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Woodcarver Henry Larum is Plains' home-grown artist
Mounted on the wall in the Plains high school gymnasium is a large wood carving of a horse. Beside that carving is a plaque dedicated to the memory of Bev Minemyer, a Plains High School student who passed away from a brain tumor at the age of 15 in 1976.

Red Sleighs Over Montana delivers toys to rural families
It started as a coffee-talk conversation a couple of years ago, and in 10 days, it happened. The Museum of Mountain Flying at the Missoula Montana Airport came up with the volunteers and asked for donations, and the Red Sleighs Over Montana mission to deliver toys to rural families started taking flight.
James Jay Dowd, Sr., 76
James Jay Dowd, Sr., 76

Juanita Miller Deardorff
Juanita Miller Deardorff
Superior students purchase Christmas gifts for local kids
The work it takes each year behind the scenes of Santa and his elves making their holiday deliveries of food and toys to families in Mineral County before Christmas Day involves more people and organizations than one may realize. One of those groups is the fourth-grade class of Stacy Crabb at Superior Elementary School.

Superior Bobcats 2nd at Bob Kinney Classic
Three first place finishes along with three second place showings helped the Superior Bobcats to a second place finish in the Bob Kinney Classic wrestling tournament Saturday in Superior.

Hunters, harvest down in west-central Montana
In the six weekends of the season, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks operated wildlife check stations in four locations around west-central Montana, where biologists recorded 10,216 hunter stops and a harvest of 192 elk, 109 mule deer and 513 white-tailed deer.
Hunter harvest slightly up in Northwest Montana
The four stations in northwest Montana recorded 9,624 hunters, 940 white-tailed deer, including 711 bucks, as well as 90 mule deer and 44 elk. The percentage of hunters with game at the four check stations was 11.2 percent, compared to 8.5 percent in 2019.

Many changes at River Roadhouse restaurant
In the case of the River Roadhouse restaurant, the three Rs stand for “rescue, re-purpose, and renovate.”
Sanders Co. resident believes in civil discourse
Many more people have become increasingly involved in what is going on in our community.
Montana Viewpoint: Vigilante justice
Can individual Americans, by claiming that they felt their life was in danger become judge, jury, and executioner and not worry unduly about the consequences?

Trout Creek woman recalls life on and off reservation
She recently shared her life's story with Clark Fork Valley Press reporter Monte Turner.

Kootenai Forestlands Project protects 27,000 acres
Through the partnership, vision and conservation ethic of Stimson Lumber Company and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, the public will have free, permanent access to the land that is protected through a conservation easement.

State on pace to collect record number of CWD samples
CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. It was first found in Montana in 2017.

Plains 4-H shooting sports coaches retire
Mike Blake turns 82 pretty soon and is stepping down from being the trap shooting coach for the Plains 4-H Shooting Sports Program after nine years.

St. Regis School continues Veterans Day breakfast tradition
Derek Larson, St. Regis music teacher and newly appointed School Superintendent, proudly waved his baton as the student musicians were clearly enjoying themselves.
FWP blames weather for slower than average hunting season
At the Fish Creek check station in Mineral County, FWP recorded one elk, three mule deer and 33 white-tailed deer harvested in three of the first four weekends, at or down slightly from totals in the same weekends last year.
Montana Viewpoint: American Redoubt
This is the kind of publicity that most communities would not want to have because it would serve as a deterrent to the economic growth of an area.
State Superintendent Arntzen announces Montana School Law Conference
The Law Conference is open to parents, school administrators, trustees, curriculum specialists, teachers, legislators, and all other interested individuals.

Plains taxidermist Tim Patton
Taxidermist Tim Patton, the owner and operator of T & K Wildlife Taxidermy in Plains, works on a white-tailed deer head at his shop Tuesday, Nov. 1. Patton said a hunter bagged the big buck in the Trout Creek area during the 2020 season. It typically takes about one year for a typical animal mount to be completed. Patton said he expects work to pick up as the 2021 season progresses. (Scott Shindledecker/Valley Press)