Lady Bobcats' season wraps up at Western Divisonals

There are two fairly well-known sayings in the grand game of basketball that most folks know: speed kills, and you can’t coach kids to get taller.

COLUMN: Winter sports wrap up

I will miss this basketball season and the group of characters who took to the courts from Sanders, Mineral and Lake counties.

Legals for January, 18 2023

Thompson Falls, Plains clash in rivalry matchup

It was rivalry week for high school basketball teams in Sanders and Mineral counties this past week with Plains and Thompson Falls renewing their decades old clash Friday night in Plains.

Cummings honored for 70 years of service at VFW

Across America, the Veterans of Foreign Wars are a familiar sight and symbolize a commitment to the nation both at home and abroad. The organization traces its roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service.

Surge of out-of-state hunters dominates FWP citizens advisory meeting

Concern over out-of-state hunters dominated a meeting of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Citizens Advisory Committee for Region 1 earlier this week.

Funke elected Mineral County Sheriff

Republican Ryan Funke was elected Mineral County sheriff in the Nov. 8 general election.

State outlines efforts to protect westslope cutthroat trout

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin’s tributaries.

Superior outlasts Plains in wild finish

Save the best for last?

COLUMN: World Cup team all about politics

Soccer, at least among the Women’s World Cup team, is shooting itself in the proverbial foot.

55 structures destroyed in River Road East Fire

Progress and patience were two of the key words emerging from a public information meeting this past Thursday regarding what is being called the River Road East Fire.

Mineral Co. youth hear dangers of drug, alcohol addiction

That was just one of the many difficult questions that drug and alcohol prevention speaker Matt Kelley...

Coalition takes big steps at meeting

The Sanders-Mineral Counties National Forest Stakeholders Coalition held its latest meeting last Tuesday in the basement of First Security Bank in Plains. At the meeting the coalition passed its bylaws, discussed the future of the group and officially adopted their first two projects.

Alberton looks to a 4-day school week

In response to a serious lack of funding, Alberton School District is considering some extreme measures to help cut the cost of operating the school.

Sanders and Mineral Counties election results

Jamie Doran

Can't pick parts of the Bible, take 2

This letter is in response to the “Can't Pick Parts of the Bible,” by Sherry Welty. She claimed that people cannot choose which passages of the Bible to live by and which to disregard. In doing so, we bring the end of the world closer to existence.

Wining, dining and fighting cancer

Yellow butterflies have a special meaning to Plains resident Megan Beason. One of her good friends had breast cancer. Just before she died, Beason’s friend was sitting on her porch when she saw a yellow butterfly settle near her.

Please allow me to introduce myself…

Typewriter Tales

Plains youngsters learn the ABCs of basketball

There’s no escaping basketball. It’s hoops and courts dot our American landscape from the east coast to the west, and even spill outward, past international borders and cultures. Today, basketball has become a staple within the definition of sport and a familiar athletic experience.

Turnout up in historic election

By all accounts it was a historic Election Day. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., became the first black president in U.S. history. Voter turnout was also up all across the country, and Montana was no exception.