Bosslift recognizes Montana employers

Sailboat enthusiasts enjoying the calm waters of Flathead Lake in Montana last week were a little startled to have a pair of UH-60 Black Hawks and a CH-47 Chinook come thumping down the lake and drop down between the snow dusted peaks of the majestic Mission Mountains.  Montana Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) capped off National ESGR week, September 19-25, with an employer BOSSLIFT out of Kalispell Montana.  A BOSSLIFT allows employers an opportunity to learn what their National Guard and Reserve members do on a drill weekend…including training in a Black Hawk or Chinook helicopter.

Locals share some stories of Christmas past

Danielle Switalski

'Tis the season... for the flu

Jury finds Craig McCrea guilty of two counts of felony arson

During opening statements in the trial against accused arsonist Craig McCrea, Assistant Attorney General Thorin Geist told jurors what to expect from the prosecution as the trial unfolded this week at the Lake County Courthouse. After three days of testimony, they began deliberations around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, and emerged five hours later with a verdict of guilty on two of four charges of arson.

St. Regis, West End and Superior fire companies hold practice session with new fire-fighting agent

The St. Regis, Superior and West End volunteer fire departments got together at the West End’s Saltese fire station to practice with a new type of fire-fighting agent.

Snowmobile club discusses Saltese Trestle with Zinke

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke met with members of the Montana Nightriders Snowmobile Club in Haugan last week to hear about their valiant effort to repair and bring the Saltese Trestle up to safety standards to motorized and non-motorized traffic.

Hot Springs residents depend on Buck’s Grocery

The values of hard work and acting in concert are on display at Buck’s Grocery in Hot Springs.

Gone a matter of hours

At approximately 4 a.m. a call came over the scanner that a property on Upper Lynch Creek Road was completely engulfed in flames. Plains-Paradise Rural Fire and Plains City Fire responded to the call. The house was completely destroyed while some of the garage managed to be saved. According to Plains-Paradise Rural Fire Captain, Pat Erving, firefighters were on scene fighting the blaze for five hours. The occupants were able to escape the house without injury. According to Erving, everything above ground fell into the basement are where it continued to smolder for hours. A cause remains unknown.

Sanders County residents attend public lands rally

A busload of supporters from Sanders County (the home county of land transfer proponent State Sen. Jennifer Fielder) joined over 1,000 other Montanans at the Public Lands Rally in Helena Jan. 30. Brandishing signs emblazoned with “Sanders County”, including one that read “Shame on Senator Fielder”, forty people made the long journey from the sparsely populated county near the Idaho border and joined with several others from Sanders County in the Capital’s rotunda. The bus started picking up passengers from Bull River Junction, about ten miles from Idaho, at 6 a.m. Riders represented many small towns, from Heron to Hot Springs.

New firehouse needed in Superior

One walk through the firehouse in Superior and someone might notice that there are more than a few problems with the building that houses the Superior Volunteer Fire Department. Fire chief John Woodland knows the problems all too well. In fact, he’s been working since he arrived four and half years ago to get the department a new building.

Hot Springs receives water bids

HOT SPRINGS – The town of Hot Springs received bids on the community’s upcoming water project last week at the town hall.

An update from Rep. Nicholas Schwaderer

We are getting towards the last days of the session, four weeks left until we conclude the people’s business and do not convene again until 2015 unless a special session is called.

Program gives students incentives to perform well

PLAINS – Recently the Plains High School has started a new program – one that gives kids more of an incentive to do well in school.

Alberton family's home destroyed by fire

ALBERTON - The Frenchtown Fire Department responded to a call received at 1 a.m. on Friday, October 16 for a house fire in Alberton. They arrived to find the house fully engulfed in flames. 

House gifted for WSA funds

Sheep Gap Fire still burning, makes run towards Plains

Sheep Gap fire made a run for the town last week, but thanks to quick thinking from fire fighters and the Sheriffs Department no one was hurt.

Superior outlasts Plains in wild finish

Save the best for last?

Home in the works for family in need

With help and financial support from the community, the progress on James and Bryan Hodge’s house is underway.

Plains library hosts author

New York Times best-selling author Matthew Pearl will give a presentation at the Plains Library on Wednesday, November 10 at 6 pm.   Mr. Pearl will be speaking about his novel, The Poe Shadow, as well as his research into the life of great American author Edgar Allan Poe.  The presentation will be followed by an author signing.  Books will be available for purchase at the event.  Mr. Pearl will also be presenting at the Little Theater in Libby on Tuesday, November 9 at 7 pm.  These events are a part of the Lincoln County Public Libraries’ 2010 Big Read of Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.  The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Support for The Big Read is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Wheeler siblings perform well in Keep Montana Green art contest

Keep Montana Green was formed in 1945 as a 501c3 non-profit that is dedicated to the prevention of human-caused wildfires.