Free workshops offered to assist in calibrating sprayers

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Doyle Lynn Prince

Doyle Lynn Prince, Nampa ID, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on March 25th, 2013 in Meridian Idaho. In the days, preceding his death he was surrounded by his loving daughters, several grandchildren, his wife, other family members and his church family. As he struggled with illness, he called to Jesus to take him home and was rewarded with eternal life and peace.

Red Sleep Mountain Drive to open at Bison Range

The staff of the National Bison Range would like to remind you that Red Sleep Mountain Drive is scheduled to open for the summer season on Saturday, May 11, 2013. We are hoping that the worse of the spring weather is behind us and that road conditions will allow travel along the scenic drive. For up-to-date information, we invite you to visit the Range’s new website at www.fws.gov/refuge/national_bison_range.

A weekend of branding: leaving one's mark

PLAINS – The smell of singed hair filled the air Saturday as the warm weather brought a good opportunity for local farmers to brand and vaccinate their calves.

Plains School Board Q&A

Free workshop on weed sprayers

FREE WORKSHOP! Get your sprayers ready for the season!

Clark sentenced to 20-years for Superior thefts

Steven Clark was sentenced by Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Judge John Larson to 20-years in a state correctional facility on April 10.

Thompson Falls thespians entertain with Red Riding Hood

THOMPSON FALLS- Around 200 residents of Thompson Falls came out to support the performance of “Red Riding Hood” put on by children ranging in age from six years to 17 years of age. Organized by the Missoula Children’s Theatre, the play featured about 60 kids from Thompson Falls schools, directed by MCT members Allie Kauling and Steven Thomas and accompanied by Rebecca Haag. Assistant directors Asher Evans, Whitney Micklon and Zack Bloom helped coordinate behind the scenes activity.

Chaos staged to sop the vote

In a desperate attempt to keep two ballot referendums from reaching the people of Montana, democrat senators staged unprecedented chaos at the state capitol on Friday. After an initial plot to disrupt proceedings failed, they resorted to mob rule -- yelling, ranting, raving, and slamming coffee mugs on their desks. They incited their allies in the audience, who in turn began hanging over the balcony rails to scream and stomp and jeer. They did everything, just short of riot, to disrupt the legislative process. It was unbelievable.

Clark accepts plea bargain for string of Superior area thefts

Steven Clark’s trial in the Mineral County District Court will not take place as the result of a plea bargain agreement between Clark and Mineral County District Attorney Marcia Boris.

Plains water system gets full upgrade

PLAINS – The town of Plains is hard at work updating water mains and the water system, adding links between pipes so the water is able to circle through town.

Support for SB 265 - delay the water compact

Some say it will utterly destroy farming, ranching, lives, and land values in northwestern Montana. Others argue there’s nothing to fear in the massive Salish-Kootenai water rights compact. Both sides agree the economic implications are perhaps the largest we will see in our lifetime. But there is a strong disagreement over whether those outcomes will be good or bad.

Sixth grade science project

From left to right: Connor Sampson, Alex Thomas and Haley Josephson prepare to test their gravity car.

Sixth grade science project blends many fields of study

PLAINS - Sixth grade students got out of the classroom and into the Plains High School gym lobby to try out their designs for a self-propelled car, a project that combined physics, engineering and structural design.

Battle on invasive watermilfoil in Noxon shows success

In 2012, the Sanders County Aquatic Invasive Plants Task Force waged the largest battle thus far in the war against two species of non-native weeds in the Noxon and Cabinet Gorge reservoirs -- Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM) and curlyleaf pondweed (CLP). Noxon Rapids Reservoir contains the uppermost known infestations of EWM on the Clark Fork River drainage.

Plains youth perform "Red Riding Hood"

Around 150 residents of Plains came out to support the performance of “Red Riding Hood” put on by children ranging from six to 17 years of age. Organized by the Missoula Children’s Theatre and locally sponsored by the Plains Woman’s Club, the play featured about 60 kids from Plains schools, directed by MCT members Allie Kauling and Steven Thomas and accompanied by Sydne Connolly. Assistant director Mykenzi Blood helped coordinate behind the scenes activity.

Resident pitches idea of county advocate to commissioners

Mineral County resident George Regan was at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Mineral County Commissioners on Friday to discuss his ideas for creating a countywide advocate.

Plains resident helps bring relief to Africa

PLAINS – Local Plains resident, Doreen Stokes is on a mission to better the communities of Africa by helping to provide water and trees to a village in Loswira, Tanzania

Letters to the Editor - March 13, 2013

Dear Senators:

From your State Senate: with Sen. Jennifer Fielder

Stakes to high to rush decision on water