St. Regis school levy narrowly passes

St. Regis residents submitted their votes Tuesday for the general fund school levy. The $36,201,95 levy passed by a slim 75-71 margin.

St. Regis golfers set sights on home meet, state

St. Regis golfers got the weekend off compliments of Mother Nature. A cold and rainy Saturday ended up calling for the cancellation of the meet that was supposed to take place at Deer Lodge. Aside from the cancellation, Coach Dan Park said that the season has been going okay for the Tiger golfers.

Community benefit helps player heal

When Max Sarmento had to be taken off the field and taken by ambulance to the hospital during last fall’s home football game, it was only the start of what was to come.

Tigers GEAR UP

Cornelius A. Buck

Cornelius (Lonnie) A. Buck, 89, is now in his forever home with God his Father in heaven after passing away Saturday, December 15, 2012 at St. Patrick Hospital.

Schwaderer wins District 14 Representative race

Officials prepare for coming wildfire season

If the Clark Fork River hasn’t flooded by the first part of June, area residents can usually breath easier.

Kvelve's Comments: USA v. Canada

There are some things in life about which I just can’t look the other way.

Kvelve's Comments: Wyo-Ida-Mont is the place to be

Wyo-Ida-Mont.

Plains self-pick farm a ‘berry’ special place

Nestled among the pine trees and shrubbery across the road from the Clark Fork River 16 miles downstream from Plains is a berry special place.

The "Plains Girls" run and have fun

The trio of energetic women from the town...

Ornelas honored for work on DUI Task Force

Montana has 36 approved county-level DUI Task Forces serving 39 counties. Officials say effective DUI task forces are an important mechanism for decreasing the state's alcohol-related injury and fatality rates.

'Star Wars' themed Galactic Gala benefits PEAK Foundation

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" is how the 1977 "Star Wars" movie opened.

The rube sits and smiles

After having unloaded all my farm equipment from the railcar that had brought it from my late father’s farm back east, I knew that I had come to the right part of the world when Dude and Shorty, who had helped me unload it, looked at the wheels on my hay wagon and pronounced them “high-speed” because they actually had ball bearings instead of old-fashioned babbitt bearings. A person with less class than Shorty and Dude might have rightly said, “What a bunch of wore-out junk.”

New way of learning comes to Alberton School

Jeff Crews has been the Superintendent of Alberton School for less than a year and admits that he came to this position in a roundabout way.

Volunteers clear old wire on Hiawatha to help protect wildlife

The fourth annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation wire-pull on the Montana/Idaho border had fewer volunteers this summer, but the enthusiasm for the project hasn't changed.

Montanans pay their respects at The Wall That Heals

John Vollertsen came to Kalispell with two names in mind.

Getting comfortable in the robe

When Joe Eisenbrandt was thrown into the position as temporary judge for Plains last July, it was pretty much a sink or swim situation, but now that nearly seven months have passed and the position has been made permanent, Eisenbrandt is starting to feel like a fish in water.

Attacks call for needed response

 I'll respond to the attacks by the pro SCCFF people against me, in answer to Mary Curry's letter, I will address that one in much the same way that I would address the other two being that they are so similar. I will address those letters on a “point by point” basis.

Searching for huckleberry utopia

I have a habit of jumping blindly into misadventures in the wilderness with vague directions and equally vague goals.