Clark Fork Valley Press | Mineral Independent

January 8, 2008 midnight

Christmas isn't over yet

The Christmas season is over? No, not entirely. The Eastern Orthodox, the second largest Christian communion in the world, numbering approximately 1,200,000 adherents in the United States, celebrated Christmas on Jan. 7, which is Dec. 25 in the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar, the reformed Julian Calendar we use today, was implemented by a Catholic Pope, Pope Gregory XIII, in 1582, but to this date it has not been recognized for religious observances by many Eastern Orthodox Churches around the world.

January 31, 2018 4 a.m.

Roni Phillips takes helm as new jail administrator

Roni Phillips has been hired as the new Mineral County Jail Administrator. A position created by a special jail committee after the county’s Detention Center closed on Dec. 3, 2017 due to a shortage of detention officers. Several steps have been taken to get the jail reopened, including the hiring of Phillips for this new position.

August 21, 2018 11:42 a.m.

Stage II fire restrictions in effect

Effective at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, enforcement of Stage II fire restrictions across west central Montana went into effect. Emergency responders at the city, county, state, tribal and federal levels have been plagued by unattended campfires this fire season. Several wildfires have ignited and spread quickly through cured grass in the last two weeks as the area has come into Very High or Extreme fire danger.

August 23, 2017 11:22 a.m.

Area to see unhealthy air quality today

Current Situation and Today’s Forecast

October 2, 2014 2:30 p.m.

Software aids in fire training in Superior

SUPERIOR – Firefighters with the Superior Volunteer Fire Department could be better prepared for the next structure fire after they recently received sophisticated, new computer software that simulates fire conditions using photos of actual structures in the community.

March 27, 2013 10 a.m.

Commissioners express support for Medicaid expansion

Denyse Traeder from the Mineral Community Hospital, as well as other representatives from MCH, were at the regular meeting of the Mineral County Commissioners on Friday to discuss the expansion of Montana Medicaid.

May 8, 2013 1:46 p.m.

Hot Springs science fair displays experiments

Volcanoes erupted, crystals grew and eggshells disappeared as the magic of science was on display in the elementary school gym in Hot Springs on Thursday.

April 6, 2011 11:20 a.m.

St. Regis track meet cancelled

St. Regis students didn’t get to have much of a first track meet last week. The Frenchtown TNT Invitational was cancelled after the first two events. With students competing in certain ones, none of the competitors from the team were able to see much except some rain and hail.

June 28, 2010 11:57 a.m.

Two bears euthanized

The black bear responsible for injurying Washington camper has been euthanized

April 15, 2011 11:29 a.m.

Superior starts season with three wins

Mountain Cat tennis team shows early promise

It was a winning week last week for the Superior Mountain Cat Tennis team. The girls had three teams on the schedule and they beat them all.

August 10, 2023 midnight

Fairgrounds offers sanctuary to fire evacuees

When mandatory evacuations for Walking Horse Lane and Early Dawn Road and adjacent areas near Big Arm were announced last Thursday afternoon by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, Vicki Holmberg, Polson Fairgrounds caretaker, was immediately on the phone with people seeking shelter for their animals and places to park their campers and RVs. When she wasn’t on the phone, she was showing people where to put their animals.