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Trout Creek archers prep for Western U.S. Championships
April 12, 2023 midnight

Trout Creek archers prep for Western U.S. Championships

Archery is alive and well in Trout Creek, Montana.

Crabb named Class C coach of the year
April 12, 2023 midnight

Crabb named Class C coach of the year

There is a well-worn adage that goes “It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.”

Hawks' golfers tee off season
April 12, 2023 midnight

Hawks' golfers tee off season

After a fifth-place finish during last year’s State B-C golf championships, Thompson Falls senior Ellie Baxter appears to be picking up where she left off.

Local teams post fast times at Bigfork Invite
April 12, 2023 midnight

Local teams post fast times at Bigfork Invite

It was, to say the least, a pretty good week of sports for Thompson Falls senior Ellie Baxter.

Lady Hawks softball remains perfect on season
April 12, 2023 midnight

Lady Hawks softball remains perfect on season

When potential becomes reality, good things often happen.

Montana Rail Link reopens tracks after derailment
April 10, 2023 midnight

Montana Rail Link reopens tracks after derailment

Montana Rail Link reopened its tracks through Sanders County four days after a freight train derailed along the Clark Fork River.

Plains Community Food Bank receives a new look
April 5, 2023 midnight

Plains Community Food Bank receives a new look

Volunteer painters from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and The Church on the Move arrived last Friday with paint brushes in hand to give the Plains Community Food Bank a new and brighter look.

Mineral County hosts hazardous waste training sessions
April 5, 2023 midnight

Mineral County hosts hazardous waste training sessions

Unless you are in the emergency preparedness line of work, HAZWOPER could be a Burger King special, but it’s a level of hazmat training that is at another level.

First responder fundraiser planned in wake of St. Regis hostage incident
April 5, 2023 midnight

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.

April 5, 2023 midnight

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.

Robert Quackenbush
April 5, 2023 midnight

Robert Quackenbush

Robert Quackenbush

April 5, 2023 midnight

COLUMN: Springs sports weather

It was close to what would likely have been more of a spectacle than a disaster.

Local athletes heat up at chilly Dave Tripp meet
April 5, 2023 midnight

Local athletes heat up at chilly Dave Tripp meet

Thompson Falls has some depth in track and field. And they have quality.

April 5, 2023 midnight

Legislative update from Rep. Loge

We are down to the crunch time this week. By the time you see this, all appropriation bills, revenue bills and referenda will have had to pass to the other chamber.

Dodgeball tourney benefits Trout Creek Archery Club
April 5, 2023 midnight

Dodgeball tourney benefits Trout Creek Archery Club

If you are going to do something to support a worthy cause, why not make it fun at the same time?

Plains and Thompson Falls meet in softball season-opener
April 5, 2023 midnight

Plains and Thompson Falls meet in softball season-opener

For a while it looked like a repeat of last year’s softball season opener between Plains and Thompson Falls.

April 5, 2023 midnight

Legals for April, 5 2023

Montana Rail Link train derails into Clark Fork River
April 2, 2023 5 p.m.

Montana Rail Link train derails into Clark Fork River

A Montana Rail Link freight train derailed in Sanders County on Sunday morning, sending multiple railcars into the Clark Fork River.

March 29, 2023 midnight

COLUMN: I'm coming for you Wally Eye

I’ve officially had it! Enough is enough.

St. Regis shows support for law enforcement after hostage incident
March 29, 2023 midnight

St. Regis shows support for law enforcement after hostage incident

Around 100 people gathered in the St. Regis School gymnasium March 20 as a community assembly was called for those who may need counseling or just want to talk about the shooting incident March 18 where a suspect in an Idaho armed robbery was killed by law enforcement after shooting a hostage near the travel center.