Wildlife not in USFS charters

Program teaches science through art

PLAINS - Second graders at Plains Elementary School are learning about science in a unique way this fall, after their teachers were awarded a grant to bring integrated arts education to their classrooms.

A message from Sen. Jennifer Fielder

SPECIAL NOTE TO READER: Recently I released the article below to the Sanders County Ledger with the headline “Feds won’t let state put wildfires out”. The Ledger retitled my article, “Feds don’t help firefighting effort”. This is an egregious misrepresentation of the content of my article (which, you can see below, in no way indicates that the feds are not helping firefighting efforts). Of course, the federal government has hundreds of firefighters and support contractors working the fires, many putting in valiant efforts to combat the blaze. My column points out, factually, that the federal government will not allow state firefighting aircraft to work on putting out the fires. With the state’s help, some of these fires likely could have been extinguished before they grew out of control, as the state of Montana has a stellar track record for stopping wildfires before they exceed 10 acres in size.

Plains city budget passed Thursday night

PLAINS - Thursday evening the Plains City Budget was passed.

Committee Dissolves: Open Doors committee members resign after new information surfaces

SUPERIOR — A committee formed to help an organization that claimed to want to foster economic development in Superior was dissolved last week after committee members learned about the extensive criminal history of one of the principals in the organization known as Open Doors.

National Forests in danger

U.S. Senator Steve Daines

Lessons to be learned

Reconnecting with our strengths

Task force battles Eurasian Watermilfoil

THOMPSON FALLS – The Sanders County Aquatic Invasive Plant Task Force came together for their monthly meeting at the Sanders County Court House last week.

New CT scanner at CFVH

PLAINS - Thursday afternoon the staff at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital celebrated a new member of the facility with an open house reception. The new member: a new General Electric Optima CT660.

Crews battle forest fire near Graves Creek

SANDERS COUNTY – On the evening of Monday, July 6 a suspected human-caused fire started above Graves Creek near the base of Cougar Peak in Sanders County near Thompson Falls and Forest Service firefighters from Mineral County were on hand to help deal with the sitaution.

Heat wave hits Sanders County: County will go to Stage 1 fire restrictions Friday, July 3

SANDERS COUNTY – Last week culminated with a potent heat wave across the entirety of Sanders County.

Fire Danger raised to high in Mineral County

MINERAL COUNTY – The fire danger level in Mineral County was again raised last week this time reaching high as temperatures in the area soared to nearly 100 degrees and little precipitation fell in forested areas.

Fear that federal government has too much water control

By Riley Johnson

Law enforcement appreciation week

SANDERS COUNTY- The new FWP Region 1 Game Warden, Troy Hinks, set out last week on Wednesday on a trip up a back country road to examine a set of animal trap sites that were found along some streams. His mission was to make sure that the trap sites were not live, were within a legal area, and to see what people were trapping for along the mountain road.

Workshop in Alberton educates teams about chemical spills

ALBERTON – Dozens of stakeholders from across the state gathered at a series of locations near Alberton last weekend to learn what was done right and what could be done better in the future if the events of April 11, 1996 were to repeat themselves.

Eggers sentenced in Mineral County crime spree

SUPERIOR – A defendant convicted in a string of crimes throughout Mineral County in 2013 and 2014 was sentenced last week on three felony counts to a term of 30 years with 20 years suspended, 30 years with 20 suspended on a fourth felony count, 20 years all suspended on another count, 10 years all suspended on a sixth count and 20 years all suspended on the last count.

HELP Act won't bust budget

By Steph Larsen, stephl@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs

Defendant to plead guilty in crime spree

MINERAL COUNTY – The culprit of a six-year long crime spree in Mineral County that culminated in the 2014 armed robbery of the Travel Center in St. Regis was expected to plead guilty this week to multiple felony counts with a sentence recommendation of 30 years in jail with 20 of those suspended.

Hospital to hold meetings about levy

MINERAL COUNTY – A few have already been held but Mineral Community Hospital representatives plan to hold more meetings across Mineral County to make their case for a levy that will come up before voters during the next election.

Wolf season closes

SANDERS COUNTY – The state’s hunting season for wolves came to a close last weekend in Sanders County, officially closing on Sunday, March 15.