A blast from the past: A trip to the Eddy Creek Mine

PLAINS – In the early 1900s the Plains mining district located in Sanders County saw activity in two major mines around the area – one in Swamp Creek and the other in Eddy Creek.

CF wrestlers busy at Ronan Duals; Lady Cats top Victor

The 50th annual Dave Edington Western Montana Duals were held in Ronan on Jan. 4 and 5 where wrestlers from 19 teams participated, including the Clark Fork Mountain Cats (CF), Plains/Hot Springs, Polson, Corvallis, Glacier, Columbia Falls, Hamilton, Stevensville, Frenchtown and Townsend.

Unique items get second life at Two Rivers Thrift

St. Regis resident Becky Palmer is a thrift store queen. And any self-proclaimed penny pinching, bargain hunter can attest to how rewarding it is to find something special and give it a second life.

Improvements keep Paradise water flowing

Matt Unrau

Proposal made to fix business water rates within Plains

Revised compact deserves support of legislature

By Scott Reichner

Column: End of spring sports season leaves a void

There are few things I enjoy more than sports. I love watching all the major professional sports, college sports, tennis, soccer, Olympic events winter and summer, I have even forgiven Tiger and if he is playing well you might even find me watching golf. It is safe to say that I am a fanatic sports fan.

Superior welcomes a new Little Free Library

This quaint box perched above a friendly hand-carved bear is a Little Free Library recently purchased and established by the Arnsans, Dan and Barbara.

Hot Springs basketball camp teaches the basics

The future of basketball in Hot Springs appears to be in good hands.

Crews work on two Montana 200 projects

Montana Department of Transportation work crews are expected to continue working on two projects on Montana 200 in Sanders County this week.

Earl McCune

Kvelve's Comments: It was quite a week!

Saw a bear, watched a four-point (that’s four points on each side not the tinhorn way of counting all the points and adding them up) in a nose-to-nose standoff with a neighbor’s dog and like most of Sanders County and the rest of the country, I’m hungover.

Kvelve's Comments: Christmas break

‘Twas the middle of Christmas break,

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Christmas, credit card fees

Now that Christmas is over and all the gifts unwrapped and being enjoyed, many of us will reluctantly turn our thoughts to having to pay for all that generosity. For most of us that means paying off the credit card bill. That also means paying interest on the balance if we don't pay it off in one payment; and possibly late payment fees, underpayment fees, balance transfer fees, and if you complain, a bad attitude fee.

Bruce Moats: An introduction

“The boy is finally home.” That is what my nephew wrote in a text when my wife, son and I moved back to my childhood home, Superior, a few months ago.

Plains resident proof good things come in small packages

Some people accept defeat. Others make lemonade out of lemons. Such is the case with Plains resident Jennay Ovitt, who has turned life’s lemons into something very palatable. As a result, she and many others may soon be able to do the same.

Magone inducted into Masonic Hall of Fame

Mountain Lodge No. 110 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Montana has been based in Superior since 1917 and is the only Masonic Lodge in Mineral County.

Jermyn honored as National Coach of the Year

Plains native and Bozeman High School cross-country coach Casey Jermyn recently headed to Phoenix, Arizona to accept his award of National Cross-Country Coach of the year.

Longtime Superior barber hangs up her shears

For nearly 50 years, Becky Magone has been cutting hair. Her husband, Dale, cut hair with her for many years and they will have been married 48 years this November.