Clark Fork Valley Press | Mineral Independent

March 26, 2014 3:40 p.m.

Lady Hawk softball in full swing

THOMPSON FALLS – The girls on the Thompson Falls Softball team have been learning quickly – a good sign for their future.

March 3, 2021 midnight

Shed hunters begin hunt for discarded antlers

But it’s in the serene harshness of winter that the annual shedding of antlers...

August 11, 2021 midnight

Hoot-owl restrictions a necessary inconvenience for area anglers

Warm water, low flow levels, and high temperatures have prompted fishing restrictions on several rivers across western Montana this summer.

July 11, 2018 11:50 a.m.

Slip, Slop, Slap keys for safe summer

It may have taken a little longer this year, but it seems as though summer has finally arrived — with warmer temperatures taking hold of Sanders County last week.

December 10, 2019 1 a.m.

A MONTANAN’S VIEW OF A KIBITZER: FAKE GUNS IN THE HANDS OF GREENHORNS

Reading last week’s (Nov. 27) Independent, On page 6 they have a new news creative writer. Did the Independent make a mistake? Yes.

December 8, 2021 midnight

Plains basketball teams each finish 0-2 at Ronan

Friday the Trotters opened the event and their 2021-22 season with a game against the tall and quick Ronan Maidens JV team and took the host team to the final minutes before falling 37-34.

December 27, 2023 midnight

What’s next in the push to restore southern Montana’s passenger rail service

Last week the Federal Railroad Administration announced that it awarded a $500,000 grant to the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to explore the feasibility of restoring passenger rail service along the North Coast Hiawatha route, which passed through many of Montana’s largest cities along its Chicago-to-Seattle route before the service was scrapped four decades ago.

December 21, 2016 4 a.m.

Norovirus hits area schools and hospital hard this month

The Mineral County Health Department reported on Friday that there has been an outbreak of gastrointestinal norovirus in area high schools and at the hospital. Peggy Stevens, director and public health nurse of the department said there has been 53 cases so far this year for Superior School and Mineral Community Hospital residents and staff during a meeting with county commissioners.

March 12, 2010 4:47 p.m.

Remembering a great season

Last week a wild and crazy year of basketball ended for the county.

February 13, 2015 6:10 p.m.

SCCFF gets grant

PLAINS – A local organization committed to assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse received a sizeable grant from the Plum Creek Foundation recently.

October 7, 2020 midnight

Mineral County adds more coronavirus cases; mask mandate in effect

Mineral County has also added four new cases between September 27, and October 3.

December 27, 2017 4 a.m.

City still waiting for tax money owed

The city of Plains is still waiting for money that was accidentally over paid to the Plains Library by the Sanders County Treasurer.

March 24, 2021 midnight

Superior School students winners in art contest

The Southwestern Land Office of the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation and Keep Montana Green have announced the southwestern Montana regional winners...