Experts say it could still be a bad year for grasshoppers

Though this year has not yet become a terribly bad year for grasshoppers, and last year was supposedly worse, it is still likely to create conditions to bring a hard time onto locals and farmers.

Big turnout for St. Regis Valentine’s Day dinner

Shrimp cocktails started the evening out followed by tossed salads. The main entre was prime rib, noodles alfredo, mashed potatoes and peas and carrots with a dessert being chocolate lava cake with blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream.

Covid is ruining my sports world

This past week was one for which I had been waiting many agonizing months. Sports, live sports, lay before me.

Copper King wildfire burns 700 acres east of Thompson Falls

Plains students to put on Shakespeare play

Danielle Switalski

State funding supports Superior pool project

On the first day of summer, Superior's Pool in the Park committee received a nice splash from the Montana Department of Commerce.

Volunteers spruce up Superior thrift store

During this season of giving, it’s always encouraging to reflect on the year and see how far you’ve come.

Trotters sweep Noxon in home opener

The Plains Trotters opened up the home portion of their volleyball season with win Saturday as they swept Noxon in three games, 25-20, 27-25 and 25-19.

Benjamin Gus Myrstol

Benjamin Gus Myrstol died Wednesday, July 23rd at his home in Plains, Montana. He was 78 years old. Born in Big Timber, MT, he moved to Plains at the age of 5.

Connie L. Waldmeier

Connie L. Waldmeier, 64, of Girard, IL passed away Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL. She was born on Dec. 23, 1947, a daughter of Jacob and Maxine Wilson Copple Sr. in Litchfield, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents and husbands, Leonard Montgomery and Calvin Waldmeier.

Officials discuss summer work in Superior

Superior residents had a lot of questions for officials on Wednesday night at a meeting concerning the soil samples that the Environmental Protection Agency had done last summer and work that is being planned for this summer. Superior mayor Mike Wood opened the meeting by thanking everyone for coming out noting that there was a lot of work to be done this summer.

Paradise woman dances with horses

Matt Unrau

Hunter numbers up of big game season-opener

The 2023 Montana big game general hunting season opened Saturday, Oct. 21, and hunters in the west-central part of the state found warm fall weather and a few less animals than in recent years.

DNRC rep visits county commissioners

SUPERIOR - A representative with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation met with county commissioners last Friday to have them approve the updated fire management plan for Mineral County.

Locals save woman stuck on train tracks at Plains

Plains locals came to the aid of a woman who had her walker stuck in the railroad tracks in the nick of time, pushing her out of the way of an oncoming train last Wednesday.

I work for you - an update from Senator Fielder

I believe one of the most important aspects of public service is listening to the people I serve and understanding what is important to you. American government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. At least it is supposed to.

Food for thought: Can you recognize emotional abuse?

This is a two part series on emotional abuse.  Today I will examine how to recognize emotional abuse.  Next week I will discuss the symptoms in men and women who abuse and how to stop it.

Legals for June, 12 2024

St. Regis cancels July 4 events

COVID-19 concerns have prompted the cancelation of organized July 4 festivities in St. Regis this summer.

State on pace to collect record number of CWD samples

CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. It was first found in Montana in 2017.