Hot Springs, county rally to support Salmi family

When the normally bubbly, active 5-year old Harlee Salmi said she didn’t feel well and complained of a sore neck, no one could have known what lay ahead.

Blackfoot Telecommunications now offers a streaming primer

Blackfoot Telecommunications helped take some of the mystery out of “streaming” and “smart TVs” and even how to watch good old-fashioned local TV in today’s era, with a first-ever “Understanding Streaming” workshop in Thompson Falls April 24.

Superior hosts Little Guy tourney

Four schools showed up to packed gym for the Superior Little Guy Duals Thursday night.

Superior girls medal at state

The Superior girls were seeing a lot of success as the track season was rolling to a close. They came in second at divisionals and had a group headed to state in numerous events. Yet only two girls took medals at the state track meet that was held this last weekend in Laurel. And it was in the long jump and the triple jump where the two girls shined.

Improvements keep Paradise water flowing

Matt Unrau

Mud Days a blast

"It's just fun."

Superior wrestlers 'knock off the rust'

The Superior boys had a short week with only a chance to get in a few practices after coming back from break. On Tuesday of last week, the boys wrestled against Drummond and Mission.

Savage Horsemen catch rhythm in 41-6 win

Matt Unrau

Youth Valley football looks to expand

Matt Unrau

Track at its best: Smith leans in for win

Matt Unrau

Obits for December 23

Wesley Isaac Jolin

Local quilters make a difference

Christmas is right around the corner, and that means one thing: children all across Sanders County are getting their lists ready for Santa. Unfortunately, some of them, naughty or nice, won’t be getting a stocking this year.

Little guy wrestlers compete

Tournament prepares athletes for high school

Last Saturday, the Superior little guy wrestlers spent the day in Frenchtown at the second of three Inter Valley Tournaments. The wrestlers have one more qualifying tournament left before the state competition and so the short week season will soon be drawing to a close.

Keeping in Touch

With contact from constituents regarding the lack of the presence of the State Highway Patrol in Sanders County, I wanted to relate some information I recently received in case some of our residents, themselves, might want to be a part of the solution for returning State Highway Patrol coverage to Sanders County.

Panthers take fourth at district tournament

Nick Ianniello

Fireman's Ball draws a large crowd

The second annual Fireman’s Ball held Saturday night at the VFW in Plains was another huge success for the local fire department with large crowds filling every seat in the VFW hall awaiting a served dinner and live entertainment.

Safety train stops in TFalls

Every year an average of 1,000 people die from being struck by train.

Rose Wagoner opens business

As if being a mother of two, and wife wasn’t enough to juggle, Rose Wagoner has decided to start her own business.

Knapp shines for Thompson Falls

In a weekend meet where team points were in short supply for the Thompson Falls boys' and girls' team, Senior Charlie Knapp swept all three jumping events for the Bluehawks paving the way to a fourth place finish.

Superior girls take second at Divisionals, headed to state

It was a close day of competition on Friday for the Superior girls. After completing seven events, the Bobcats were only behind Bigfork by a mere point. The Bobcats finished Friday in second place with 33 points, while Bigfork sat in first place with 34 points. Yet, on Saturday, Bigfork netted several victories and pulled away from the Bobcats and ended up winning the divisional tournament. The Superior girls finished in second place, however, with 68 points, a mere four points ahead of Darby, but 45 points away from first-place Bigfork.