Meeting a piglet

Kaitlyn Ducept, 5, gets down with the piglets Friday at Dave Williams’ place as part of the Home Start Preschool field trip. 

Hot Springs, Noxon end regular season with defeats

In 6-man football action, Hot Springs and Noxon each suffered defeats last Friday, but both will be in this weekend’s playoffs.

Calliope Michelle Carlson

Calliope Michelle Carlson was born at 5:37 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. Calliope weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces, measured 17 1/8 inches and was delivered by Dr. Ronald Black. She is the daughter of Jacqueline Carlson of Thompson Falls and Kosal Chea of Thompson Falls. Her maternal grandparents are Mary Ewing of Elkhart, Texas and Rocky Carlson of Thompson Falls. Her maternal great grandparents are Carolyn and Bruce Adams of Elkhart, Texas. (Clark Fork Valley Hospital courtesy)

Alberton play puts twist on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

It was a “kid’s cautionary tale concerning greed, power, mayhem and other current events” as students from Alberton took to the stage for a unique variation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth last week. On April 5, parents and other community members filled the Alberton cafeteria/theater for a short play which only lasted about 30 minutes.

Mineral County Court Report - June 3 - June 14

Mineral County Court Records from June 3 to June 14

Fun and games in AWANA program

Twenty-eight students, aged kindergarten through sixth grade, caught a special bus last Thursday after school let out. Rather than heading home after school let out, the kids were bussed over to the Superior Community Church for the weekly AWANA program.

Babe Ruth Action

The Plains Babe Ruth Team beat the Ronan Mustangs on Thursday 6-5, lost to the eventual Babe Ruth Tournament Champions Mission Valley Rockies on Friday 16-6 and lost to the Polson Griz on Saturday 7-1.

Fire puts family of six out in the cold

Jamie Doran

Easter egg hunt SC - 5

A mad dash to the finish: Shay Nelson runs past Greg Tatum barely missing him as the battle began to collect the most eggs. The annual Easter egg hunt was located at the Fred Young Park in Plains and put on by the Plains Lions Club.

Legals for November, 9 2022

Legals August 29, 2018

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Requests Input for Proposed Timber Sales PUBLIC NOTICE The Plains Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is developing plans for two proposed timber sales. The first proposed sale would be known as the Green Calico Timber Sale. This proposed sale is located approximately 19 air miles northwest of Plains, MT in the Calico Creek drainage, Sections 32 & 34, Township 23 North, Range 27 West, and Sections 4 & 10, Township 22 North, Range 27 West. This sale is in the earliest stages of planning and would most likely involve seed tree and shelterwood harvests with ground and cable-based logging systems. This sale may require new and/or reconstruction of roads and would include some minor improvements on existing roads. This sale would likely sell in the fall of 2019 and is projected to generate approximately 2 - 3 million board feet of timber for the Public Buildings and Common Schools Trusts. The second, known as the ReDeemer Timber Sale, is located approximately 5 air miles northeast of Plains, MT, on the north side of Deemer Peak, Sections 8, 9, 10, & 16, Township 22 North, Range 25 West. This sale is in the earliest stages of planning and would most likely involve seed tree and shelterwood harvests with ground and cable-based logging systems. This sale may require new and/or reconstruction of roads and would include some minor improvements on existing roads. This sale would likely sell in the spring of 2020 and is projected to generate approximately 4 - 5 million board feet of timber for the Common Schools Trust. These sales are being considered to generate revenue for their associated Trust Funds, improve forest health by reducing the possibility of insect and disease activity, to reduce excessive fuel loading and the related risk of wildfire, and to reestablish and promote timber types historically found in these areas. These proposed harvests would contribute to the DNRC's sustained yield as mandated by state statute 77-5-222. As an adjacent landowner or interested party, we request your input regarding these projects. Your concerns and comments are needed to assist the DNRC in planning, analyzing, and implementing these projects. We would appreciate your response by October 31, 2018 so that we may incorporate it into our planning process. Please send comments to: DNRC Plains Unit, ATTN: Dale Peters, PO Box 219, Plains, MT 59859 or by email to dpeters@mt.gov or by phone at Please direct oral or written comments to: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation PO Box 219 Plains, Montana 59859 Attn: Dale Peters (406) 826-4722 E-mail: dpeters@mt.gov Published in the Clark Fork Valley Press on August 29 and September 5, 2018. MNAXLP

Basketball roundup

St. Regis basketball teams faced Plains teams on the road on Jan. 4 where both succumbed to their opponents. The Lady Tigers had a great showing and met defeat by only two points with a final score of 50-48.

Lady Savage Heat spikers off to solid start

Hot Springs High School got its varsity volleyball season off to a solid start, playing four matches in the Drummond Tournament last Saturday.

Lady Bobcats take top seed to districts

A pair of easy wins and an eye-opening defeat was the case for the Western 14C conference number one seed Superior Lady Bobcats basketball team during the final week of the regular season.

Mineral County 4-H results

MINERAL COUNTY - Mineral County Fair goers were treated with many different exhibits ranging from large animals, small animals, poultry, culinary, crafts, photography, art, sewing, home décor, woodworking, flowers, shooting sports, fishing, and several other exhibits.

Sanders County Court Records - Nov. 5-12

Sanders County Justice Court week of 11/5 to 11/12

October packed with family-friendly activities

October is spooky month, and in Mineral County there are hordes of family-friendly activities to explore. Whether it’s geared toward little goblins and ghouls, or costume-clad teenagers, all along I-90 Halloween festivities are ripe for the picking this fall.

Plains boys pick up two wins

Plains Vs Noxon

Sanders County Justice Court

Sanders County Justice Court week of 5/21 to 5/24

Lady Hawks claim 7-B championship

The Thompson Falls girls basketball team beat Eureka, 39-28, last Saturday to win the District 7-B championship.