Boukal performance expands the mind to infinity

Rudi Boukal played to a large audience in The Paradise Center Thursday, March 16. Boukal is an enthusiastic, nervous, and persistent explorer who is also a musician, storyteller, and very inspired and inspirational. His music was a combination of classical, jazz, and experimental interspersed with his own life experiences, wisdoms, and stories of what inspired each musical piece he played on the keyboard. The music he composes and plays comes from a variety of life experiences he has had with family, friends and people he has never met face to face.

A message from Sen. Jennifer Fielder

SPECIAL NOTE TO READER: Recently I released the article below to the Sanders County Ledger with the headline “Feds won’t let state put wildfires out”. The Ledger retitled my article, “Feds don’t help firefighting effort”. This is an egregious misrepresentation of the content of my article (which, you can see below, in no way indicates that the feds are not helping firefighting efforts). Of course, the federal government has hundreds of firefighters and support contractors working the fires, many putting in valiant efforts to combat the blaze. My column points out, factually, that the federal government will not allow state firefighting aircraft to work on putting out the fires. With the state’s help, some of these fires likely could have been extinguished before they grew out of control, as the state of Montana has a stellar track record for stopping wildfires before they exceed 10 acres in size.

Superior resident safe in wake of marathon explosions

Brooke Lawrence of Superior ran the Boston Marathon on Monday and finished with a time of 3:38:25.

Building Community Through Adventure: St. Patrick's gathering supports new nonprofit

In the centuries following Saint Patrick’s death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture.

Sanders County Community Calendar

Sanders County Search and Rescue Team meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the search and rescue barn next to Thompson Falls High School's football field.

COLUMN: Iron Mike back in the ring

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the arena, Tyson is being served.

Hunter harvest slightly up in Northwest Montana

The four stations in northwest Montana recorded 9,624 hunters, 940 white-tailed deer, including 711 bucks, as well as 90 mule deer and 44 elk. The percentage of hunters with game at the four check stations was 11.2 percent, compared to 8.5 percent in 2019.

Mineral County to turn 100 years old

MINERAL COUNTY – As Mineral County gets set to celebrate its 100th anniversary, centennial event organizers are hoping more people will show up to participate in the event scheduled for the afternoon of Aug. 3.

Todd joins St. Regis School Board

The St. Regis School District has recently gained a new school board member.

Winter arts and crafts fair held at Sanders County community market

The Sanders County community market held its winter arts and crafts sale at the Sanders County Fairgrounds in Plains on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Alberton students thrive in STEM learning

Last school year, there were 48 schools in Montana collectively known as Big Sky ChangED. Alberton is one of those and the concept is a big hit with students, parents, teachers and school administration.

West Garceau Fire affects Hot Springs

Hot Springs takes second at district volleyball

In the end, after eight grueling hours of volleyball in one day, one team walked away with the No. 1 seed in this coming week’s Divisional tournament at Manhattan Christian High School in Churchill, MT, just outside of Manhattan.

Mineral County to take part in grizzly bear project

The grizzly bear project description reads as such: The service will develop an Environmental Impact Statement that considers a reasonable range of alternatives that can accomplish the purpose and need of restoring grizzly bears to the Bitterroot ecosystem.

Public comment sought for Sheep Gap Salvage Project

Plains residents and those surrounding Plains are being encouraged to attend a public comment which is now being accepted on the Sheep Gap Fire Salvage Project Environmental Assessment (EA) being put on by the US Forest Service.

Plains sends five to finals at state track meet

All five Plains track athletes fought their way through the cold and wet weather in Bozeman this weekend to make it into the finals at the State B track and field championship.

St. Regis station making waves

ST REGIS – Students at the St. Regis High School are learning advanced communication skills but they aren’t doing it by standing up in front of a classroom and delivering a speech and pretending the audience isn’t wearing clothes to get over their nerves.

St. Regis tapped to take part in $1 billion hydrogen project

St. Regis Solar Hydrogen (SRSH2) has been selected to begin award negotiations as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations development of the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub involving Washington, Oregon and Montana.

COLUMN: Choosing sides

Life, they say, is all about choices.

Plains golf team shows up to play in home tourney

The Plains High School golf team came out strong in defense of their home turf on Saturday as they hosted the Plains Invitational. Teams from Thompson Falls, Ronan and Noxon showed up to challenge the Horsemen and Trotters on a sometimes rainy and chilly morning.