Plains' Mikiah Cook leads state 4-H Ambassador Team

Mikiah Cook is not your average “politician.”

Church expels Paradise sewer board over gun incident

In a story that already has nearly as many twists and turns as the Idaho side of Lolo Pass, add a new hairpin corner to the Paradise Sewer saga.

Mineral County Health Department explains monkeypox after Montana reports first case

On Aug. 5, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced that Montana's first case of monkeypox was detected in Flathead County.

Plains mobile home ordinance draws feedback

Concerned citizens filled the room for the Plains Council meeting Aug. 1 to express their concerns with a long-standing town ordinance that addresses how old a mobile home can be in order for it to be moved into the town limits.

George William Gordon

George William Gordon

Magone inducted into Masonic Hall of Fame

Mountain Lodge No. 110 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Montana has been based in Superior since 1917 and is the only Masonic Lodge in Mineral County.

Mineral County deputies train for water rescues

Captains Scott Dodd and Josh Pecora with the Superior Volunteer Fire Department spent a recent afternoon training deputies with the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on the fundamentals of using Rescue Bags.

Superior man accused of setting fires on Lolo NF

A Superior man pleaded not guilty last month to five federal charges of setting fires in the Lolo National Forest last summer, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

New Plains store equips rock hounds

Mining is a whole lot of knowledge mixed with a helping of persistence and topped off, often, by good old fashioned luck.

Feds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural U.S.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in remote parts of 11 states from Alaska to Arkansas.

It’s time for FWP to follow the law on elk management

Montana’s elk population has tripled over the last 40 years. For decades we have exceeded the sustainable objective levels in most hunting districts.

Legals for August, 3 2022

Elmo Fire balloons in size

Dangerous fire weather fanned the Elmo 2 Fire over the weekend as the blaze continued to expand its footprint on the Flathead Reservation west of Flathead Lake.

Montana product Osweiler joining ESPN as college analyst

Brock Osweiler is heading to the announcers’ booth.

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.

Hot Springs teacher wins grueling 100-mile race

Lots of people don’t even like to drive 100 miles.

Dixon 4-H'ers set the pace at livestock exhibits

There are all kinds of things most people think they will never see. Add sheep on a treadmill to the list.

Montana’s first territory capital celebrates its past with Bannack Days

Nestled along Grasshopper Creek, among the foothills of the Pioneer Mountains, lies what is now know as Bannack State Park.

Stephen Elliott North

Stephen Elliott North

Superior man denies charges of setting wildfires on Lolo Forest

A Superior man pleaded not guilty this month to five federal charges of setting fires in the Lolo National Forest last summer, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.