Plains residence destroyed by fire

Melissa Oyer

Trotters earn third seed at divisional tournament

TROY – The Plains Trotters secured the third seed at the Western B Divisional Tournament thanks to strong play in Troy over the weekend.

Lolo Forest OKs Superior North project

The Lolo National Forest issued a final decision notice for the Superior North Project Friday to restore resilient vegetation conditions, reduce fuels and support communities.

Blulehawks soar past Horsemen

On Friday night, there seemed to be more bark than bite to the District 7-B inter-county rivalry between Plains and Thompson Falls, as the Bluehawks soared to a 59-40 victory over the Horsemen.

Coach reflects on third consecutive Class B title

PLAINS – Three years in a row Plains High School has sent a large contingent of student athletes to the Class B State Meet during the final weeks of spring.

Thompson Falls boys & girls suffer losses to Bigfork, Deer Lodge

It would be fair to call last week’s schedule for the Thompson Falls varsity boys’ basketball team the most difficult week of the regular season. After all, the Bluehawks were facing Class B teams ranked No. 1 and No. 5 in Montana.

Judy Stang drops out, endorses Clark

After a considerable amount of thought I have decided to withdraw my name from consideration for election to the Montana Senate and endorse Paul Clark for Senate District 7. I would like to thank the people and organizations that supported me over the last few months.

Yard Sale held across county

SANDERS COUNTY – The annual Sanders County Yard Saleing Event brought treasure hunters to locations from Heron to Hot Springs last week.

Plains-Hot Springs baseball tops Browning

It was a week of extremes for the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen baseball team.

Driver pulls woman out of burning building

Mineral County Court Report - Feb. 7-14

Excerpt of the Mineral County Justice Court week of 2/7 to 2/14

Annual Hoop Shoot brings 41 teams to Superior

Nearly 400 people descended on Superior Schools last weekend to participate in the Annual Superior Hoop Shoot. A basketball competition for grades third through eight comprised of three divisions: third and fourth; fifth and sixth; seventh and eighth.

Paradise reaches out to fire victim

“It wasn’t an old quilt that I grabbed, it was actually brand-new,” Ruth Winkler said. “The quilt is a collection of photos from all the plays I’ve done over the 20 years I’ve been doing them, and it means a lot to me. The girls who transposed the photos onto the quilt worked so hard on it and if there was one thing I thought to save from that fire – it was that quilt.”

Fourth of July celebrated

Hundreds of on-lookers lined Old US Highway 10 in downtown St. Regis Monday afternoon to enjoy the Fourth of July Parade. The parade kicked off a day full of events to celebrate the national holiday.

Horsemen heating up

Two wins give Plains three-straight

With a pair of wins over the weekend the Horsemen extended their winning streak to three games. First, Plains up-ended Hot Springs, 55-40, on Friday and then on Saturday, they out-lasted Darby, 67-54.

Hinkle's voting history

erify my statement that he is opposed to supporting education almost 100% of the time.

Superior Fire Department 'heats up' during training in winter

The Superior Volunteer Fire Department had the opportunity to do some live fire-fighting exercises on Sunday, Dec. 2. Volunteers met at Sloway Frontage Road where Isaiah McGuffey donated an abandoned building to the department. It was a 5,000-square foot raw wood building that was intended to be a house, but was never completed, said Fire Chief Steve Temple.

Man rescued from burning house

When he got a call from dispatch to respond to a man trapped in a burning building in St. Regis, all St. Regis Volunteer Fire Chief Jerry Dockter was thinking about was the training he and his team had received two weeks earlier.

Mobile home involved in blaze at Weeksville

Sanders County dispatch took an emergency call last Friday afternoon, Aug. 10, of a trailer home on fire at a private residence along Highway 200 in Weeksville. The call came in about 2:50 p.m.

Man loses home, dog in fire

There were no injuries in a fire late last Monday on River Road West in Plains that burnt a house completely to the ground. But house owner Louis Johnston not only lost his home, but everything in it, along with his dog and $5,000 cash.