ATSDR to perform health screenings to check lead/arsenic levels in children

This summer, July 13-July 15, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will be conducting lead screenings in an effort to fill in missing information from the public health assessment that was completed back in January in relation to the lead and arsenic contamination in the soils as Superior was listed as a superfund site.

Prepare now for winter home heating

Some of the most important chores on the fall to do list involve maintenance on heating systems, gathering firewood, and splitting and stacking your supply.

Ping-pong tactics

Aerial ignition utilizes a hopper loaded with Potassium Permanganate filled ping-pong balls. Prior to being dropped the ping-pong balls are needle injected with ethylene glycol-based antifreeze. Twenty seconds later the balls ignite, providing a reliable means of controlled burning. "It's a pretty safe, simple device," Borgen said.

COLUMN: In the field

There has always been an almost mythical attraction about the “field” part of track and field, particularly the events associated with the big and powerful among us.

Public comment sought for federal forest programs

The Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests are preparing to modify their Forest Plan’s monitoring programs to transition to the requirements of the 2012 National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule.

UM center blazes trail with course about living with fire

With extreme wildfires doubling in the past 20 years, many residents in the Western U.S. have smoldering concerns for their future safety and wellbeing. To help take wildfire management to the next level in the era of climate change, the FireCenter at the University of Montana has piloted a course to provide solutions for living alongside this growing threat.

Lake County joins effort to restore passenger rail service

Lake County has signed on to an effort to restore passenger rail service through the southern half of Montana.

Famous painter's method taught in Plains

PLAINS- The legacy of Bob Ross, known worldwide as the creator and host of the popular television show “The Joy of Painting,” came to Plains on Saturday. Instructors trained in techniques used by Ross gathered with students at the Grange to put on a workshop for would be artists from Sanders County.

Food for Thought:

Finding meaning beyond loss and grief

Last week I wrote about “Loss and Grief.” This week I will discuss “Finding Meaning In Loss And Grief.”

Food for Thought:

Finding meaning beyond loss and grief

Last week I wrote about “Loss and Grief.” This week I will discuss “Finding Meaning In Loss And Grief.”

Trail riders tested their skills on poker ride

Trail riders tested their skills on horseback and their luck playing poker, while riding through the historic Jones Ranch on Saturday.

Coalition focuses on timber industry, county economics

It was a packed room as representatives from the federal, state, and county government met with local business owners and residents to discuss timber industry issues and the economic plight facing Mineral County. The meeting which brought the parties together on Jan. 3, was the Mineral County Resource Coalition, and has been organized monthly by Kevin Chamberlain, with the extension office.

Wolf count in Region 2 is up, but mostly stable

Following Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 2017 Annual Report release this spring, officials estimate 633 gray wolves reside in Montana, more than the previous five years.

EMTS practice life-saving skills

PLAINS- The Plains Community Ambulance volunteers began their bi-annual refresher course Friday night. The course continued on into Sunday afternoon, with classroom instruction and hands-on trauma practice.

Officials urge safe burning practices

ST. REGIS-At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible forest fire in the mountains behind the OK Cafe in St. Regis.

Local firefighters set intentional fire on Upper Lynch Creek Road

Plains/Paradise Rural Fire Department and Plains City Fire Department members set an intentional fire off Upper Lynch Creek Road near the Plains Cemetery on Saturday. Using drip torches, firefighters burned off high grass and brush away from the edges of the cemetery and Upper Lynch Creek Road.

AMBER Alert test set for Jan. 13

The Montana Department of Justice has announced that a statewide test of the Montana AMBER Alert System has been scheduled for National AMBER Alert Day, Jan. 13, at approximately 10 a.m. This will be an end-to-end live system test and will include cell phone alerting.

Blackfoot offering more bandwidth and lower rates in Mineral County

Blackfoot Telecommun-ications is now offering better internet services at lower prices to Mineral County customers.

COVID Research - Science and Opinion

Sometimes it seems to me that everything we do in life is an attempt to solve mysteries.

MDT hosts online meeting about Noxon bridge project

The Montana Department of Transportation is in the early stages of evaluating the Montana 200 bridge located two miles south of Noxon over the Montana Rail Link tracks.