relay For Life to find a cure for the disease.
Locals earn degrees, spot on Dean's List
Degrees earned
Sanders County deputy graduates from academy
Jenna Volinkaty of the Missoula Police Department stands with deputy April Phillips of the Sanders County Sheriff's Department.
Bluehawk boys gain practice on court
THOMPSON FALLS – There are quite a few months before the high school basketball’s regular season gets underway throughout Sanders County, but that has not kept young athletes from hitting the hardwood during the summer months.
Sliding into home
Bransen Krebs of the Mission Valley Mariners collides with the Missoula Mavs catcher sliding safely into home plate.
Soaring in for breakfast
PLAINS – Bright and early Saturday the roar of propeller driven engines could be heard overhead throughout the town of Plains as pilots from across the region dropped by for the annual Fly-In Breakfast.
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Obituary; Della Margaret Barrett Sampson Cook
DELLA MARGARET BARRETT SAMPSON COOK passed away in Missoula, Montana on June 11, 2014. Della was born August 21, 1916 in Belknap, Montana in the back of her father’s store to Jesse and Alice Schofield Barrett. In 1934, she graduated from Thompson Falls High School. At age 18, she attended Western Montana College in Dillon majoring in education and received her teaching certificate. From college, she moved to Lingshire and taught 1st-8th grades in a little one-room schoolhouse in the middle of nowhere. She moved to Lonepine and taught 1st and 2nd grades for five years. On May 26, 1940, she married Dean Davis Sampson at the Lonepine Presbyterian Church. She worked and loved being a wife, a mother of three children, rancher, and cook at the Lonepine School. Della then taught 3rd-5th grades there and 6th grade at Hot Springs. In 1966, Dean passed away. Della sold the ranch and moved to Missoula. In December of 1968 at the age of 53, she completed her bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Montana. She taught 5th-8th grade at Elmo for five years, at Rollins for two years, and at Proctor for one year. On August 5, 1972, she married James H. Cook in the First Presbyterian Church in Hot Springs. For the next 28 years they lived happily on the Lonepine Angus Ranch. In 2000, they sold the ranch and moved into Hot Springs. After 30 years of marriage, Jim passed away in 2002.
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Lunch in the Lot aims to end cancer
SUPERIOR – The Mineral County Relay for Life teams will band together to bring lunch and refreshments to the community with one overriding goal in mind: to find a cure for cancer.
Company sets focus on creating jobs
MINERAL COUNTY - A nonprofit group is optimistic about rebuilding the Mineral County community in as little as five years.
Mineral County prepares for centennial celebration
MINERAL COUNTY - It is less than three months until the centennial of the formation of present Mineral County. On August 6, 1914 we were officially separated from Missoula County.
Training covers drugs, choppers
SUPERIOR – With an ever-increasing drug problem in the county, Superior’s first responders were educated about different types of prescription drugs and were also given the chance to look over MedStar’s new helicopter.
New Fishing Outfitter opens in St. Regis
MINERAL COUNTY – The county has a new Fishing Outfitter. At the June Board of Outfitters meeting in Helena, Steve Temple of Superior was granted a Fishing Outfitters license.
Golfers chip on for tournament
ST. REGIS – Golfers and businesses alike flocked to the Trestle Creek Golf Course in St. Regis for the annual golf tournament.
Journey of Hope cycles through
THOMPSON FALLS – This summer a group of proactive college students will be traveling coast to coast via bicycle. These students part of Push America’s Journey of Hope made their way through Sanders County on their way east last week.