Rainfall slows growth on Niarada Fire

Fire crews made progress over the weekend on containment lines around the Niarada Fire west of Elmo thanks to below normal temperatures and some much-needed rainfall.

Legals for November, 29 2023

Fire officials hosting meeting tonight in Thompson Falls

Local and federal officials will provide updates to the status of work being done on wild fires scattered throughout the county.

Roaring Lion timber salvage project underway

The Roaring Lion timber salvage project is underway in the Bitterroot National Forest. Falling snags near the trailheads of Roaring Lion, Sawtooth and Ward Mountain pose a public hazard. Crews are working to harvest 45 acres of the fire-killed timber, as the result of the Roaring Lion fire which consumed over 8,700 acres of National Forest and private land, along with several homes, last summer.

Lazier Creek Fire now 70 percent contained

Emergency crews are beginning to get the blaze that has been burning for little over a week at Lazier Creek under control.

Plains residents enjoy chili and pies to help children

Superior school levy passes handily, 462 to 331

Faculty and staff at Superior High School were doing the happy dance on Friday after a $3.2 million levy was passed to put an addition on the present high school to allow junior high students to be moved into the facility. The unofficial vote was a whopping 462 to 331, a 131-vote lead in favor of the project.

Red Devils give superlative effort in loss to Charlo

Playing without their most productive post man Rylan Weltz, Noxon fell just short of Charlo last Friday in Noxon, despite an excellent effort by the Red Devils. The Vikings took home a 62-52 conference win.

Ground broken for $3.3 million project at Superior High School

Students, staff and community members gathered around the Superior High School gym under sunny spring skies on April 25 to watch an historic ground-breaking for the new addition to the school.

WSA to host German-style fundraiser for sports complex

PLAINS – The Wildhorse Sports Association will be hosting a German Oktoberfest-style celebration fundraiser this Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sanders County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Plains. The event will raise money for the WSA sports complex currently under construction west of Plains near the airport.

Forget the score; 8-man title game was football at its purest

For everyone involved in Saturday’s Montana 8-man football championship game at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, it was an example of football in its purest form.

Firefighters contain 65-acre Bald Hill Fire

Lolo National Forest Firefighters were successful Saturday in containing the Bald Hill Fire on the Superior Ranger District, keeping it to 65 acres. Firefighters are continuing to mop up the fire area and will monitor it for fire activity. All other initial attack fires on the Lolo National Forest from recent lightning were also contained today.

Efforts continue to mop up West Mullan Fire

MINERAL COUNTY - On Sunday night, Northern Rockies Incident Management Commander Tom Heintz turned over operations on the West Mullan Fire to a Type III management team from the Superior Ranger District.

Legals for November, 22 2023

Health concerns related to the Flat Creek-Iron Mountain Mine

Public library expands digitized services

SUPERIOR – The Mineral County Public Library announced that it now offers access to a collection of digitized historic and current Montana state government information through its own library catalog.

St. Regis School closed briefly after bomb threat

ST. REGIS — Teachers and students at St. Regis School were evacuated on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 4:20 p.m. due to a bomb threat. According to Superintendent Joe Steele, the threat was made on a written note and left in the locker room. A student found it in a locker while changing out for football and alerted administration.

Bluehawks win two in conference

The Bluehawks earned their first back-to-back conference wins all season by defeating Troy, 49-45, on Friday and Eureka, 56-49, on Saturday.

West Mullan Fire day 7: Blaze drops to 5,230 acres

(UPDATED: Saturday at 8 p.m.)

Bull Trout Redd Counts

The 2014 count in the lower Clark Fork River and its tributaries was 95 bull trout redds. This total is very similar to the annual average observed during the last decade.