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March 30, 2012 7:10 p.m.

Preschoolers meet piglets

PLAINS - Home Start Preschool students were tickled pink with meeting Dave Williams’ two female 3-month-old piglets Friday afternoon as part of a school field trip.

March 16, 2012 8:20 p.m.

Incident Leaves Lingering Questions

March 7, 2012 9:15 a.m.

Mark Sheets of Thompson Falls knows how donated blood saves lives. At age 16, a roof collapsed on top of him and among his many injuries, his femoral artery was severed. He would have died if not for receiving up to 5 pints of donated, matching blood following the accident. Sheets has been donating his own blood to American Red Cross ever since.

February 28, 2012 2:23 p.m.

Dianne Rummel formally charged

THOMPSON FALLS – Sanders County Clerk of Court Dianne Rummel was arraigned for criminal charges Tuesday in direct relation to allegations of theft, embezzlement tampering with county records and witnesses.

February 23, 2012 9:31 p.m.

Strong winds wreck havoc in Sanders, Mineral Counties

PLAINS - Strong winds and snow enveloped the Plains region Wednesday afternoon, causing downed trees and power lines.

January 5, 2012 1:04 p.m.

Health Clinic construction in final stages

The construction of the new medical clinic in St. Regis is reaching its final stages and the finishing touches should be done by the end of January to early February.

December 29, 2011 10:37 a.m.

Thompson Falls experiences power outage

Shortly after 9 p.m. on Dec. 28th, reports came in regarding power outages in and around the City of Thompson Falls.

December 7, 2011 2 p.m.

Preparing to roll out

The Tired Iron Project scrap metal caravan waits to take off from the Y Quick Stop in Hot Springs early Wednesday morning to take their loads to Missoula. The project hopes to raise funds for a new Family Clinic.

November 30, 2011 6:06 p.m.

FedEx truck driver sentenced

Missoula County District Court Judge Dusty Deschamps sentenced New Jersey truck driver Sergey Buslayev Wednesday morning to 10 years in Montana State Prison for negligent homicide. Buslayey, 57, lost control of a FedEx tractor-trailer combination driving towards an accident scene on Interstate 90 in 2008, killing a volunteer firefighter.

November 3, 2011 8:43 p.m.

Trucker drives wrong way down Interstate 90

A Wild Bohemian Carries truck driver faces three felony endangerment charges for driving his semitrailer in the wrong lane of Interstate 90 Halloween night, making on-coming traffic narrowly swerve out of the way.

October 27, 2011 12:20 p.m.

State Meet Boys Top 3

The top 3 runners of the 2011 Montana State Class B Cross Country Meet in Missoula on Oct. 22nd. From left: Kit Mayer of Missoula Loyola, who finished first overall; Carter Montgomery of Plains, who finished third overall; and Kyle Olson of Poplar, who finished second overall.

October 27, 2011 12:19 p.m.

State Meet

Plains runner Diamond LaDeaux competes in the 2011 Montana State Class B Girls Cross Country Meet in Missoula. LaDeaux finished 27th overall with a personal best of 20:56.

October 27, 2011 11:34 a.m.

Great stride

Plains runner Robert Earhart sprints during the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula on Sept. 24th.

October 27, 2011 11:30 a.m.

Running up that Hill

Plains junior varsity runners Daniel Damschen (left) and Wyatt Winebrenner (right) race up a hill during the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula Saturday morning. Damschen came out of the race with his best PR of 22:07.

October 26, 2011 2:31 p.m.

Top 3 Runners Pack

The top 3 runners of the 2011 Montana State Class B Cross Country Meet in Missoula. From left: Kit Mayer of Missoula Loyola, who finished first overall; Carter Montgomery of Plains, who finished third overall; and Kyle Olson of Poplar, who finished second overall.