Letters

Fraud, not assault

Mobile asbestos screening clinic coming to Sanders County

Libby, Montana was home to a vermiculite mine for over seventy years. The mine closed in 1990, but the damage was already done. The vermiculite ore, processed in various plants around the country and sold as insulation, was contaminated with a distinct form of asbestos now known as Libby Amphibole.

Two charged in major Sanders County drug bust

Sanders County Sheriff's Office Deputy Devin Wegener was instrumental in stopping a large quantity of fentanyl allegedly being trafficked through Sanders County, the Sheriff's Office reported last week.

New officer in town

PLAINS - The town of Plains has hired a new Patrol Officer. Randy Cavalea will begin patrolling the streets of Plains starting this week.

County kids receive free vaccinations

Chamber of Commerce holds monthly meeting

Bison rounded up

Gusty winds on Sunday force ground and air resources to pull back from Beeskove fire

Sunday’s predicted weather materialized with sustained winds of more than 30 miles per hour and air resources battling the Beeskove fire were grounded due to the gusty winds for several hours and crews and aircraft were pulled from the fire line for safety.

Former pastor set to ride accross the country for good cause

PLAINS- Pastor Thomas Hall of the Plains Methodist Church will be retiring soon from his position as parishioner to his small community flock.

Precision rifle series puts shooters to the test

A slight breeze cut through the crisp morning air at the Butte Gun Club as the shooters toted their rifles to the firing line. One by one, the competitors took their positions. At one stage, a man stepped into an old claw-foot bathtub and rested the front of his rifle on the metal rim. To his right, another shooter contemplated how to best support his rifle on a giant rubber tire while the shooter on the stage to his left took to his stomach on a rickety-looking raised wooden platform.

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Hot Springs teacher wins grueling 100-mile race

Lots of people don’t even like to drive 100 miles.

Reinstalled sign draws visitors to Paradise Legion club

Like the phoenix rising from the ashes in literary lore, a piece of Paradise has returned to its perch, symbolically and literally rising from the ashes of past tragedy.

Drug Court celebrates National Drug Court Month

EPA work on hold

The summer cleanup of soils contaminated with heavy amounts of lead and arsenic is over.

We the People: current legislative session

We’re at the midway point of the session with transmittal break February 25-28.  We had some long days and short nights in Helena hearing an increased number of general bills both in committee and on the floor.

BPA teams head to state

Letters to the editor - Jan. 23, 2013

Why does it seem that every taxing body in this County needs a ‘keeper’? At a time when the very nation is in crisis mode about money, why are there even Preliminary plans for another giant boondoggle here?  Do we have to make it a law that every meeting of Any Taxing body here HAS to have a big Sign there saying “Mineral is among the poorest counties in Montana- GET IT? ACT LIKE IT!”  Just do your Job Better and forget about these monstrous ‘Pipedreams’ that occasionally ‘come up’ to Tax us All.  Doesn’t our School Board have anything better to do than plot to tax me out of my house?  

Superior grad works on upcoming Hobbit movie

When Kim Graham took an aptitude test back when she was attending high school in Superior, she said that it told her she fit the criteria to be an artist.

Hawks run at Archie Roe invite