Woodcarver Henry Larum is Plains' home-grown artist

Mounted on the wall in the Plains high school gymnasium is a large wood carving of a horse. Beside that carving is a plaque dedicated to the memory of Bev Minemyer, a Plains High School student who passed away from a brain tumor at the age of 15 in 1976.

Jurors hear how friend found murder victim's body

Friends, coworkers and family members of murder victim Matt LaFriniere knew it was very unusual when he didn’t come to work...

Sanders County forced to cancel popular fair due to COVID-19 virus

No fair!

Moose hunt a test of perseverance

Hunters who have been in the game for any appreciable length of time know they must exercise great patience and perseverance in the pursuit of success.

Little guys hit first qualifier for state

Plains, TFalls and Noxon wrestle well in Eureka Little guy wrestling

Many little guy wrestlers from Plains / Hot Springs qualified for the Unit 1 Intervalley Meet at Libby this weekend highlighted by Dane Martin, Anthony Neal and Aaron Collins who all should place at state along with Russell Kujala who is undefeated this year and Logan Goodwin who has only lost one match.

Farris, Green win events at Seeley-Swan Invitational

MISSOULA — St. Regis Tiger Ian Farris won the boys’ 100-meter dash in 11.58 seconds and Clark Fork Mountain Cat Trey Green took top honors in the shot put with an effort of 46-1.50 at the Seeley-Swan Invitational on Saturday, April 20 at Big Sky High School in Missoula. Bigfork, 104, won for the boys and Seeley-Swan, 112, captured the girls crown with Bigfork second, 94 1/2. Seeley-Swan athletes won six events to Bigfork’s two — Anya Young (1,600-meter run) and Ashton McAnally (shot put). St. Regis heads to the John Cheek Top 8 Meet in Anaconda on Tuesday, April 30, and the both the Mountain Cats and Tigers take part in the Kim Haines Memorial in Missoula on Saturday, May 4.

Commissioner declares snow state of emergency

A Declaration of Emergency came into effect for District 3 of Sanders County Friday due to heavy snows on the west end of the county.

Thompson Falls volleyball dominant in win over Charlo

So it would be no surprise that the Lady Hawks’ 3-0 match win Thursday evening over the host Lady Vikings would be a hit with net fans here.

Lolo National Forest Planning

Lolo National Forest Planning

Thompson Falls Council votes 3-2 to create two new sewer districts

Plains and Paradise are not the only Sanders County towns with sewer and water treatment plant woes. Thompson Falls is going through its own throes.

Remembering Kenny: A letter from the Marjerrison family

I don’t really know where to begin, I could write pages and pages on who he was, and I know I need to condense it into very few words.

Mine near Superior in final cleanup phase

There’s been a lot of activity at the Flat Creek Iron Mountain Mine located four miles northeast of Superior. It became a Superfund site in 2002 and the final cleanup phases are currently taking place.

Danielle's column: What goes around comes around

We've all heard the old adage "what goes around, comes around." I never really put much thought into it as I figured it was just my parents' way of scaring me out of stealing my brother's toys or pinching him when I was little.

Colin's Sports Column: gearing up for spring sports

Being the new guy is hard. Being the new guy in a small town is really hard. Being the new guy in a new town at a new job is just plain terrifying. Especially if it’s a job I have no experience doing. This is the prospect I faced when driving to Plains, MT to accept my new position at the Clark Fork Valley Press. Now: to be fair, I can shoot pictures and I can write. However, I have absolutely no experience in covering hyper-local sports. I have visions of agile, nimble rubber people laying the ball in and then promptly stomping on my head as I crouch under the basket trying to get that award winning shot for the sports page.

Senior boys place at Archie Roe

The Thompson Falls senior boys excelled on the track on Sunday and it was the freshmen girls who excelled on Thursday at the County Meet.

Tower to bring cell service to Hot Springs

HOT SPRINGS – Construction crews have recently been working to get a cell phone tower up and running outside of town, an effort which will bring mobile phone service to Hot Springs.

My adventure story, continued

Melissa Oyer

A Lady in the Woods

MINERAL COUNTY - A “Lady in the Woods” is the name of the quilt that the Cabin Fever Quilters Guild will be raffling off at the Mineral County Fair August 2, 2014. This quilt has 100 blocks that consist of over 5,200 pieces. The money raised from this raffle will be given to a local non-profit organization.

Sanders County Game Warden on duty

Danielle Switalski

Drinking water supply and stream work discussed at Superfund project meeting

The Superior Technical Assistance Committee continues to meet regarding the Flat Creek Iron Mountain Mine EPA Superfund project located north of Superior. The work on the $3.5 million project is nearing completion and on Aug. 7 the committee met in Superior where erosion from the spring flooding on Flat Creek was discussed. Flooding damaged the newly planted vegetation and made the stream bank unstable causing the stream to braid into other areas according to Bob Wintergerst with the U.S. Forest Service.