Food for thought: How to develop your personal negotiation skills

Negotiating skills can help you manage different kinds of life situations, both at work and in your personal relationships.  Many family situations require negotiating with others.  Deciding which movie to see, planning how to spend money, choosing a vacation spot, and many other decisions work best when you have these skills.  Being a good negotiator enables you to get what you want more often without resorting to becoming aggressive or pushy.  Negotiating with others is more effective than simply demanding what you want or just caving in.   These skills enable you to stand up for yourself and get what you want more often without harming relationships with bosses and coworkers.  Negotiating a fair solution makes you feel good about yourself and increases people’s respect for you.

Students tour hospital for career class

Six students from Thompson Falls High School toured Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains last Wednesday morning, as part their Medical Careers class.

Kick-off event planned for Mineral County's Relay for Life

Summer Crosby

Diabetic walk and run

New committee seeks to bring awareness to diabetes and provide support for those living with the condition

Sheriff's Report Jan. 3-10

1-3-2010

Meetings will focus on comingling of wild and domestic sheep

A series of free, public meetings will be held in Montana communities in April and May to discuss the Wild and Domestic Sheep Comingling Project.

24 seniors graduates with Plains' class of 2024

Twenty-four students from Plains High School received their diplomas Sunday afternoon, including a Vietnam veteran.

Food for Thought: Do You Suffer From Caregiver Syndrome?

Do you take care of someone in your family with a chronic medical illness or dementia?

Food for Thought: Skills For Making Your Relationship Work

Any counselor will tell you that one of the most common problems observed when couples come for help is poor communication skills.

Food for Thought: Dealing with midlife issues

In this article, I would like to help you explore the challenges and opportunities that come at midlife. You will have an opportunity to take a look at issues that are specific to the Baby Boomer generation.

Clark Fork Hospital CEO gives COVID-19 update

By GREGORY HANSON

Food for Thought: Which angry face do you wear?

Many of us have been taught that anger is bad and that it should not be expressed. It is true that violent and aggressive expressions of anger are dangerous and destructive.

Does worrying help?

Today many people are worried about the COVID-19 virus. What does the future hold? Will I get sick or worse? Will I lose my retirement because of the stock market? When can I resume a “normal“ life?

Superior Bobcats roll Darby, 72-36

After multiple seasons of success on the football field, the Superior Bobcats were thought to have lost, by some pundits, their explosiveness thanks in large part to a large number of key players who graduated last Spring.

Joseph Marcus Magone

Joseph Marcus Magone

Food for thought

What to do about the Holiday Blues

Food for Thought: Stress and aging

Scientists have identified the first link between stress and aging...

Sheriff report June 24-30

June 24, Ambulance, Mullan Rd. West

Hot Springs School Board discuss drug use and student rewards

Sanders County students prepare for future

THOMPSON FALLS – According to recent statistics, 60 percent of college graduates fail to find jobs in their field of study. On average, college graduates find themselves $27,200 in debt to student loans and 70 percent of graduates end up living with mom, are unemployed or working a minimum wage job.