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October 8, 2008 midnight

Candidates debate economy

Candidates for both the State House District-13 seat and the State Senate-7 seat gathered at the Llano theater in Plains Monday night to discuss issues facing mainly dealing with the economy.

St. Regis Tigers host homecoming celebration
October 8, 2008 midnight

St. Regis Tigers host homecoming celebration

Last week was homecoming week for the St. Regis Tigers, and their cheering and team spirit helped to fire the Lady Tigers Varsity Volleyball team up enough for a tough win against the Superior Bobcats Thursday night.

Open house highlights kids
October 1, 2008 midnight

Open house highlights kids

Members of the St. Regis community got together with school officials, teachers and students for a chili-feed/potluck supper and school open house Wednesday evening to get to know different members of the community and explore the exciting things the students of St. Regis school are doing.

October 1, 2008 midnight

Politics as usual

Typewriter Tales

September 24, 2008 midnight

Elliott helps small businesses

Editor,

September 24, 2008 midnight

Support hunting and fishing

I hunt, I fish, I vote.

September 24, 2008 midnight

Lumber truck overturns near Paradise

Debris from an overturned lumber truck littered Highway 200 in front of Paradise Gardens after an accident on Tuesday just before 2:30 p.m. The wreckage left the highway closed for hours as crews cleaned up the mess.

September 18, 2008 midnight

MDEQ talks Superfund

The head of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and several other representatives from the organization met with the Mineral County Commissioners and other interested parties at the commissioner’s meeting room in Superior Wednesday to discuss concerns about listing the Flat Creek Mine area as a Superfund site.

September 10, 2008 midnight

An open invitation to other candidates for a debate

We’Äôve all participated in candidate forums and know their importance in legislative races, but because of the large number of candidates and the limited time, forums really don’Äôt offer enough time for candidate to fully express their views and positions on issues important to them.

August 27, 2008 midnight

Ronan Dealership donates two cars to Hot Springs police department

The Hot Springs Police Department acquired two police cars Aug. 11, through a donation by Ronan Dodge in Ronan. When asked how he got the cars, Hot Springs Fire Chief and Mayor laughed.

Alberton starts four-day week
August 27, 2008 midnight

Alberton starts four-day week

Alberton schools may have been the first Mineral County Schools to get started this year with classes beginning Monday morning, but they will be taking Friday off this week, and every week for the whole year.

August 13, 2008 midnight

Charles James Antos, Sr.

Charles James Antos, Sr. age 78 of DeBorgia, passed away on February 16, 2008 in Missoula. He was born in Chicago on October 22, 1930 to Olga Antos and was married on June 20, 1959 to June. He loved hunting, fishing and sports but most of all family. He is survived by his wife June, son Thomas and Linda Otzwirk, daughter Deb and Jim Tatowski, son Mike and Lori Antos, daughter Lynn and Dennis Startin, son Chuck and June Antos and many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two daughters and one son. There will be a Celebration of Life in his honor on August 16, 2008 in Haugan on Savenak Road at 2 p.m. followed by a pot luck pig roast.

4-H hosts annual livestock auction
August 8, 2008 midnight

4-H hosts annual livestock auction

Seven Mineral County 4-H Members brought their livestock to the Mineral County Fair Saturday for the club’s annual livestock auction. Each one had worked hard to raise their animal.

Superior locals attack the courts
July 30, 2008 midnight

Superior locals attack the courts

The summer heat hasn’t kept local tennis players from hitting the courts.

Energy independence and forest health
July 23, 2008 midnight

Energy independence and forest health

Montana Viewpoint

Governor tours fishing site in Paradise
July 16, 2008 midnight

Governor tours fishing site in Paradise

Gov. Brian Schweitzer met with local Sanders County officials last Wednesday to tour the new Paradise Fishing Access site located near the bridge that passes over the Clark Fork River in Paradise.

Local golfers pick up win at Trestle Creek
July 16, 2008 midnight

Local golfers pick up win at Trestle Creek

A local pair took first place at a Trestle Creek Golf Course golf tournament this weekend that was largely played by out of state teams.

July 16, 2008 midnight

Corvallis - Marlene (Clark) Johnson, 73

Corvallis - Marlene (Clark) Johnson, 73, of Corvallis passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at home with her husband Myron by her side after a battle with cancer. She was delivered by her Grandma Haley on July 12, 1934 in Stevensville the daughter of Clayton Boone and Helen Mabel (Haley) Jenkins.

July 9, 2008 midnight

Smear campaigns, trust and the public good

The election season in Montana is off to a pretty rocky start, at least if civility matters to anyone. First the Montana primary election saw the “conservative” wing of the Republican Party defeat the “socialist” wing in a smear campaign pretty much unprecedented in my experience; then Republican State Representative John Sinrud took a shot at “environmental radicals and their pet politicians”, meaning Democrats. At least Sinrud was targeting the political opposition. I don’t recall reading of the Democrats eating their own, but just because it didn’t make the news doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.