High waters cause limited access to fishing sites

Vehicle access is temporarily limited at certain fishing access sites in the Flathead Valley due to high water.

Mineral county Cemetery District #3 prepares for annual meeting

50 Years Ago

Dec. 12, 1957: Day Robbery From Home—Cecil Russell reported the loss of considerable western gear from his Iron Mountain home, south of Superior, on Wednesday.

Winter trails being prepped

The Missoula Snowgoers plan to begin grooming snowmobile trails in the Lolo Pass, Granite Pass and Gold Creek areas as early as December 1, depending on snow conditions.

Twenty-five years of Block Management Access in Montana

This formally started in 1985 and then greatly expanded in 1996. It’s a cooperative program between private landowners and FWP which helps landowners manage hunting activities on their property.

Mini-clinics prepare for new Plains Day event

Jacqueline E. Hankinson Robb

Jacqueline E. Hankinson Robb rode up the mountain for the last time on Feb. 21, 2021.

Man rescued after apparent hunting accident

PLAINS - A 63-year-old male shot himself in the thigh earlier this morning at the top of Henry Creek, which is east of Plains off Montana highway 200.

Plum Creek purchase

More than 40,000 acres of Mineral County land will be part of a multimillion dollar conservation purchase made by the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land that was announced last week.

Montanans pay their respects at The Wall That Heals

John Vollertsen came to Kalispell with two names in mind.

Hot Springs' McAllister 'turns it up' at rodeo finals

Jack McAllister is the current 2018 Junior High School Montana State Tie-down Roping Champion. And he is set to step it up at the Junior High School Finals Rodeo in South Dakota.

Red Devils co-op baseball heads to state tourney

All the planning, all the hoping, all the work...and now the first season of high school varsity baseball is almost done for the Noxon-Thompson Falls co-op team in their first year of existence.

Water levels expected to drop at Thompson Falls Reservoir

Northwestern Energy are advising recreation water users to be cautious, remove docks and boats as reservoir levels at Thompson Falls are set to drop.

No headline

Work continues at the Flat Creek-Iron Mountain Mine Superfund cleanup site located 4 miles northeast of Superior. According to an April 10 report, the focus of the work is on gathering slash and burning. There are plans to begin tailings excavation soon and will start with the stockpiled tailings on the west side of the road at the mill site.

Noxon girls go on to District Tournament

NOXON – The Lady Red Devils pulled together to put up plenty of points on the board this week. Despite their efforts, the team was unable to pull out a win but the time on the court helped the team work on a few things before heading into tournament season.

Plains Horsemen rout Noxon, Two Eagle River

Two days, two games, two routs.

Forrest Kaufman, 84

Beloved husband and father, Forrest Harley Kaufman of Spokane and formerly of Plains passed away June 17, 2017 of heart failure.

Herd of runners take part Dixon's Stampede

On a bright beautiful Saturday morning, runners from across Northwest Montana assembled in Dixon for the annual Bison Stampede.

Plains High School egg drop

Two decades and counting

District tournament standings

Standings as the district tournament kicks off later this week.