Teams gear up for dodgeball tourney March 14

It’s a day that teachers and students, parents and children eagerly look forward to each year. It’s not Christmas or Halloween, but the annual Superior Business Professionals of America Dodgeball Tournament.

Montanans deserve a fair and impartial judiciary

It’s time to let you in on a little secret about America’s judicial system: we’re doing it wrong.

Outdoor briefs

Outdoor briefs

12 teams join new 13C conference

Now that the Class C basketball season is almost over, with only the state championships this weekend left to be played, it’s time to bid a fond adieu to the existing 14C conference.

Thompson Falls and Noxon form co-op baseball team

Get ready for the crack, or ping, of the bat.

St. Regis' Pruitt earn All-State honors

Had it not been for St. Regis, this year’s 14C conference basketball would have had a distinctive purple hue, aka Charlo’s Vikings.

Legals for March, 6 2024

Fire consumes three businesses in Noxon

Three businesses in a rural Sanders County town were destroyed in an early morning fire Tuesday, Feb. 27.

Legals for February, 28 2024

Deputy Hureau takes post as DUI Task Force coordinator

The Mineral County DUI Task Force at a recent special meeting welcomed its new coordinator, Matthew ‘Matt’ Hurteau, who is a patrol deputy with the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office.

Feds look at proposed North Coast Hiawatha rail route

A Chicago-to-Seattle passenger rail route that passes through some of Montana’s most populous counties has been included in a list of 15 long-distance routes tapped for restoration by the federal government.

Biden admin looks to expand data collection on Indian Child Welfare Act cases

In an effort to better understand how Native American children are faring in foster care, the Biden administration’s health department is proposing a rule that would require state child welfare systems to gather more data about child removal cases that are subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Patricia I. Nakasone, 69

Patricia I. Nakasone

COLUMN: Basketball recap

In many ways, it was awesome to watch the Class C and B Divisional tournaments this past weekend in Pablo and Frenchtown.

St Regis boys finish fourth at divisional

While watching their likely second round opponent, Manhattan Christian, take apart a solid Drummond team during the Western C Divisional tournament this past weekend in Frenchtown, St. Regis assistant basketball coach Brandon Iverson summed up the task at hand regarding the top-seeded MC Eagles.

Hot Springs teams ends season at divisional

They can take consolation in the fact they made it to the Divisional playoffs.

Plains teams end season with winning records

It’s been a few years since either the Plains boys or girls basketball teams have made it to the Western Divisional tournament.

Lady Hawks season concludes with 14-8 record

It was like old home week for the Thompson Falls girls basketball team this past week at the Western B Divisional tournament at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo.

Public chimes in on proposed Lolo Forest plan

Nearly 40 people came as far as Deer Lodge, Polson, Seeley Lake along with Thompson Falls and Missoula to the St. Regis Community Center last week. Everyone was interested, concerned, or already involved in the Lolo National Forest Revision that is creeping along.

COLUMN: Cornhole scholarships?

It’s hard to get me to say “I can’t believe that” in today’s world.