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September 2, 2020 12:10 p.m.

Kvelve's Comments: Time for some new sayings

Life is full of sayings.

August 25, 2020 5:48 p.m.

Sanders County shares recycling basics

Recycling is the third and key component of the three Rs, including reduce, reuse and recycle.

August 25, 2020 5:48 p.m.

Remember those good ole’ school days?

School days, school days, good old golden rules days. Reading and Riting and Rithmatic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick!

August 25, 2020 5:47 p.m.

Horse Plains VFW hosting Labor Day events

The cancellation of the 2020 Sanders County Fair and Rodeo, along with the always popular demolition derby, left a big hole in entertainment options for area residents suffering from COVID-19 fatigue frustrations.

August 25, 2020 5:46 p.m.

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.

August 25, 2020 5:45 p.m.

COVID plans put to test as firefighters crowd camps

HELENA — Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.

August 25, 2020 5:45 p.m.

Apprentice hunter program offered Register for online hunter ed classes FWP seeks comments on proposed walleye kill regs

It’s never too early to plan ahead for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Apprentice Hunter Program.

Some Sanders County parks will be tobacco-free zones
August 25, 2020 5:42 p.m.

Some Sanders County parks will be tobacco-free zones

Sanders County high school students “vape” even more than Montana teens on the average.

Plains football opens in Philipsburg
August 25, 2020 5:40 p.m.

Plains football opens in Philipsburg

Head coach Eddie Fultz is taking advantage of every practice as the season opener is close at hand for the Plains Horsemen football team.

Commissioner offers meetings with sewer protesters
August 25, 2020 5:39 p.m.

Commissioner offers meetings with sewer protesters

What started out looking like a very contentious meeting in Paradise Friday night ended on a cautiously optimistic note, with County Commissioner Carol Brooker offering to meet one-on-one with anti-sewer protesters.

Whipped Up Cafe finds new home in Superior
August 25, 2020 5:38 p.m.

Whipped Up Cafe finds new home in Superior

If it all works out the way that Scott and Michele VanTassel hopes it will, Nov. 2 is going to be a momentous day.

Dixon School students return to class
August 25, 2020 5:37 p.m.

Dixon School students return to class

As schools open across the Treasure State amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 obstacle, a small school in the southeast corner of Sanders County is proving the wisdom of two time-tested adages.

Hot Springs gridders ready to tackle new season
August 19, 2020 4:51 p.m.

Hot Springs gridders ready to tackle new season

Like high school coaches, players and fans across the state and the country, Hot Springs High School head football coach Jim Lawson has been waiting and hoping for the best.

August 19, 2020 4:50 p.m.

Election plan would allow either mail or drop-off voting

Dear People of Mineral County:

August 19, 2020 4:50 p.m.

Mineral County real estate sees high prices, high sales

Have you noticed more houses being built these days and fewer ‘For Sale’ signs at homes?

Rally held to head off sewer project in Paradise
August 19, 2020 4:48 p.m.

Rally held to head off sewer project in Paradise

With horns blaring and banners fluttering in the evening wind, anti-sewer protesters took their cause to the streets Saturday night in Paradise.

Lolo NF seeks bear plan comments
August 19, 2020 4:48 p.m.

Lolo NF seeks bear plan comments

The U.S. Forest Service is inviting comments on an Environmental Assessment for the Bear Management Unit 22 Compliance project located north of Thompson Falls in Sanders County on the Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District.

August 19, 2020 4:47 p.m.

Seven new cases of COVID-19 in Sanders County

recovered are numbered at 4,162. There have been 82 deaths.

Wood’s murder trial rescheduled for January
August 19, 2020 4:47 p.m.

Wood’s murder trial rescheduled for January

The trial of a Polson woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend in Thompson Falls in 2018 has been rescheduled for early next year.

Youth shooting sports team is second best in nation
August 19, 2020 4:45 p.m.

Youth shooting sports team is second best in nation

When asking Rich Milender, coach of the MT 10x Rifle Team, how the name originated, he smiled and said “10x is the best range of scores you can shoot and MT 10.9, which is the absolute best score, didn’t have the same ring to it.”