Fair Board holds budget talks

PLAINS – The Sanders County Fair Board assembled for an emergency meeting at the county fairgrounds in Plains last week.

Obituary; George Frederick Popham

George Frederick Popham — 1918 - 2015

Obituary; Sharon E. Fenn

Sharon E Fenn passed away at her home in Superior, MT. on Thursday June 11, 2015.

Facts to know about social security

Jim Elliott

Two journalists recognized for their commitment

Jim Elliott

Plains VFW Post honors Veterans

Jim Beaver carries a wreath during the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the bridge over the Clark Fork River in Plains. Beaver placed the wreath in the river to honor veterans who had lost their lives at sea.

Obituary; Lila Rae Gullette

SUPERIOR - Lila Rae Gullette, 72 of Superior, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Missoula. Lila was born in Hamilton to Lewis and Inez Leavens on September 23, 1942, the seventh of 12 children.

Obituary; Dallas Layne Beals

Dallas Layne Beals, age 75 of Walla Walla, passed away at his home on Monday, May 11, 2015.  He was born to the late Dallas and Mary Beals on Sept 26, 1939 in Silesia, Montana.  He graduated from Edgar (MT) High School in 1957 and enlisted in the US Navy.  He was assigned to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and he made two WestPac deployments.  After his discharge, he moved back to Montana and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Sielinsky.

Obituary; Ellen Haskins Trujillo

Ellen Haskins Trujillo, 68, peacefully ascended into heaven on May 11, 2015. She was born Ellen Carol Hankinson on June 23, 1946 in Missoula, Montana. She attended and graduated high school in Superior, Montana. She later went on to obtain her Law Degree from the School of Law at the University of Montana. After graduating from college in Missoula, Ellen moved to Walsenburg, Colorado where she established her law practice.  Though Ellen had no biological children of her own, she dedicated part of her career to helping many children as a Guardian Ad Litem.

Education celebrated in Sanders County

PLAINS - Outside, behind the Plains High School last Wednesday, the students from the fifth and sixth grade celebrated academic achievement over the third quarter with burgers and soda.

Teacher Appreciation Week celebrated

MINERAL COUNTY – Students from all across Mineral County took some time last week to celebrate a few of the people in their lives who devote their time and energy into making sure students receive a quality education.

Far wing of GOP denies jobs and axes fixes

Aiding and abetting

Article 4 Section 4 of the Constitution you three swore oaths to protect and defend includes this - “The United States ... shall protect each of them [ie, each state] against invasion...”

Forest Service begins prescribed burns in Mineral County

MINERAL COUNTY – Forest Service personnel were busy last week taking advantage of weather conditions that allowed them to perform a prescribed burn near St. Regis as part of an ongoing effort to reduce fuel loads on forested land in Mineral County.

Republicans need to step up in Montana

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Missoula County Invitational

Plains junior Kimberly Earhart (right) competes against an athlete from Darby during the Jim Johnson Invitational earlier in the season.

County teams take on A and AA schools at meet

MISSOULA – Track and field teams from Sanders County were busy competing in Missoula last weekend.

Bluehawks

Kade VanElswyk of Thompson Falls throws a javelin during the Jim Johnson Invitational in Missoula. VanElswyk would finish fourth in the javelin with a throw of 142-2.

Sanders County boy's teams make strides

MISSOULA - The Jim Johnson Invitational hosted by Alberton High School, at the University of Montana’s Dornblaser Field, featured stand out performances form athletes across Sanders County.

Jim Johnson Invitational

Taylor Erdman of Alberton flies over the high bar during the team's meet in Missoula last week.