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Volleyball recap: Rebuilding year for area spikers
November 15, 2023 midnight

Volleyball recap: Rebuilding year for area spikers

It was not a banner year for Sanders and Mineral County high school volleyball teams this fall. But there were some very promising signs of better times ahead as the 2023 season came to an end last week.

Officials tout progress with new statewide election software
November 15, 2023 midnight

Officials tout progress with new statewide election software

After putting Montana’s new election management software through the paces in a series of local elections this year, state officials appeared confident Thursday that the system will be ready for the flurry of statewide primary and general election activity next year.

Blue birding season begins in Mineral County
March 6, 2024 midnight

Blue birding season begins in Mineral County

The calendar and Mother Nature can sometimes oppose one another. But no matter what, longer days in any weather condition will trigger migrating birds to return north, and some of the first to arrive are the bluebirds.

January 10, 2024 midnight

Tigers pick up two wins

When asked prior to the start of the 2023-24 high school basketball season what the year would bring, St. Regis boys’ coach Jesse Allen sported a Mona Lisa type smile.

New pastor settles in at Methodist Parish
February 7, 2024 midnight

New pastor settles in at Methodist Parish

Unless you are a member of the Mineral County United Methodist Parish, with churches in Alberton and Superior, you may not have known that they were without a pastor until last June.

Volunteers take on Heart Lake trail maintenance
July 24, 2024 midnight

Volunteers take on Heart Lake trail maintenance

One of the more popular hikes in Lolo National Forest follows the South Fork Trout Creek to Heart Lake and then Pearl Lake in a cirque basin.

Rediscovering home: St. Regis Resort District
July 24, 2024 midnight

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.

Woods reappointed as chair of Fair Commission
January 22, 2025 midnight

Woods reappointed as chair of Fair Commission

A special meeting of the Sanders County Fair Board Commission was held last week to address several important issues that had been tabled during their previous regular meeting.

March for Life takes place in Thompson Falls
January 24, 2024 midnight

March for Life takes place in Thompson Falls

Residents in Sanders County took part in the annual March for Life anti-abortion demonstration last week on a snowy, windy 16-degree day in Thompson Falls.

January 24, 2024 midnight

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
July 31, 2024 midnight

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.

Plenty of talent on display as Superior tops St. Regis in opener
August 31, 2022 midnight

Plenty of talent on display as Superior tops St. Regis in opener

Football is often a hard game to figure. A few truths remain constant however.

April 27, 2022 midnight

Endorses Funke for Mineral County sheriff

It is my privilege to write this letter of support for Sergeant Ryan Funke for Mineral County Sheriff

To refine water forecasts, Western cities map snow by plane
May 18, 2022 midnight

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.

St. Regis boys remain unbeaten in 14C play
January 26, 2022 midnight

St. Regis boys remain unbeaten in 14C play

When the dust had settled from this past week in the Montana 14C conference only one team stood alone on top.

Community Food Bank moving to new location
June 15, 2022 midnight

Community Food Bank moving to new location

The Community Food Bank in Superior has had seven different homes over the last three decades. But starting next month it will open its door at its new permanent location, across the Clark Fork River in the old Bootlegger Bar.

June 8, 2022 midnight

Riverdogs' bats heat up in Bitterroot

As baseball fans know, there are two basic functions to winning games: pitching and hitting.

Miss Montana makes stop at Thompson Falls
June 29, 2022 midnight

Miss Montana makes stop at Thompson Falls

Impressive is an understatement when describing the C-47/DC-3 aircraft known as the “Miss Montana.”

September 29, 2021 midnight

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.

October 6, 2021 midnight

VanVleet helps Red Devils roll over Gardiner

The 6-1, 260-pound VanVleet, blocked, ran and tackled with the effectiveness of a bulldozer last Tuesday as Noxon thumped the Gardiner Bruins 44-20.