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Trout Creek seventh-grader wins county bee
March 9, 2022 12:35 a.m.

Trout Creek seventh-grader wins county bee

The Sanders County Spelling Bee took place at the Sanders County courthouse on Friday, March 4.

St. Regis seventh-grader wins county spelling bee
March 9, 2022 midnight

St. Regis seventh-grader wins county spelling bee

On Feb.28, local students gathered at the St. Regis gymnasium to flex their letter arranging skills during the 2022 Mineral County Spelling Bee.

Locals gather along I-90 to support Freedom Convoy
March 9, 2022 midnight

Locals gather along I-90 to support Freedom Convoy

“I’m here in support of the truckers, as well as for America,” said Frank Magee of DeBorgia. “After hearing [President] Biden’s [State of the Union] speech last night, we have to have solidarity and bring everybody together.”

I-90 rivals take the court for annual donkey basketball game
March 9, 2022 midnight

I-90 rivals take the court for annual donkey basketball game

No one wanted to make an “ass” out of themselves. Except for the stars of the show who are used to such descriptions.

Ruth Ann Juris
March 2, 2022 midnight

Ruth Ann Juris

Ruth Ann Juris

Superior spelling bee winners
February 28, 2022 midnight

Superior spelling bee winners

The Superior school spelling bee was held last week, with seventh-grader Liam Wheeler winning with the word "weird." Sixth-grader Ava White took second place.

Trumpeter flock to Flathead River for winter
February 23, 2022 midnight

Trumpeter flock to Flathead River for winter

Even if you weren’t looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise.

Trumpeter swans flock to Flathead River for winter
February 23, 2022 midnight

Trumpeter swans flock to Flathead River for winter

Even if you weren’t looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise.

Guides and outfitters lament murky minimum wage rule
February 16, 2022 midnight

Guides and outfitters lament murky minimum wage rule

A newly-enacted executive order requiring an increased minimum wage for federal contract workers has left local outfitting and rafting companies scrambling as they try to determine what the new rule means for their future.

February 9, 2022 midnight

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Woodcarver Henry Larum is Plains' home-grown artist
January 26, 2022 midnight

Woodcarver Henry Larum is Plains' home-grown artist

Mounted on the wall in the Plains high school gymnasium is a large wood carving of a horse. Beside that carving is a plaque dedicated to the memory of Bev Minemyer, a Plains High School student who passed away from a brain tumor at the age of 15 in 1976.

Red Sleighs Over Montana delivers toys to rural families
December 29, 2021 12:05 a.m.

Red Sleighs Over Montana delivers toys to rural families

It started as a coffee-talk conversation a couple of years ago, and in 10 days, it happened. The Museum of Mountain Flying at the Missoula Montana Airport came up with the volunteers and asked for donations, and the Red Sleighs Over Montana mission to deliver toys to rural families started taking flight.

James Jay Dowd, Sr., 76
December 22, 2021 midnight

James Jay Dowd, Sr., 76

James Jay Dowd, Sr., 76

Juanita Miller Deardorff
December 15, 2021 midnight

Juanita Miller Deardorff

Juanita Miller Deardorff

Superior students purchase Christmas gifts for local kids
December 15, 2021 midnight

Superior students purchase Christmas gifts for local kids

The work it takes each year behind the scenes of Santa and his elves making their holiday deliveries of food and toys to families in Mineral County before Christmas Day involves more people and organizations than one may realize. One of those groups is the fourth-grade class of Stacy Crabb at Superior Elementary School.

Superior Bobcats 2nd at Bob Kinney Classic
December 15, 2021 midnight

Superior Bobcats 2nd at Bob Kinney Classic

Three first place finishes along with three second place showings helped the Superior Bobcats to a second place finish in the Bob Kinney Classic wrestling tournament Saturday in Superior.

Hunters, harvest down in west-central Montana
December 8, 2021 midnight

Hunters, harvest down in west-central Montana

In the six weekends of the season, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks operated wildlife check stations in four locations around west-central Montana, where biologists recorded 10,216 hunter stops and a harvest of 192 elk, 109 mule deer and 513 white-tailed deer.

December 8, 2021 midnight

Hunter harvest slightly up in Northwest Montana

The four stations in northwest Montana recorded 9,624 hunters, 940 white-tailed deer, including 711 bucks, as well as 90 mule deer and 44 elk. The percentage of hunters with game at the four check stations was 11.2 percent, compared to 8.5 percent in 2019.

Many changes at River Roadhouse restaurant
December 8, 2021 midnight

Many changes at River Roadhouse restaurant

In the case of the River Roadhouse restaurant, the three Rs stand for “rescue, re-purpose, and renovate.”

December 1, 2021 midnight

Sanders Co. resident believes in civil discourse

Many more people have become increasingly involved in what is going on in our community.