Mineral County hit with scams

MINERAL COUNTY - Western Montana continues to be a target of the phone fraud racket.  Apparently the fraudsters see Montana as a growth market.

Alberton man's truck struck by BNSF train

A pickup truck was struck by a train just west of the Cyr Exit on Tuesday morning, Feb. 19. The incident occurred at the railroad crossing off Daigle Lane. The driver was Roy Shutter, who graduated from Alberton High School and joined the Navy in 2012.

Superior Fire Dep't trains for high-angle rescues

The Superior Volunteer Fire Department has been involved with five high angle rescue accidents in 2018. Including the December 19 pileup on Interstate 90 which included a trucker driver who jumped over an overpass to avoid being hit by a semi-truck. As well as the rescue of Frenchtown Firefighter, Kyle Rauch, who had responded to that incident and slipped on the icy bridge deck and plunged 40 feet down an embankment. Rauch survived the fall thanks to the quick efforts of emergency responders. The truck driver involved with the incident, as well as the other three victims of high angle rescues last year, did not survive.

31st anniversary of VFW a hit

Danielle Switalski

Reno receives 10 years in prison

Jamie Doran

Lady Trotters get in win column at Superior

Danielle Switalski

St. Regis Tigers show their intensity

Plains residents seek crackdown on speeders

For a group of concerned Clayton Street residents, enough is enough. The spark that triggered their call to action came earlier this month when a speeding motorist narrowly missed hitting a young child riding a bicycle.

Plains softball rallies to top rival T-Falls

Who needs the boys of summer when you’ve got the “girls of spring”?

Horsemen can't hold Bluehawks at Plains

The Horsemen basketball team nearly had their revenge on the Bluehawks Friday night at Plains, but could hold onto their lead and fell to the Thompson Falls boys 58-50.

Plains boys bumped by Eagles

The Horsemen started the season strong with six consecutive victories, but ended the year with two straight losses at the Western B Divisional Tournament after being defeated by Seeley-Swan Thursday and Valley Christian Friday.

World War II veteran tells his story

SUPERIOR – March 26, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Wrestlers prepare for divisional tournament

SANDERS COUNTY – With the divisional tournament right around the corner, Sanders County wrestling teams are hitting the mats hard in preparation of the competition.

Participants hack and blast their way through Plains

Shots rang out at the trap club and the golf course on Saturday as Plains played host to the annual “Hack n’ Blast” event. Participants from as far away as Missoula, Kalispell and Libby competed in trap shooting and nine holes of golf during the unique event.

'Mariah's Challenge' to speak in Superior

Underage drinking is a factor in a host of serious problems including homicide, suicide, traumatic injury, violent and property crime, alcohol poisoning and need for treatment for alcohol abuse and dependence to name a few.

Trotters catch fire

Mason Edward Henderson, 91

Mason Edward Henderson, 91

Open house highlights kids

Members of the St. Regis community got together with school officials, teachers and students for a chili-feed/potluck supper and school open house Wednesday evening to get to know different members of the community and explore the exciting things the students of St. Regis school are doing.

Cowboys sort herd of calves

Cow herding teams from all across the Northwest gathered at the Hole in the Wall Ranch near Fish Creek this weekend to participate in their annual Father’s Day Team Herding Competition.

Car crash kills one and injures five

PLAINS - A 65-year-old Wenatchee, Wash., man died Wednesday in a one-vehicle rollover accident north of Plains. Four of his teammates, part of an auto-racing team, were injured in the accident.