Superior students invited to participate in All-Stars Band Festival

Debbie Merrill is the band instructor for the Superior School District and is very proud of every one of her students, especially the four who were recently invited to participate in the All-Stars Band Festival.

Local timber company honored with forestry award

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte traveled to Plains last week to honor and bestow the annual Forest Products Award to a family-owned business based out of Libby.

Red Lodge ends Thompson Falls' season with shutout

Top seed Red Lodge showed why they are a prime contender for a state title in Class B-11 player football with a convincing 42-0 win over Thompson Falls Saturday in Red Lodge.

Meetings will discuss proposed hunting regs

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host a series of virtual and in-person public meetings around the state to present proposed hunting regulations for 2024/2025 hunting seasons.

Montana solicits input on wolf management plan

Montana has a new draft plan to guide its management of wolves, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced late last week.

Hot Springs takes second at district volleyball

In the end, after eight grueling hours of volleyball in one day, one team walked away with the No. 1 seed in this coming week’s Divisional tournament at Manhattan Christian High School in Churchill, MT, just outside of Manhattan.

Lady Hawks second at Western 7B volleyball

This one followed the script. Four favorites to advance out of the six team Western 7B District volleyball tournament this past week in Plains did just that.

Legals for November, 1 2023

Bobcats playoff bound after win over Mission.

Revenge, it is said, is a dish best served cold.

Legals for October, 25 2023

Idaho Forest Group auctions off remaining equipment

In 1890 the Northern Pacific Railroad was built through Western Montana, and in 1897 the first large lumber mill was built at St. Regis.

Lacey Irene Kinser

Lacey Irene Kinser

COLUMN: Class and decency on display

If you didn’t pick up a program/flyer when you walked into the football field area at Noxon High School Thursday, you may have been really confused.

Co-op Tigers cap regular season with 7-1 record

If you combine one group of Tigers with another group of Tigers, what do you get?

Thompson Falls Hawks make football playoffs

Just two years ago, a Montana championship banner was awarded to Thompson Falls for winning the state B-8 football title.

Plains girls claim sixth at state XC meet

If you are a coach at either of Sanders County’s two cross country schools, you may spend some of the next few months shopping for sunglasses.

Postseason begins for football and volleyball

It’s that time of year, as the beginning of the Montana High School Association state playoffs in volleyball and football, get under way this weekend at sites throughout Big Sky Country.

Hunter numbers up of big game season-opener

The 2023 Montana big game general hunting season opened Saturday, Oct. 21, and hunters in the west-central part of the state found warm fall weather and a few less animals than in recent years.

The Last Harvest: Fleming brothers retire from growing seed potatoes

The Fleming brothers, Pat and Neal, stand in front of their final crop of seed potatoes, heaped into a knobby mountain at one of their cellars near Pablo. It's the end of an era.

October packed with family-friendly activities

October is spooky month, and in Mineral County there are hordes of family-friendly activities to explore. Whether it’s geared toward little goblins and ghouls, or costume-clad teenagers, all along I-90 Halloween festivities are ripe for the picking this fall.