Plains mayor lauds 2020 accomplishments

A long time problem for the Town of Plains took a giant step toward resolution...

St. Regis' Pruitt earn All-State honors

Had it not been for St. Regis, this year’s 14C conference basketball would have had a distinctive purple hue, aka Charlo’s Vikings.

Trotters and Hawks tangle at Western B tourney

If speed kills, good pitching throttles.

CFVH nurses honored for National Nurses Week

When a patient faces a difficult health scare or situation, it is often the small things that can bring the most comfort.

First responder fundraiser planned in wake of St. Regis hostage incident

Two weeks have passed since a hostage situation and shooting shook the small town of St. Regis, leaving local citizens and Travel Center employees, the Sheriff’s Office, and area first responders to cope with the fallout.

Hydrogen-powered drones could patrol remote stretch of I-90

Imagine a system that could provide public safety, emergency medical services, law enforcement, fire abatement and communications in one small fleet of hydrogen powered UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that are able to stay in the air up to 13 hours and to be on call day or night in any weather.

Local vendors, shoppers meet at Superior farmers market

Overcast skies with a tinge of humidity after a downpour the prior evening greeted vendors and looky-loos for the first farmers market Saturday on the lawn of the old Superior School.

Unwritten words and untold stories

Nobody ever told me that Ernie Pyle was a poet.

Father speaks about daughter's death and importance of seatbelts

Buckle Up Blue Ribbon Campaign assemblies took place last week at Mineral County high schools. Pat Goldhahn gave a tearful reminder to student’s at all three schools to buckle up when driving, even if it’s a short drive down the street.

Smokin'Hot Fair fun for everyone

The Mineral County “Smokin’ Hot Fair” held last week was another well-attended three-day event — bringing in people from all over the northwest.

Red Ribbon Week focuses on preventing substance abuse

The battle against drugs and alcohol use among teenagers seems to finally be on a winning streak — with use holding steady at their lowest level in over two decades, according to a 2017 survey by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. The survey includes the attitudes among eighth-, 10th- and 12th-grade students across the nation and found, “a general decline in perceived risk of harm from using a number of substances and declining disapproval of people who use them.”

Council discusses flooding, new skid-steer, greenway

Last week, Plains Mayor Danny Rowan along with council members met at Town Hall for their monthly meeting.

Fire Danger raised to high in Mineral County

MINERAL COUNTY – The fire danger level in Mineral County was again raised last week this time reaching high as temperatures in the area soared to nearly 100 degrees and little precipitation fell in forested areas.

Alberton High School junior publishes novel

ALBERTON – Alec Managhan, a junior at Alberton High School, recently joined the ranks of published authors as he made his first novel available to the public on Kindle.

After the Gold Rush

In 1931, fifty years after a gold rush brought over 10,000 fortune seekers to the Cedar Creek area of Superior, Gus and Fern Gildersleeve began building their mine on land near the original claims. What began as Depression-era subsistence mining has blossomed into one family's legacy of mining for four generations in Superior.

Cases of credit card fraud rise in Superior area

Reformed vaping addict warns students about dangers

Thursday afternoon, he students of Plains High School gathered in the gymnasium for a presentation on the harms of E-cigarettes and vaping.

Animal investigator goes above and beyond normal duty

Danielle Switalski

Old theme, new plans

New plans set in motion for the Fort Thompson Project and updating the Rose Garden Park

Landscape Architect and President of Silverline Projects Jennifer Fielder has drawn up a detailed preliminary concept plan for the “Fort Thompson” Historical Park and Visitor Center, redoing what is currently known as the Rose Garden Park and Ron’s Service and U-Haul located in downtown Thompson Falls.

Cat makes itself at home in maple tree