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Baxter sisters headed to state golf tourney
May 17, 2023 midnight

Baxter sisters headed to state golf tourney

The first state championship of the 2023 Montana high school sports season gets underway today (May 16-17) as a pair of Thompson Falls Lady Blue Hawks head to Shelby, joined by the Lady Hawks team in quest of a state title.

Local golfers tee off at Class C championships
May 17, 2023 midnight

Local golfers tee off at Class C championships

The Montana State Class C golf tournament got underway Tuesday (May 16-17) with a pair of golfers from both St. Regis and Superior heading to the state finals in Great Falls after qualifying this past week at the Western Division tournament in Bozeman.

Superior's Kovalsky launches into pole vaulting
May 17, 2023 midnight

Superior's Kovalsky launches into pole vaulting

Heading into his freshmen year a few years ago, Superior junior Lucas Kovalsky looked at pole vaulting and thought it looked like a lot of fun.

May 17, 2023 midnight

Lady Hawks softball ready for Western B tourney

It was a busy week last week as the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks got ready for playoff softball action beginning this Thursday in Anaconda.

Plains Trotters carry momentum into tournament
May 17, 2023 midnight

Plains Trotters carry momentum into tournament

Don’t look now, but the Plains Trotters may be breaking into a gallop.

Biologists concerned about future of bull trout in Montana
May 17, 2023 midnight

Biologists concerned about future of bull trout in Montana

Ben Eisinger loves fishing for bull trout, an activity he looks forward to every season.

May 15, 2023 midnight

Plains-Hot Springs baseball has mixed results

In what looks more like a hockey record than a baseball record, the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen baseball team posted a 1-1-1 mark last week.

May 10, 2023 midnight

Lincoln-Reagan Dinner

With about 112 in attendance, the Mineral County Republican Central Committee held their annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner Saturday evening at the Mineral County Shooting Sports Building.

New York City-based Piatigorsky Foundation performs May 12
May 10, 2023 midnight

New York City-based Piatigorsky Foundation performs May 12

Covid catch-up continues as the Mineral County Performing Arts Council is hosting another evening of entertainment this Friday.

May 10, 2023 midnight

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Superior's Haskins earns esteemed Gaylord Green scholarship
May 10, 2023 midnight

Superior's Haskins earns esteemed Gaylord Green scholarship

Gaylord Green is one of the pioneers of the creation, development and operation of GPS (Global Positioning System), whose work on satellites and orbits particularly affected the success of the technology.

Holsters donated to Sheriff's Office
May 10, 2023 midnight

Holsters donated to Sheriff's Office

Mineral County Sheriff Ryan Funke is presented with Rapid Force Duty Holsters from by Frank Magee, fire chief of the West End Volunteer Fire Department in DeBorgia recently. The West End Fire and Rescue volunteers gathered donations for the purchase following a stand-off in St. Regis in March. Magee said the occasion was for first responders supporting other first responders. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)

School buzz: New coffee cart teaches life skills
May 10, 2023 midnight

School buzz: New coffee cart teaches life skills

The sweet aromas of espresso grounds and the whistling of milk frothing will now be permeating the halls of Superior High School.

May 10, 2023 midnight

Plains students raising funds for Skills USA conference

Many students from Plains High School recently participated in the Montana Skills USA state competition.

Decay ordinance questioned by local residents
May 10, 2023 midnight

Decay ordinance questioned by local residents

Plains residents showed their concern for the town’s enforcement of the decay ordinance during this month’s Town Council meeting, which was standing-room only.

May 10, 2023 midnight

COLUMN: The dimpled orb

It is a game not for the faint of heart.

Plains-Hot Springs ace mows down 18 at Troy
May 10, 2023 midnight

Plains-Hot Springs ace mows down 18 at Troy

According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, the word “dominate” means: to rule or control by superior power.

Superior tennis sweeps Troy
May 10, 2023 midnight

Superior tennis sweeps Troy

They rallied together and won the match despite some disheartening news earlier in the week.

Trotters upset Lady Hawks in softball rematch
May 10, 2023 midnight

Trotters upset Lady Hawks in softball rematch

The first time they played this year was the first game of the new season for both the Plains Trotters and the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks fast pitch softball teams.

May 10, 2023 midnight

Superior boys, Noxon girls lead local teams at Kim Haines Invite

With district, divisional and state track and field meets just around the corner, a good barometer for local Class B and C schools may have been this past weekend’s Kim Haines Invitational meet in Missoula.