Plains Paradise Senior Center here to help

Aging affects us all and the Plains Paradise Senior Citizens Center is here to help.

Red Devils scorch Hot Springs

Three months of regular season basketball officially concluded this weekend as a pair of Sanders County teams are ready for the District 14-C tournament.

Plains Piranhas back in action

As we all know, summer season is here, which means the Plains Piranhas are back in action.

Plains vandal summoned to court

Sanders County attorney Colleen Magera summoned Jason Gohl, of Plains, to county court for vandalizing seven storefronts in Plains on June 15. Gohl was officially charged in the middle of July with felony criminal mischief for causing over $3,000 worth of damages to seven businesses in downtown Plains. Gohl was set for judgment hearing in front of Judge McNiel on Tuesday, July 27.

Duo performs for county

With a dimming of the lights, Colin Ross and Mig O’Hara preceded to turn the Parkside Baptist Church in Superior Wednesday night into a speakeasy in the 1920s. That is, when the duo played their more blues and jazz influenced music. Throughout their concert, they also played a variety of county and folk as well.

Joscelyn Lea Cook

Joscelyn Lea Cook, 21, of Plains went home to be with the love of her life, Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior on January 6, 2013.

Hope from ashes

The air has a pungent smell of ash. Dark streaks rise along the walls. Debris covers the floor and countertops. Soot envelopes everything else, from broken windowpanes, to tin cans, to door knobs, to the charred and twisted remains of melted appliances.

Superior, St. Regis volunteers battle house fire

Volunteer firefighters from Superior and St. Regis tackled a blaze Saturday...

Commissioner Brooker says she supports public health

One person and maybe 150 followers aren’t going to take my good works away from me.

Superior fourth-graders get good experience about 'giving back'

With cash in hand, Superior school fourth-graders went to local stores for their annual shopping trip for families in need. Mrs. Crabb’s class works to raise funds each year to purchase the gifts that are then donated to the Women in Timber Superior group.

St. Regis teams beat Lincoln, lose to Charlo

St. Regis had a good night against Lincoln on Saturday night at St. Regis. The Lady Tigers took an early lead and held onto it for a 55-15 win. Madison Hill was the evening’s high scorer with 25 points, followed by Courtney Cheesman with 12. The boys went head to head with Lincoln, beating the Lynx 55-49. Brock Cantrell-Field took charge in the fourth quarter, scoring 16 of his game total 39 points. 

FWP horse inspections

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the Montana Department of Livestock remind hunters that horses are required to have a brand inspection before crossing county lines.

Thompson Falls school board accepts Pavlik's resignation

THOMPSON FALLS - The Thompson Falls school board met Monday night for their February meeting, and officially accepted the resignation of board vice-chair, Lance Pavlik.

Hunting access: ask early, don't wait

Montana’s millions of acres of private land offer some good hunting opportunities—the only catch is gaining the landowner’s permission to hunt.

Time to thank Ken and Kathy Kuhl

In 1994, when my wife and I first came to Superior, she was short a dime at Castles – Ken Kuhl reached into his pocket and gave her a dime.

Superior Bobcats crush Granite Prospectors 60-18

SUPERIOR – The Superior Bobcats brought home an amazing 60 to 18 victory against Granite Thursday evening.

Shelby grinds out win over co-op Tigers

You’ve no doubt heard of Charles Dickens classic novel “A Tale of Two Cities.”

Keeping enemies close with rivalry friendships

MINERAL COUNTY – It is said to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The Mineral County athletes take this wisdom and enhance it as strong friendships form from the competition between teams. One of the big rivalries in the county is between Superior and St. Regis. With only 15 miles between the towns, a competitive relationship has built between the schools. The proximity also means the athletes interact outside of sports frequently. According to Superior junior Sierra Bruning, many of the girls on the teams have played against each other since junior high. As they play and interact, the teams start to learn who the other girls are. “It’s always a battle when we step on the court,” Bruning said. “But off the court, we’re just people and we try to get to know each other.” During basketball season it was common for the girls to interact as friends while they worked against each other. They would have friendly conversations as they guarded each other on the court. “When we step on the court we bring it all, we want to win and we want to beat them down,” Bruning said. “But at the same time they’re our friends…It’s fun to step out on the court and play with people you’ve known forever, play your heart out and be able to share experiences.” For Bruning, there were no hard feelings if her friends won a game. During the Superior Lady Bobcats’ final home game of the season, the girls played against St. Regis. They suffered a loss by three points after an intense double overtime game. When Ashley Cheesman, the St. Regis junior who made the winning basket, approached Bruning to congratulate her after the game she did not get a warm reply. “I just looked at her and was like ‘don’t even talk to me,’” Bruning said. “But it was just a joking matter. It definitely doesn’t strain the friendship, it kind of makes it stronger because you have to battle through it together. At the end of the day it’s just about having fun.” In Bruning’s experience if friends pushed each other away after a game, it was usually from a need to process the loss. While there were some moments of strain, they did not impact the relationship as a whole. The friendships have been easier for the athletes to form with how small the district is. Bruning said the students gets to know everyone else fairly well in small communities and it is easier to make friends. She noted even the coaches tended to develop friendships. “Everyone is just so friendly and they come up to talk to you,” Bruning said. “You really get to know each other.” For Alberton senior Keir Sanzano, some of his good friends also came from St. Regis. When St. Regis and Alberton combined for a co-op football team there was resistance among the players. Sanzano compared working with the Tigers to nails on a chalkboard. “It would be our last year playing football together,” Sanzano said. “We wanted to go out as Panthers with the team that we had always played with.” After it became clear they would not get their way, he made the best of it and began to work with the members of the rival team. In the end three of the former opponents joined with Alberton to create the Clark Fork Timberwolves. Once the dust from the new team’s tryouts had settled, the rivals began to form new bonds of teamwork and friendship. As the group practiced together they got used to each other and started to become a tight-knit group. “Going through competition together helped a lot too,” Sanzano said. “It made us feel like family and we eventually threw the rivalry aspect of things out the window.” After the co-op team dissolved with the start of basketball season, the rivalry had the opportunity to start up again. While he admitted the relationships referred back into a competition, Sanzano said he was still friends with the athletes from St. Regis. The rivalry was mostly kept on the court. Sanzano is confident the friendships will stay strong after everyone goes their separate ways for college. Bruning agreed and said there was a good chance she would go to college with her former rivals at the University of Montana. After building the relationships in sports, she felt college would give them a good opportunity to expand the friendships and make them stronger.

Superior boys get ready for season

Trotters hope team speed equals successful season

The prognosis for success in the 2021 season is good for the group of juniors and sophomores...