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Care packages sent to active-duty troops
December 6, 2023 midnight

Care packages sent to active-duty troops

Volunteers at the Plains VFW Post 3596 last week continued a long-standing tradition of assembling care packages for each active-duty service member from Sanders County.

Lions Club brings vision screening to local schools
December 6, 2023 midnight

Lions Club brings vision screening to local schools

Plains Montana Lions Club District 37 completed its countywide school vision screening tests last week.

Paradise Players Christmas play this weekend
December 6, 2023 midnight

Paradise Players Christmas play this weekend

The Paradise Players this weekend will present the Christmas play "The Charitable Sisterhood of the 2nd Trinity Church Christmas Spectacular" by Bo Wilson.

Grapplers begin season at Owen Invite
December 6, 2023 midnight

Grapplers begin season at Owen Invite

Perhaps nowhere is it more appreciated to be competing against non-teammate opponents than the conclusion of preseason training among high school wrestlers.

December 6, 2023 midnight

Legals for December, 6 2023

Locals strut their stuff at Turkey Trot
November 29, 2023 midnight

Locals strut their stuff at Turkey Trot

It was 33 degrees at 9 a.m. when the airhorn blast was the starting signal for the Turkey Trot 5K run/walk from the parking lot of the Mineral County Food Bank.

Plains locals brave snowy Turkey Trot
November 29, 2023 midnight

Plains locals brave snowy Turkey Trot

It has, over the years, become a Thanksgiving tradition.

Plains boys enter basketball season with high expectations
November 29, 2023 midnight

Plains boys enter basketball season with high expectations

No doubt about the cyclical nature of high school sports, especially in small towns.

Five seniors to lead Trotters girls basketball
November 29, 2023 midnight

Five seniors to lead Trotters girls basketball

There is a quiet sense of optimism pervading the Plains High gym these days as the Trotters prepare for the upcoming girls basketball season.

Plains kicks off holiday season with parade, shopping deals
November 29, 2023 midnight

Plains kicks off holiday season with parade, shopping deals

The streets of Plains were full of holiday shoppers Saturday taking advantage of discounts being offered by local vendors.

November 29, 2023 midnight

Legals for November, 29 2023

Judge limits Montana wolf trapping season over threat to grizzly bears
November 22, 2023 8:10 a.m.

Judge limits Montana wolf trapping season over threat to grizzly bears

A federal judge in Missoula issued an order late Tuesday afternoon that will limit Montana’s wolf trapping season to Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 next year in hunting Regions 1 through 5 and three counties along the north-central border, citing the possibility that endangered grizzly bears get caught in wolf traps or snares.

Salish Language School visits Alberton
November 22, 2023 midnight

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.

My first muley: Persevering and pushing onward
November 22, 2023 midnight

My first muley: Persevering and pushing onward

For the last three rifle seasons, I’ve set out to harvest my first mule deer buck.

Locals earn All-State volleyball honors
November 22, 2023 midnight

Locals earn All-State volleyball honors

The votes are in and the outcomes are mostly what was expected.

Superior Bobcats ramp up for hoops season
November 22, 2023 midnight

Superior Bobcats ramp up for hoops season

As is often the case given the cyclical nature of high school athletics, rosters change yearly, sometimes in a major way that launches a rebuilding effort.

Underclassmen step up for Blue Hawks basketball
November 22, 2023 midnight

Underclassmen step up for Blue Hawks basketball

The changing of the guard continues in Thompson Falls.

November 22, 2023 midnight

Legals for November, 22 2023

St. Regis veterans breakfast celebrates service and country
November 15, 2023 midnight

St. Regis veterans breakfast celebrates service and country

In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as “the Great War.”

Plains Council looks at water loss, parking, new equipment purchases
November 15, 2023 midnight

Plains Council looks at water loss, parking, new equipment purchases

November’s Plains Council meeting addressed several important issues.