Hot Springs beat Noxon in sizzling overtime

HOT SPRINGS – The Savage Heat played a nail-biter of a game against the Noxon Red Devils. Both teams were neck and neck until the very end Friday night.

Lady Cats gear up for basketball season

Lady Panthers show improvement after weekend

ALBERTON – The Lady Panthers ran into problems fighting the defense of Seeley-Swan during their home game on Friday, January 31.

Celebrating the urban chicken craze

While many have just recently hopped onto the backyard chicken bandwagon, others have doing it for decades.

Mike Larson

Mike Larson, 71, died doing what he loved the most: catching fish.

Elks provide funding for emergency equipment

Mineral Community Hospital received a gift on Wednesday, June 14, when Dennis Cooper, a Trustee with the Montana State Elks Association presented hospital CEO Ron Gleason with a check for $2,700. Cooper drove over from Deer Lodge to present the check, which was the result of grant application made by the hospital.

Superior working to build new pool

Ambition and determination, when focused in a positive way and coupled with community support, can often overcome challenging obstacles.

Lady Savage Heat roast Trotters

Hot Springs hosted Plains Friday and the Lady Savage Heat routed the Trotters, 58-42.

CSKT potentially damaging to Montana

Volumes have been written about how the 2015 Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) water compact is unconstitutional, costly, and sets in motion risky laws based on unprecedented new policies.  These policies will be very destructive to Montanan’s for generations to come. Currently the only presented reason to support the compact is to alleviate the threat of the CSKT filing suit on 10,000 water claims all across western Montana. These claims are in my opinion very weak if not totally non-existing.

COLUMN: Cotton Swab Bowl

Everyone recovered from Super Bowl Sunday?

Don't forget about the chokecherry

These tart natural gems aren’t sold in the form of tasty treats at gift shops across the state, or displayed on highway signs at local fruit stands. But they might just be one of the most important and historical plants around.

Alberton hoopers return to the court

The true test of character, they say, is not so much how you respond to prosperity, but how you respond to adversity.

Superior dominates the court in weekend games

SUPERIOR – The Superior Bobcats took two strong victories against the Hot Springs Savage Heat and the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks last Friday and Saturday.

Alberton School students benefit from 'Spruce-Up'

Who doesn’t feel spiffy when you’ve just had a terrific haircut?

Make each day count National Prevention Week was May 15-20

Alcohol and drug use by young people is extremely dangerous, both to themselves and to society. It is directly associated with traffic fatalities, violence, suicide, educational failure, alcohol overdose, unsafe sex and other problem behaviors, even for those who may never develop a dependence or addiction.

Volunteers spruce up Superior thrift store

During this season of giving, it’s always encouraging to reflect on the year and see how far you’ve come.

Riverdogs snare signature win at Kalispell tourney

How about them Dogs? They keep battling and overcoming, and taking on all comers.

Student art brightens hospital in winter show

PLAINS – The stark white hospital hallways were covered in cheerful illustrations of snowmen, plants, animals and self-portraits in rainbow hues. Hospital patients, staff and visitors lined up, eager to view the art. The smiles on the caricatures reflected the smiles of viewers young and old, healthy and not.

Montana Viewpoint: The Arizona Fraudit

Well apparently, they’re going to finish it in Montana at a mystery location near Bigfork.

Plains resident uses mini-truck to amplify his political views

The older model Daihatsu pickup is hard to miss as it glides along the streets of Plains.