Regional forester discusses Cedar Thom Project

Forest Supervisor Debbie Austin as well as Superior District Ranger Tawnya Brummett were on hand at the Aug. 30 meeting of the Mineral County Commissioners to discuss the commissions concerns regarding the state of forest management in the county – particularly the Cedar Thom Project.

State starts criminal investigation of co-gen

The Montana Attorney General has started a criminal investigation into whether the owners of the co-gen plant near Thompson Falls provided fraudulent information to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in order to obtain a nearly $1.6 million reduction in fines for repeatedly violating air quality standards.

Rosendale drops Senate bid days after announcing run

Just days after announcing he’d square off with Republican Tim Sheehy in Montana’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, Congressman Matt Rosendale dropped his bid, in part because former President Donald Trump quickly endorsed Sheehy.

Plains VFW getting a makeover

It is a building that in one way or another has been serving the Plains community for several decades.

Ed Fontaine receives the Bronze Star

Ed Fontaine and his wife Debbie live in a four-lot subdivision below the community of Cabin City in the Henderson area.

Drew Hanson to lead chamber of commerce resurrection

A chamber of commerce is a nonprofit association of businesses organized to promote and protect the interests of its membership.

Preparing our students for the future

The Montana Constitution, specifically Article X Section 8, gives ownership of the state’s publicly funded schools, with the support and engagement of school staff and the community, to each community through the supervision and control by its elected trustees. Section 1 of the same Article requires that the state’s education system to develop the full educational potential of each student a school serves.

Local woman releases debut album

Heather Hasty

All according to plan

Plains graduate, Trent Thompson, set to play basketball in college

Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of profiles of Sander's County graduating athletes who will be competing in college next year.

Food for Thought

Dr. Leta A. Livoti Ph.D

Letters to the Editor - Sept. 11

Dear editor,

Mineral County Jail nears re-opening

For a county larger than the state of Rhode Island with 4,200 residents, a law enforcement agency...

Verbally abusive relationship, Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series on verbal abuse. In this article I will address some ways to manage verbal abuse.

COLUMN: Hologram all-stars

When it comes to this Artificial Intelligence stuff, I’m at the very least a skeptic and at best a “show me” before I come to a conclusion.

What to know about reporting animal bite incidents in Mineral County

Dog bites are a regular entry in the weekly Mineral County Sheriff’s log, with more reports coming in the spring and summer months.

Superior Community Church welcomes new minister

Levi and Tami Durfey first arrived in Superior to preach on Sunday, May 23.

Superior hosts open house

Parents and students visited Superior Elementary School last Tuesday evening for an opportunity to check out what is going on in the school’s classrooms.

Woman accused of attempting to drown child pleads not guilty

With tearful eyes, a Missoula woman who is accused of trying to drown her 10-month-old child in the Clark Fork River in April pleaded not guilty at her appearance at the Mineral County Courthouse Wednesday.

Letter to the Editor

Do the political parties serve the people they claim to represent, or do they use the people as a tool to advance the agendas of the party power brokers? That’s kind of a chicken or the egg question I guess. It seems to me that while the parties do have basic lofty tenets about how to legislate for the greater benefit of mankind it feels more and more those beliefs are just window dressing and that the party bosses know what they want and do their best to convince the voters that what is good for the party is good for the people. That is; they cultivate votes.

Montana Aussie Adventures with Erin-Jay

Happy February Sanders County readers!