17 fire starts kept under control by emergency crews

The Lolo National Forest is in Very High Fire Danger, and over the past few weeks several fires have started, including a five-acre burn near Cyr last Wednesday, Aug. 1. Hot wheel bearings from a semi-truck that lost a tire started the blaze near mile marker 71 on the north side — causing both lanes of traffic on Interstate 90 to come to a halt. There was construction in the eastbound lane, and so traffic was already confined to two lanes. After approximately a half hour, emergency responders were able to get traffic going again, and it took fire crews from the Frenchtown Fire Department and the Superior and Ninemile Ranger Districts about three hours to contain the fire. No injuries were reported.

Arctic blast causes severe issues

Last week Western Montana watched as the thermometers dipped well below zero, as an arctic blast covered the area. According to reports, a record low was set on Jan. 3 in Missoula when temperatures dropped to minus-8 degrees. The lowest recorded temperature prior to this was 3 degrees set in 1959.

Shania Lynn Raymond

Shania Lynn Raymond was tragically taken from us while at her residence in Miles City on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. She was born Sept. 28, 1996 to Jimmy Raymond and Shela (Silverthorn) Herring in Plains. Shania graduated from Lake City High School in June 2015.

More than 60 homes threatened as evacuation orders go into effect

Over 60 homes have been threatened by the Sunrise Fire burning east of Superior. Last week several areas including Sunrise Creek, Quartz Flats and Quartz Creek were given Stage 3 evacuation orders. Other areas, including Verde Creek, remained on Stage 2 evacuation warning. While the Rivulet area located northeast of the fire is on Stage 1 Evacuation Alert.

Letter to the Editor

Do the political parties serve the people they claim to represent, or do they use the people as a tool to advance the agendas of the party power brokers? That’s kind of a chicken or the egg question I guess. It seems to me that while the parties do have basic lofty tenets about how to legislate for the greater benefit of mankind it feels more and more those beliefs are just window dressing and that the party bosses know what they want and do their best to convince the voters that what is good for the party is good for the people. That is; they cultivate votes.

Truth about mining 'Bad Actor' law

When critics of the Mining Bad Actors Law attacks Montana’s enforcement of a state law that protects taxpayers from shouldering the clean-up bill for mining companies, it’s clearly time to impose an old-fashioned smell test. In weaving together their argument, they got many of their facts wrong.

We Care Foundation teams up with Shyrock Motorcoach & RV Park

The Mineral County We Care Foundation got a huge shot-in-the arm when they recently teamed up with Shyrock Motorcoach & RV Park, located in Superior. The We Care Foundation has been around the area for eight years, helping families meet their needs for things like housing, fuel, medical bills and car repairs.

Sanders County Court Report

Justice Court cases seen in the Thompson Falls Court room by Judges Douglas Dryden, Donald Strine this past week are as follows:

Savage Heat bury West Yellowstone Hot Springs faces Noxon Friday in key contest

Hot Springs stayed in position to contend for a Class C 6-man Western Division title with a convincing 50-18 home-field victory over the West Yellowstone Wolverines last Friday night.

Public comments sought for local environmental projects

The Mineral County Resource Coalition held their monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 2 in Superior. MSU Extension Agent, Kevin Chamberlain, chaired the committee. He said that he was glad to see people from several different departments and industry at the table.

County teams take on A and AA schools at meet

MISSOULA – Track and field teams from Sanders County were busy competing in Missoula last weekend.

Republicans need to step up in Montana

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New Big Sky Singers play Superior for spring concert

Swine virus cancels 4-H projects

Savage Heat top Titans

HOT SPRINGS – The Hot Springs Savage Heat football team got their season off on the right foot last Saturday routing the visiting Tri-City Titans.

Candidates finish filing for election

SANDERS COUNTY – As the filing period ended on Monday, March 10, the county now knows who is up for election.

85-0: Hot Springs dominates competition on the gridiron

HOT SPRINGS – The Savage Heat six-man football team lit up the scoreboard and shut out the opposition last week en route to an 85-0 victory over Sheridan.

A holiday brought to you by working people

If national holidays have anything in common it’s that those of us who celebrate them by taking the day off don’t give much thought to the origin or meaning of the holiday. That’s true of secular holidays (never mind Religious holidays) from the Fourth of July to Memorial Day and right on through to this week’s day off, Labor Day.

Bud Bras honored as grand marshal

HOT SPRINGS – Horse drawn wagons, fire trucks, police cruisers and vintage automobiles filled the streets of Hot Springs as the Grand Parade closed out the 65th annual Homesteader Days celebration.

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