American Legion District 5 conference held in St. Regis

About 85 American Legionnaires and Axillary Legionnaires attended the District 5 Spring Conference at the St. Regis School Auditorium on Sunday, March 20.

From chiropractor to potter

Following a successful career as a doctor of chiropractic spanning two decades, Cynthia Luce of Superior, is now using her hands in an entirely new way.

Plains students perform 'The Emperor’s New Clothes'

Local students, in conjunction with the Missoula Children’s Theatre and sponsored by the Plains Women’s Club, performed the play "The Emperor’s New Clothes" in the Plains school gym.

Hot Springs Fire offers training for drug overdoses

The Hot Springs Fire Department sponsored a public training session recently for identifying and administering emergency treatment of suspected opioid overdoses.

Keep Montana Green regional contest winners

Creative slogans and colorful artwork illustrate the importance of wildfire prevention in the 2022 Keep Montana Green art contest.

Blue Hawks earn all-state honors

Good news and bad news for the Thompson Falls girls and boys basketball team.

Noxon's VanVleet signs with Tech

Good things, the saying goes, sometimes come in small packages. News flash — good things also often come in big packages.

Noxon High School track gears up for spring

As if an omen from above, the thick, moisture rich clouds parted revealing blue sky and piercing rays of Springs sunshine indicative of better weather days ahead.

Legals for March, 16 2022

Pandemic takes toll on Girl Scout participation

Samoa’s, Tag-alongs, Do-si-dos, and Thin Mints. Everyone’s got a favorite, but America’s long loved cookies have been seeing supply decreases in recent years, coinciding with declining troop numbers for the Girl Scouts of America.

Sanders County poacher still wanted on bear-baiting charges

Montana wildlife officials say a man who writes a muzzleloader hunting blog remains wanted on several Sanders County warrants for allegedly killing a third black bear over bait in the state.

Paradise sewer board reviews new proposal

Programs at the door may be a wise expenditure as the battle for the Paradise sewer heats up amid leadership and money challenges for the beleaguered Sewer Board and its members.

Support for Ukraine and democracy must be bipartisan

As I watched Russian troops march across the Ukrainian border in an unprovoked war that immediately made the world less safe for our kids and grandkids, I thought about the words of a World War I veteran from Great Falls named Mike Mansfield, spoken in the days after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939:

Wild pig reports on the rise in Montana

Feral swine appear to be rooting up in Montana — and invasive species officials say they will be ramping up Big Sky’s “Squeal on Pigs!” campaign in the Flathead Valley and surrounding area.

Northwest Montana snowpack holds steady

With its northwestern river basins still making par for snowpack by the start of March, natural resource officials say last month overall proved “disappointingly dry” elsewhere for Montana.

Lady Hawks cap successful season

"In tournaments anything can happen, and it usually does,” Thompson Falls girls basketball coach Chadd Laws said just days before his Lady Hawks traveled to Bozeman for the this past weekend’s State Class C basketball tournament.

Mountain lions likely trimmed island sheep herd to lowest number in decades

Three now-dead cougars that found their way onto Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island handily hunted down its bighorn sheep herd to as few as 35 of the prized Rocky Mountain ungulates.

Grab your gear; Spring Mack Days are nearly here

While winter struggles to hang on, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are preparing to launch the 40th Mack Days fishing event on Flathead Lake, which begins Thursday, March 17 and runs through May 15.

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St. Regis seventh-grader wins county spelling bee

On Feb.28, local students gathered at the St. Regis gymnasium to flex their letter arranging skills during the 2022 Mineral County Spelling Bee.