Boomer Boys to rock Mineral County for fundraiser

The Rock N’ Roll music of the 50’s and 60’s comes to Mineral County courtesy of the Mineral County Medical Foundation at its spring fund-raiser on Saturday, April 20 at the Community Center in St. Regis.

Hot Springs glides to 8-0 record

The latest football team to journey to Hot Springs came in with a 5-2 record on the season and a heady 48 points per game scoring average. With their perfect record on the line and their eye on a high state playoff ranking, Hot Springs was up to the challenge.

Three place at state for Hot Springs

The three senior stars that have shined all year long on the track all have some hardware to show off proving that they are among the state's best.

Numbers for archery season are holding strong, improving

SANDERS COUNTY – With archery season only ten days away, hunters are out scouting their favorite spots, practicing their calls and making sure their bow is on point, in hopes of finding that prize winning six-point bull to bring home.

Madelyn L. Faller, 91

Madelyn L. Faller

Plains golf team competes in Bigfork

BIGFORK – The Plains golf team was back in action this week, competing in Bigfork for the Bigfork Invitational at Eagle Bend Golf Club.

BPA State brings wins

Salish Language School visits Alberton

“Our people were the first people to live on this land, and our people will be the last ones to leave it,” Allen Pierre told the student body of the Alberton School District recently.

Legals for September, 27 2023

Five from Hot Springs football named all-state

The Hot Springs football team added to its state championship with a wave of postseason accolades.

SuperHawks hold super fun dance

Melissa Oyer

Deer and elk harvest down this season according to FWP

Locals earn All-State football honors

Six players from Sanders County were selected to the Montana High School 6-player all-state team during recent post-season meetings.

Community effort leads to new jump pits at Superior H.S.

Long before school and the spring track season were put on hold, gears were in motion to refurbish the jump pits at Superior High School.

Hunting harvest shows decline

General rifle season ended on Nov. 25 and a report for Region 2 during the third week of hunting by Fish, Wildlife & Parks showed a decline in the number of hunters and harvest. The total number of hunters in 2018 was 8,027, down from 9,317 for the same time period last year, with a total of 616 animals harvested compared to 818 in 2017.

Savage Heat tied for league lead; host Sheridan Friday

Going into the last three weeks of the regular season, Hot Springs finds itself in a four-way tie for first place in the Western Division of Class C 6-man football.

Community Notes

Holiday

Keg Bowl raises funds for Blue Hawk scholarship

Despite the snow and cold on Saturday, a large crowd turned out to watch the annual Keg Bowl held at the Ainsworth Field next to the Town Pump in Thompson Falls. Hot dogs and beer were served to spectators as they stood next to metal drums with fires burning inside. Out on the field alumni from the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team played a game of flag football, which on some occasions turned into contact football.

The thrilling three-pointer

Solid opening weekend for hunting season

Hunters took to the field Saturday and Sunday across northwest Montana for the opening weekend of the general deer and elk season.  At the six northwest Montana check stations, a total of 3,146 hunters checked 136 white-tailed deer, 25 mule deer, and 31 elk for a 6.1 percent rate of hunters with game. Of the whitetails checked, 95 were bucks and 41 were antlerless.  The Highway 2 check station had the largest number of whitetail deer taken (40), while the Swan (31) and Olney (29) check stations weren’t far behind.