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Taxi driver serves Mineral County
December 13, 2023 midnight

Taxi driver serves Mineral County

There is a new 24/7 taxi service serving Mineral County.

December 13, 2023 midnight

Federal grant to fund passenger rail service planning project

“We just crossed a major hurdle in our work to restore passenger rail service to southern Montana when we learned of our inclusion in the Corridor ID Program,” smiled Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority chair Dave Strohmaier.

DeBorgia gets festive for holidays
December 13, 2023 midnight

DeBorgia gets festive for holidays

People gathered Sunday afternoon inside the old DeBorgia School house, which is the community center from town hall meetings to funerals to weddings for the west end residents. In this case, it was their celebratory Christmas tree lighting and Santa arrival.

Local delivery service makes runs to Missoula
December 13, 2023 midnight

Local delivery service makes runs to Missoula

To live in rural Montana and love the quiet life of Mineral County there is the ever-present necessity of traveling for what you need. Whether it’s a monthly trip to Missoula for groceries, doctor visits, or getting snow tires put on, everyone out here knows about the commute.

PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor remembrance
December 13, 2023 midnight

PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor remembrance

PHOTOS: Pearl Harbor remembrance

Paradise Players solve the mystery of who stole baby Jesus
December 13, 2023 midnight

Paradise Players solve the mystery of who stole baby Jesus

Who could be so diabolical as to steal the baby Jesus from the Second Trinity Church’s nativity scene?

Flag retirement takes place at VFW Auxiliary
December 13, 2023 midnight

Flag retirement takes place at VFW Auxiliary

A day that will be remembered and was made famous by President Roosevelt’s iconic speech, “YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

Jan Delmont Carter, 84
December 13, 2023 midnight

Jan Delmont Carter, 84

Three weeks shy of his 60th wedding anniversary, Jan Delmont Carter passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Dec. 7, 2023.

December 13, 2023 midnight

COLUMN: Big league payday

In the future, archaeologists sifting through the rubble of a past civilization may stumble on a curious place of worship.

Lady Heat improve to 3-0 with win over Arlee
December 13, 2023 midnight

Lady Heat improve to 3-0 with win over Arlee

For basketball purists, the clash Saturday night between the Hot Springs Lady Heat and the Arlee Scarlets in a key regional girls basketball game was as good as it gets.

December 13, 2023 midnight

Lady Hawks go 1-1 at round-robin tourney

It was a mixed bag of results for the Thompson Falls girls basketball team during a round robin tournament in Anaconda/Deer Lodge this past weekend.

December 13, 2023 midnight

Plains hospital ends home health services

Clark Fork Valley Hospital will close its Medicare certified home health agency at the end of the year.

Montana Capitol Christmas tree harvested from Lubrecht Forest
December 6, 2023 midnight

Montana Capitol Christmas tree harvested from Lubrecht Forest

GREENOUGH – Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the harvest of the 2023 State Capitol Christmas tree from a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) State Trust Lands plot in the Lubrecht Forest.

Superior gets into the spirit of Christmas
December 6, 2023 midnight

Superior gets into the spirit of Christmas

When the crowd started gathering, there was maybe an inch of snow which turned to light rain for the Christmas tree lighting that took place in Superior on Saturday night.

Plains students crack the case of the Elf on the Roof
December 6, 2023 midnight

Plains students crack the case of the Elf on the Roof

On a cold and snowy Friday morning, Plains elementary students were presented with a perplexing puzzle. How can their school principal, Kevin Meredith, be in two places at once?

Care packages sent to active-duty troops
December 6, 2023 midnight

Care packages sent to active-duty troops

Volunteers at the Plains VFW Post 3596 last week continued a long-standing tradition of assembling care packages for each active-duty service member from Sanders County.

Lions Club brings vision screening to local schools
December 6, 2023 midnight

Lions Club brings vision screening to local schools

Plains Montana Lions Club District 37 completed its countywide school vision screening tests last week.

December 6, 2023 midnight

COLUMN: Life of a referee

Let me be perfectly clear about this (lots of politicians use that phrase these days), I’m a fan of referees — for the most part.

Blue Hawk's Hanks earns All-State nod
December 6, 2023 midnight

Blue Hawk's Hanks earns All-State nod

The picks are in for the 2023 Western B Football All-Conference teams, and to no one’s surprise, Thompson Falls’ massive down lineman Hayden Hanks brought home the most hardware.

December 6, 2023 midnight

Plains, Hot Springs girls roll at Tip-Off Tourney

I’m dreaming of some threes for Christmas. Like the ones my team can drain. Where the gym walls rattle, and outside the cattle, think we humans must have gone insane.