4H participants set to show off animals at county fair

SANDERS COUNTY - With the Sanders County Fair rapidly approaching, young people involved with the organization known as 4-H are preparing themselves for one of the most important agricultural events of the year. Kids from around the area are grooming their animals and putting the finishing touches on arts and crafts projects before the competition in late August.

Rodeo tough: Hot Springs' McAllister sets sights on rodeo career

It usually is, according to Hot Springs area resident and recent high school graduate Jack McAllister, an “adrenaline rush.”

Noxon school gives winter road safety advice

NOXON – With more severe winter weather spreading through the area, road safety has become more concerning; to help with this, the Noxon schools distributed safety tips for going out on the road.

Panthers fight off Warriors to win opener

Hot Springs boys split weekend games

Matt Unrau

Old Schoolhouse Rock car show set for June 5

Chairman of the board for the Old School Rockers car club and the car show itself Mike Curtin anticipates a promising turnout this year.

Library offers more than just books

ST. REGIS - On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in St. Regis, area residents including young children and adults have a place where they can gather, socialize, play games and use the internet and it’s not a coffee shop or other private wifi enabled establishment.

Letter to the Editor - April 17

To a large gathering of concerned residents in the courtroom last Thursday, Jennine Robbins and Bobbi Christensen from the Clerk & Recorder’s office, and the three commissioners informed the public of the proposal to consolidate several precincts, thereby, reducing the number of polling places.

Warm weather leads to rising water in county

St. Regis Senior Citizens Center project nears bidding period

Auction helps children

ALBERTON – Calls of ‘sold!’ and the rapid-fire chatter of an auctioneer filled the restaurant of the River Edge Resort in Alberton for the annual Helping Hands of Alberton auction on Saturday.

Riverdogs split double-header at Missoula

If the initial two-games of the just underway Legion baseball season are any indication, the Plains-based Clarkfork Riverdogs may be on their way to a good season.

Rolling the clay

Family friends Krystin Slater (far left, black vest), her son Reilli Slater (left, sitting next to Krystin) and Doree Thilmony (far right, standing) with her sons Trae (green shirt) and Cael (striped shirt) talk and play with dry clay for the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.

Rodeo packs the arena at Mineral County Fair

Not many things in life say “summer” more than a rodeo.

Lady Savage Heat place 5th at Whitefish meet

So you dominate a track meet one weekend, what do you do for an encore?

Sanders County students prepare for future

THOMPSON FALLS – According to recent statistics, 60 percent of college graduates fail to find jobs in their field of study. On average, college graduates find themselves $27,200 in debt to student loans and 70 percent of graduates end up living with mom, are unemployed or working a minimum wage job.

Statewide campaign fights tobacco and e-cigarettes

Ronnie Trentham stood in front of a gym full of junior high and high school students and explained why he no longer has a jaw bone. His face now deformed as a result of oral cancer caused by using chewing tobacco. It was a part of “Kick Butts Day,” a nationwide event to raise awareness on the problems caused by tobacco use.

Free lunch trumps free enterprise in America

I suppose I shouldn’t be any more surprised than most taxpaying Americans to discover that I paid more in income taxes in 2018 than the behemoth retailer Amazon.com; but then I didn’t have a net profit of $11.2 billion, either. Nor did I get anything close to Amazon’s $128 million tax refund for 2018. This is the second consecutive year that Amazon has not paid federal income taxes. In 2017, it paid no taxes on an income of $5.6 billion. All this from the April 11, 2019 “Fortune” magazine which reported on research done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).

Heather's Country Kitchen opens

Heather Worrall saw an opportunity to make her dream come true and she wasn’t about to let it go.

Quilt Guild shares handiwork with local veterans

The Cabin Fever Quilt Guild was organized in 2001 and not long after that, it became a 501(C)3 with membership today of around 40 quilters in Alberton, Superior, St. Regis and the west end of the county.