Pizza and air conditioners a part of Earth Day clean-up on Clark Fork River

Lots of cans, paper, and plastic is what students in Alberton found while picking up garbage in celebration of Earth Day last week.

CSKT Compact

Passing Compact is the Fiscally Responsible Choice

Justification for lawsuit to limit voter choice by closing primaries

Republican Party bosses - Senator Matt Rosendale, State Chair Jeff Essmann, and Representative Keith Regier - in sworn depositions and press releases, hope to justify why their lawsuit to limit voter choice by closing primaries has merit for Montanans.

Bud Bras honored as grand marshal

HOT SPRINGS – Horse drawn wagons, fire trucks, police cruisers and vintage automobiles filled the streets of Hot Springs as the Grand Parade closed out the 65th annual Homesteader Days celebration.

Dixon Melon Days provides family fun

Burn permits required May 1

Beginning May 1, and continuing until conditions are no longer favorable for safe burning, permits are required to burn yard debris or logging slash.

Keeping in touch: recent legislation

Some of last week’s actions both in the committees and on the floor created quite a stir in some circles, which resulted in a flurry of emails, phone messages, letters and even letters to the editor on one of the bills I sponsored.

Love of quilting binds group

Andrew Waite

Unique Emporium to close doors for good in April

PLAINS- Raylene Katana loves antiques and she loves Montana. It would seem strange at first then to learn that she is leaving them both behind for the sunny shores of southern California. Raylene is closing her second hand collectible shop, the Unique Emporium in Plains, and is moving to San Diego to be closer to family.

Superior hoopers net dramatic wins over Darby

If the Superior basketball teams, boys and girls, go on to have a successful 2023-24 seasons, the spotlight will fall on Darby.

Mack Days wraps up May 11

Only one weekend left in the 2024 Spring Mack Days fishing event on Flathead Lake.

Cats ground game steamrolls Griz in annual Brawl

Tommy Mellott, Montana State’s superb sophomore quarterback out of Butte, is as direct at a postgame press conference as he is hitting the gap on a zone running play.

Lady Tigers' Hill top 1,000-points mark in victory

The last couple weeks of the season are often about getting ready for the playoffs.

New ideas not a problem for Plains inventor

Leonardo da Vinci would probably have liked Derek VonHeeder.

The 59th Homesteader Days hits Hot Springs

The 59th Annual Homesteader Days went off without a hitch, according to event organizer Leslee Smith.

Planet Earth cannot afford any more help from these so-called environmentalists

In the Clark Fork Valley Press on Feb. 20, there was a column written by Morlene Plouzek who is president of CAN in Thompson Falls. In this column, she did battle with some imaginary opponent called an anti-environmentalist. She further states that anti-environmentalists have not come up with any solutions.

Plains town meeting addresses variety of issues

Plains officials gathered at the local courthouse on Monday, August 7 for their monthly town meeting.

West End market pops up for summer

Summer market season has arrived, and now in almost every corner of Mineral County, you can find a collection of growers, artists, crafters and artisans to buy from.

Five Valley Livestock Auction adjusts business plan

The Five Valley Livestock Auction service west of Missoula at the intersection area of I-90 and U.S. 93 is not closing, but the way they will be doing business with livestock is a big change.

Lady Hawks win home XC meet; Tulloch leads Plains runners

It was, to say the least, a good meet for Sanders County high school cross country runners.