Biomass fuel a good alternative

SUPERIOR – Biomass heating systems save residents and business owners more money compared to conventional fuels like oil, said the Montana Department of Natural Resources.

Moise range withdraws funding appeal

A federal appeals court allowed the U.S. Justice Department last Wednesday to withdraw its appeal of a September decision that rescinded an Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) between the federal government and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, an integral piece of the oversight puzzle for the National Bison Range in Moiese.

Weather does not hinder Winterfest

ALBERTON – The children of Alberton went wild in a display of organized chaos Saturday, as they enjoyed the first ever winter festival at the Alberton Community Center.

Plains declares declaration of local disaster emergency

As concerns mount over COVID-19, Plains Mayor Dan Rowan issued a declaration of a state of local disaster emergency Tuesday, March 24.

Keith Alan McDonald

Reverend Keith Alan McDonald, resident of Keenesburg, Colorado, passed away July 9, 2008 at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colo. following an automobile accident at the age of 50. Keith was born to Desmond and Bernice McDonald on September 4, 1957 in Spokane, Wash. He was married to Yong Hui Lee on November 15, 1978 in Korea. Keith's family moved to Drummond where his father worked for Federal Aviation Administration. The family moved farther up the Rattlesnake, he attended Rattlesnake Grade School and graduated from Hellgate High School in 1975. After graduating, Keith joined the United States Air Force. After basic training in San Antonio, Texas, he was sent to language school in Monterey, Calif. and then was sent to Osan Air Base, Korea where he was stationed until being discharged from the Air Force in 1979.

Months seek to bring awareness to skin cancer, sun safety

The most diagnosed type of cancer in the United States is also the cancer that is not only treated the most successfully, but also the type of cancer that is perhaps the most preventable. According to Terry Egan, cancer control program coordinator for region one (Missoula, Mineral and Ravalli counties) for the Montana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (MCCCP), a supporting partner to the Montana Cancer Control Coalition (MTCCC), over one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the states this year.

Community Calendar

Mineral County Community Calendar

Farmers Market

Mineral County Community Calendar

American Legion

Mineral County Community Calendar

American Legion Post #13 St. Regis

Mineral County Community Calendar

American Legion

Mineral County Community Calendar

Trestle Creek Meeting

Mineral County Community Calendar - June 5

American Legion

Mineral County Community Calendar

American Legion

Mineral County Community Calendar - May 22, 2013

American Legion Post #13 St. Regis

Mineral County Community Calendar - May 29, 2013

Attention Parents

Mineral County Community Calendar

Free classes at St. Regis School

Alberton schools receive science tools

ALBERTON – Students from kindergarten age to the sixth grade at the Alberton Elementary School celebrated the arrival of a wide array of new, hands-on learning tools last week with a science fair.

Groups discuss plans for rail-trail project

When the Great American Rail-Trail construction is completed, it will connect the U.S. coasts from Washington D.C. to Washington State, a distance of 3,700 miles.

Federal regulators flag concerns as Montana cuts Medicaid rolls

Federal regulators are urging Montana health officials to fix shortcomings in the state’s Medicaid redetermination process, expressing “concerns” that the state may be disenrolling people who are eligible for the public health insurance and creating barriers for others through long wait times at call centers and during the application process.