Shift in legal authority of government

Observations and Analysis of Shifts in Government:

Tester staff launches Veterans' Choice Outreach Tour to rural communities

Senator Jon Tester is sending his staff to 28 rural Montana communities to hear directly from veterans about the issues they are experiencing with the Veterans’ Choice Program.

Mineral County Commissioners Briefs

Sueprior-Alberton continues to dominate

The Superior-Alberton tennis team continued to roll through the competition on Thursday when they played host to St. Ignatius.

New fire plan explored

THOMPSON FALLS - The Sanders County Commissioners held a public meeting on Dec. 20 in which they met with fire behavior analyst Rick Carlson to discuss the fire plan draft for 2013.

Wayne Sheridan Jackson

Beloved husband and uncle, Wayne Sheridan Jackson, 76, of De Borgia, Montana, passed away at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital of Plains, Montana on August 14, 2019. Wayne was born on November 23, 1942 in Nordegg, Alberta, Canada; the son of Edward and Ruth (Hannah) Jackson.

CASA comes through Mineral County

CASA of Missoula has expanded our program to Mineral County, and we are looking for dedicated and caring individuals who might be interested in volunteering for the CASA program. Our CASA volunteers work towards making sure every child in Mineral County has a safe home and a chance for a positive future.

TRACS annual variety show

Thompson River Animal Care Shelter is holding their fourth annual spring fundraiser set for Saturday, March 20 in the community room at the Lakeside Motel in Trout Creek.

Superior School gets ready to finalize its fall learning options

On July 30, the Superior School District released a newsletter to students and their families about ongoing preparation to bring children back to campus for the start of the 2020-2021 school year.

Legals for April, 3 2024

Legals for February, 14 2024

Flat Creek fish habitat improvement focus of group

Just downstream from where a group of county and state agency officials had stopped to examine the work done on Cedar Creek was Superior resident Shawn Plakke, who was teaching his 13-year-old son, Orion, how to fly fish. A deep pool, created by logs installed last year through a habitat improvement project, yielded a school of 6-inch cutthroat trout. Trout that Orion skillfully pulled to shore after landing his fly on the still, clear water surface.

Record turnout for 10th annual Baroque festival

PARADISE – The 10th annual Montana Baroque Music Festival hit Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort and brought in record numbers.

Letters to the Editor - April 24, 2013

Renewed push for rail service in southern Montana

An effort to restore regular passenger rail service through southern Montana is gaining steam...

Noxon Red Devils will follow lead of VanVleet

The Red Devils will rely heavily on senior running back Cade VanVleet, a three-year starter in the offensive backfield and an equally imposing anchor on the defensive line.

U.S.to plant more trees on charred Western landscape

The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the U.S. West, as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation's forests from wildfires, insects and other manifestations of climate change.

Lady Hawks cap successful season

"In tournaments anything can happen, and it usually does,” Thompson Falls girls basketball coach Chadd Laws said just days before his Lady Hawks traveled to Bozeman for the this past weekend’s State Class C basketball tournament.

Officials say hunting wolves from aircraft prohibited

Despite a recent interpretation of Montana state law that aerial hunting of wolves is not prohibited, doing so runs afoul of federal law.

Mineral County housing market remains hot

The morning coffee-clutch subjects have gone from bare shelves, back to wolves. Then to the price of fuel to election predications and to the new houses being built and local subdivision rumors in the last 30 days.