Sealants for Smiles helps local children

Northwest lawmakers seek progress on Columbia River Treaty

The treaty, which took more than 20 years to negotiate, came together after a 1948 flood washed away what once was Oregon's second-biggest city, Vanport.

Woman accused of trying to kill her baby sent to hospital for mental evaluation

A Missoula woman, who is accused of trying to drown her baby, has been taken to the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for a mental evaluation after her court appearance Wednesday.

Small fire quickly extinguished on railroad tracks

PARADISE – With the fire danger in Sanders County raised to very high after several days of hot and dry weather, a small rail fire broke out in Paradise around 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

Buckle Up says Mineral County teens have the power to reduce crash rates

The report from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm measured a 47 percent decline in teen driver-related fatalities over the past six years. Still, risky behaviors -- such as texting or emailing while driving, driving after drinking, and low seat belt use -- remain serious problems, and experts see specific opportunities to “apply the gas” to these common factors in crashes involving teen drivers. “When you see the needle move, as we have in this report, it’s time to apply the gas on programs that encourage safe teen passenger behaviors, as well as those that address what causes teens to crash.”

Mineral County life coach wants to help people

Through her various certifications and trainings she has received, Morrison is eager to make a difference in her new community.

State on pace to collect record number of CWD samples

CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. It was first found in Montana in 2017.

ATSDR conducts testing

A federal agency working with the Mineral County Health Department tested 63 people in Superior this month for lead and arsenic in their blood and urine.

State taking comments on Upper Thompson conservation easement

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is initiating public scoping on a potential purchase of a conservation easement in Flathead and Sanders counties.

Cowbirds, nature's ultimate parasite

Ticks and mosquitoes come to mind, but do you think of a bird as a parasite?

Superior students receive valuable welding certificates

The demand for welders is putting a spark in the U.S. job market due to increased construction and because within five years 25 percent of the skilled welders will be retiring. All this with a welder’s earning potential matching those of a mid-level executive of a Fortune 500 company. That’s why students in Superior’s welding class were excited and nervous for the opportunity to take national tests for welding certification.

Mineral County Challenge work groups to meet July 21, 23

The public is invited to join two Mineral County Challenge Work Groups meetings.

Battle on invasive watermilfoil in Noxon shows success

In 2012, the Sanders County Aquatic Invasive Plants Task Force waged the largest battle thus far in the war against two species of non-native weeds in the Noxon and Cabinet Gorge reservoirs -- Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM) and curlyleaf pondweed (CLP). Noxon Rapids Reservoir contains the uppermost known infestations of EWM on the Clark Fork River drainage.

Paradise woman wins Toastmasters event

With a story about a team of cats who first won the Iditarod race, disguised as dogs, and then nearly won the Olympics ski jumping events, Mary Lou Hermes, member of Plainly Speaking Toastmasters, brought home the first place trophy to win the District tall tales contest for a second time. The contest was staged at the District 78 Toastmaster Convention in Billings April 23-24.

Madplume sentencing delayed

POLSON — Ronan resident Melvin Madplume, Jr. will have to wait awhile longer to learn his fate after a delay in his pre-sentencing psychosexual evaluation caused his sentencing to be pushed from March 28 to April 8.

Legals for March, 24 2021

Bear season to open April 15

Black bear hunting season is set to open on April 15 in FWP Region 1 that includes Sanders County. Spring black bear hunters must purchase their licenses before April 14.

Library offers educational kits for kids and adults

Public libraries were almost handed a death sentence when the internet came to be, but they adapted, expanded with innovative ideas, and remain a vital service in communities.

Knapweed requires community solution

If you would like to be part of the solution you can register to participate in a pilot project that will address Knapweed infestation in Eastern Sanders County on a watershed level.

Knapweed requires community sollution

If you would like to be part of the solution you can register to participate in a pilot project that will address Knapweed infestation in Eastern Sanders County on a watershed level.