Wildfires produce bumper crop of morel mushrooms

Several National Forests in Montana and northern Idaho began issuing permits for mushroom harvesting on May 7. The following units will be issuing both personal-use and commercial permits:

Resolution 'puts the bite' on vicious dogs Applies to attacks on humans as well as other animals

The County Commissioners recently passed a vicious dogs resolution for Mineral County. Prior to this ordinance, law enforcement officials had no real recourse for victims of dog attacks.

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County law roundup

Controlled Burn, First Creek Lane, Superior, Dispatch took information regarding controlled burn.

Mineral County law roundup

Storm Damage, Mullan Gulch Road, St. Regis.

Paradise residents continue fight against sewer plan

Paradise residents continue fight against sewer plan

Timed tickets to manage traffic on Glacier park's Sun Road

Montana's Glacier National Park will implement a timed ticketed entry system again next summer — from Memorial Day weekend through the weekend after Labor Day — to manage traffic on the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road, park officials said Monday.

Obituary; Markkaya Jean (Bugsy) McGann Gullett

Markkaya Jean (Bugsy) McGann Gullett of Superior became our “angel in heaven” on May 22, 2015 as a result of a car accident. She was born May 14, 1992. A Memorial Service will be held  Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Plains Bible Chapel,  243 Combest Creek Rd,  Plains, MT , with Potluck meal afterward (turn left past the fairgrounds).

Utility coming to Superior

SUPERIOR – An idea over a decade in the making is finally coming to fruition in Mineral County after federal grant money was allocated last week to providing a type of power source it is hoped will entice businesses to make the county their future home.

Hot Springs receives water bids

HOT SPRINGS – The town of Hot Springs received bids on the community’s upcoming water project last week at the town hall.

Project moving forward

SUPERIOR – A project a decade in the making that could provide one local business and a county facility with desperately needed utility infrastructure is closer than ever to becoming a reality.

Robert Earl Stephens

Robert Earl Stephens, of Paradise, Montana, died at his home of natural causes on November 15, 2013. He was 74. Robert was born June 1, 1939, to Wendell and Helen Boyer Stephens in Missoula, Montana. He was raised east of Paradise on the family farm, and graduated from Plains High School in 1957. He worked on the family farm with his father and brother until the farm was sold.

June Sanks

June Irene Sanks was born in a small farm house near Hinsdale, Montana on July 23, 1929 and passed away on Jan. 17, 2019 at St Luke Long Term Care Facility in Ronan, Montana. At the age of four June’s family left eastern Montana and made their way to Sanders County and found a home on the western end of the “Eddy Flats” east of Thompson Falls. She rode the bus for 12 years to school and graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1947.

Candidate qualifications

A recent story in the Clark Fork Chronicle called into question Marcia Boris’ qualification for the office of Mineral County Attorney.  If the reporter of that story had asked me if Marcia was qualified, my answer would have been “yes, most definitely” on two bases:

TRACS Variety Show raises money

Well over 100 animal lovers gathered this weekend to have some fun and support a great cause as Thompson River Animal Care Shelter (TRACS) conducted its fifth annual fundraiser. The “Pretty Darn Good” Variety Show last Saturday and Sunday was the third of its kind for TRACS.

Floyd LeRoy "Bud" and Bette June Derrickson

Kvelve's Comments: There oughta be a law

There ought to be a law.

Vets get new van, transport for disabled vets

What if you were disabled, stranded, unable to drive yourself to the veterans’ hospitals that could take care of you?

Five suspected drug traffickers plead “not guilty”

Five suspected drug traffickers who allegedly smuggled ecstasy into Mineral County pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute in their initial court appearance July 2. The maximum penalty for the offense is up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $50,000.

Mineral County Court Report - Jan. 3-10

Excerpt from the Mineral County Justice Court week of 1/3 to 1/10