Living off the grid suits "Grizz" just fine

A while back when he was in town picking up a few things and having a beer at a local watering hole, Grizz was talking to a guy who was complaining about another power outage after a big snowstorm.

Sexual assault trial ends with hung jury

After nearly five days of testimony and six hours of deliberation, the jury could not return a verdict in the trial of a Plains man accused of sexually assaulting an underage, physically disabled girl.

Superior starting five lead Bobcats to victory

We the People

Sen. Greg Hinkle

From the top of the trail

Summer Crosby

IFG says lawsuits derailed St. Regis lumber mill

Willy Peck, Outreach Forester for Idaho Forest Group, said the closure grabbed him by surprise.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Big game season opens Saturday

The general deer and elk season opens this Saturday with legal shooting hours a half hour before sunrise and ending a half hour after sunset.

Roads concern commissioners

Representatives from the Plum Creek Timber Company and the Forest Service met with the Mineral County Commissioners Wednesday afternoon to discuss concerns that an amendment in road easement language could open Plum Creek land up for development.

Hot Springs looks at having well ordinance

A proposed town ordinance before the Hot Springs Town Council would ban the digging of water wells within town limits. Only a few Hot Springs residents attended the public hearing last Tuesday to hear the first reading of the proposed well ordinance, and they asked only a few questions on the details.

Plains resident encourages pregnancy awareness

When hiking or handling outdoor chores, beware of ticks

Karyn Thornton, a physician assistant with Mineral Community Hospital in Superior, said it is typical to start seeing tick bites in the emergency room about this time of year.

Trotters softball slides to victory

PLAINS – It was a cool but sunny day as a group of girls took to the field with their helmets, gloves and bats. Winter’s recent passing was still evident in the pale green grass and the snow atop the distant mountain peaks. But the sound of ball on bat and the smell of roasting hot dogs signaled the arrival of spring.

Speaking of freedom - an update from Senator Fielder

Speaking of freedom, Montana received a rare visit from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week. He appeared by invitation of the Federalist Society, a national organization that is “committed to the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.”

Senior spotlight: Ronald Forest

High School Graduate: 1963, St. Regis High School

Mayor Brinson keeps projects going in 2nd term

Danielle Switalski

Improvements keep Paradise water flowing

Matt Unrau

Keeping in touch with Rep. Pat Ingraham

This past week, House Resolution 2 (HR 2) on Redistricting passed the House and was forwarded on to the Redistricting and Reapportionment Commission for their consideration. The Commission will deliberate on February 12, 2013 to determine if any changes will be made to their proposed plan. However, House District (HD) 13 will remain as originally planned and will be comprised of Heron, Noxon, Whitepine, Trout Creek, Thompson Falls, Marion and Kila. My amendment to request a change to HD 13 was amended out of HR 2.

It's good to be home

As I inched forward every so slowly in yet another Portland area traffic jam, I kept repeating the time-worn phrase…”you can’t go home again.”

Hydrogen-powered drones could patrol remote stretch of I-90

Imagine a system that could provide public safety, emergency medical services, law enforcement, fire abatement and communications in one small fleet of hydrogen powered UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that are able to stay in the air up to 13 hours and to be on call day or night in any weather.