Deep snow doesn't stop Poker Run

The only bad thing that happened at the 17th Annual Cabinet Ridge Riders Poker Run was that they ran out of chili at one of the card stations, said Jim Morkert, one of the coordinators of the event and president of the Cabinet Ridge Riders.

Plains youngsters learn the ABCs of basketball

There’s no escaping basketball. It’s hoops and courts dot our American landscape from the east coast to the west, and even spill outward, past international borders and cultures. Today, basketball has become a staple within the definition of sport and a familiar athletic experience.

Christmas, credit card fees

Now that Christmas is over and all the gifts unwrapped and being enjoyed, many of us will reluctantly turn our thoughts to having to pay for all that generosity. For most of us that means paying off the credit card bill. That also means paying interest on the balance if we don't pay it off in one payment; and possibly late payment fees, underpayment fees, balance transfer fees, and if you complain, a bad attitude fee.

Train spills coal along Clark Fork River

A Montana Rail Link (MRL) train with approximately 30 cars derailed Aug. 13 with full load of coal along the Clark Fork River.

ONE MORE TO GO

Hot Springs blows out Valier in semifinals, plays for school’s second state championship Saturday in Plentywood

HOT SPRINGS — The entire Hot Springs football season has been played with one goal in mind.

Hunter ed instructors honored for service

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks honored the service of its volunteer Hunter, Bowhunter, and Trapper education instructors at a workshop and awards luncheon this month in Missoula.

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.”

LTE-Man questions county commissioners about election

Respectfully to the County of Sanders Montana Commissioners - an open letter to the media in Sanders County

Beloved former Plains resident perishes in fishing accident

A beloved former Plains resident drowned in Lower Thompson Lake in a fishing accident Monday.

Former Montana Gov. Stan Stephens dead at 91

Stephens died Saturday in Kalispell...

Seattle band brings electro swing music to Superior

If you’ve never heard of Electro Swing music, you have many people standing with you.

New York City-based Piatigorsky Foundation performs May 12

Covid catch-up continues as the Mineral County Performing Arts Council is hosting another evening of entertainment this Friday.

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The intrepid Sanders County Fair Board is quickly picking up steam. With mostly new membership and an acting manager, and with the help of experienced locals, they are pulling together contracts, agreements, sponsors, grounds maintenance, and all that’s needed to ensure another successful fair this year.

Dorothy (Carlsen) Edison

Dorothy Jewel (Carlsen) Edison passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, with her husband Howard at her side.

Murdoch 'Murdy' Crust

Murdoch Edward “Murdy” Crust of Minneapolis, Minn., formerly of Faribault, Minn., escaped this mortal realm Friday, July 20, 2018.

Little Joe Fire changed to patrol status

MINERAL COUNTY – According to the United States Forest Service, the Little Joe Fire is almost completely contained and has been placed on patrol status; the West Fork Fish Creek Fire, though, is still active.

A message for Senator Daines

Dear Senator Daines:

Aiding and abetting

Article 4 Section 4 of the Constitution you three swore oaths to protect and defend includes this - “The United States ... shall protect each of them [ie, each state] against invasion...”

Letter to the Editor

I am writing this letter in regards to the fire that started on our property near the mouth of Trout Creek on Friday, May 30, 2014.  Without the quick response of both the Superior Volunteer Fire Department and the US Forest Service, this bad situation would have had the opportunity of becoming a full blown forest fire as due to the strong winds, the fire had changed direction, headed down the creek and subsequently jumped the creek and would have gone on up the mountain had it not been stopped.

Annual Turkey Shoot kicks off with a bang

PLAINS – The annual Turkey Shoot kicked-off with a blast as guns fired into the air at clay pigeons.