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Council approves plan for ambulance purchase
March 13, 2024 midnight

Council approves plan for ambulance purchase

March’s Plains Council meeting centered around financing a new ambulance for Plains Community Ambulance.

Sinus infection turns life-threatening for Thompson Falls teen
March 10, 2024 midnight

Sinus infection turns life-threatening for Thompson Falls teen

He was flown to Logan Health Children’s hospital in Kalispell the next day for emergency surgery and then would need a second brain surgery that night. On Friday he was headed in for a third brain surgery.

March 6, 2024 12:25 a.m.

Republicans filing for Montana Public Service Commission

Republicans hold all five offices with the Public Service Commission — and as of Friday, only Republicans had filed for three open seats.

Clarence Orla Bras
March 6, 2024 midnight

Clarence Orla Bras

Clarence Orla Bras

Looking back: Toby's Tavern continues to hold onto its legacy
March 6, 2024 midnight

Looking back: Toby's Tavern continues to hold onto its legacy

NOXON – As you pull into Toby’s Tavern, you do not expect to find anything out of the ordinary. The bar is situated on the main stretch of Noxon, a setting that is both calm and quiet.

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.

St. Regis' Daisy Sansom wins county bee
March 6, 2024 midnight

St. Regis' Daisy Sansom wins county bee

At the start of the competition to determine which student would represent Mineral County in the state spelling bee, about three dozen students sat nervously in the Superior High School gymnasium last Thursday evening.

March 6, 2024 midnight

Montanans deserve a fair and impartial judiciary

It’s time to let you in on a little secret about America’s judicial system: we’re doing it wrong.

March 6, 2024 midnight

Outdoor briefs

Outdoor briefs

March 6, 2024 midnight

COLUMN: Go, Joansie, go

Phone. For the love of God, where is my phone?

March 6, 2024 midnight

12 teams join new 13C conference

Now that the Class C basketball season is almost over, with only the state championships this weekend left to be played, it’s time to bid a fond adieu to the existing 14C conference.

March 4, 2024 midnight

Montana Department of Transportation director to retire

Montana Department of Transportation Director Mack Long will retire later this month, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday.

Deputy Hureau takes post as DUI Task Force coordinator
February 28, 2024 midnight

Deputy Hureau takes post as DUI Task Force coordinator

The Mineral County DUI Task Force at a recent special meeting welcomed its new coordinator, Matthew ‘Matt’ Hurteau, who is a patrol deputy with the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office.

Searching the wilds of Montana for the elusive winged raptor
February 28, 2024 midnight

Searching the wilds of Montana for the elusive winged raptor

On a brisk Saturday morning wildlife biologist Brian Baxter and a group of avid bird watchers assembled at Beagle’s Bakery & Expresso in Thompson Falls.

Group discusses daycare dilemma in Sanders County
February 28, 2024 midnight

Group discusses daycare dilemma in Sanders County

Similar to many other regions of Montana, Sanders County suffers from a lack of childcare facilities within its boundaries.

Patricia I. Nakasone, 69
February 28, 2024 midnight

Patricia I. Nakasone, 69

Patricia I. Nakasone

February 28, 2024 midnight

COLUMN: Basketball recap

In many ways, it was awesome to watch the Class C and B Divisional tournaments this past weekend in Pablo and Frenchtown.

St Regis boys finish fourth at divisional
February 28, 2024 midnight

St Regis boys finish fourth at divisional

While watching their likely second round opponent, Manhattan Christian, take apart a solid Drummond team during the Western C Divisional tournament this past weekend in Frenchtown, St. Regis assistant basketball coach Brandon Iverson summed up the task at hand regarding the top-seeded MC Eagles.

February 21, 2024 midnight

Public chimes in on proposed Lolo Forest plan

Nearly 40 people came as far as Deer Lodge, Polson, Seeley Lake along with Thompson Falls and Missoula to the St. Regis Community Center last week. Everyone was interested, concerned, or already involved in the Lolo National Forest Revision that is creeping along.

February 21, 2024 midnight

COLUMN: Cornhole scholarships?

It’s hard to get me to say “I can’t believe that” in today’s world.