- Relevance
- Date
- Any time
- Past 24 hours
- Past week
- Past month
- Past year
Sort By
Date
All results /
Basketball team meets UM Grizzlies
The St. Regis boys basketball team had a special treat last week when they had the opportunity to visit the University of Montana’s Grizzly basketball team in Missoula. The boys attended one of the Grizzly’s practices on Jan. 3 and had a chance to talk with the coach and players. The also got to shoot around on the UM basketball court.
Community Calendar
Tuesday, Jan. 7 — Summit Independent Living is hosting a seminar at Mineral County Hospital in
Committee formed to get county jail reopened
Discussions continued on Friday at the Mineral County commissioners’ meeting regarding the closure of the county jail. It closed the previous Friday due to insufficient staffing. After a jailer was let go and two more quit over the past few weeks, it left only two jailers to staff the facility.
Plains Time Trial kicks off season
PLAINS - As has become a tradition during the Sanders County Fair, the Plains Cross Country Time Trials were held on Friday morning, Starting and finishing at the Plains Bible Chapel. The three-mile route led runners on Combest Creek Road, Nelson Lane and River Road East - together with paths and trails within the Nelson Ranch.
Birding a therapeutic hobby during strange times
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced many people into quarantine back in March, I noticed some of my neighbors and peers on social media taking on brand new hobbies to combat the isolation.
Mineral County Community Calendar - Oct. 2
Free Medicare 101 Classes Coming Soon
Mineral County Drug Court holds graduation
Andrew Waite
Noxon posts 78 in win over scrappy Alberton squad
It may have been a lopsided score, but the real story in Noxon’s 78-47 win over Alberton Thursday night was the heart involved.
Community Calendar
Open Monday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
JMG cleans up
This year’s Plains JMG (Jobs for Montana’s Graduates) class took time out of their day to clean up nearly four miles along Baker’s Grade on October 11, 2010. Starting at about 10:30 in the morning, they cleaned the highway up quickly when they finished by noon. Afterwards, they went to the Circle for some ice cream to celebrate. The highway cleanup is part of the community service that JMG students have to do for the class.
Keeping in touch
We completed our 35th legislative day on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The transmittal deadline for non-revenue bills to pass between the House and the Senate is Thursday, February 24th. Bills which have no revenues attached to them must be passed out of committee by Friday, February 18th so that they may heard on the floor of the House in order to be voted on by the House and complete the process in the lower chamber. Then the bills which pass 2nd and 3rd readings advance to the Senate for another thorough vetting. The bills which successfully complete the process in the Senate are then transmitted to the Governor’s office to be signed into law.
Mayor Brinson reflects on his time in office
PLAINS – After eight years as mayor, Michael Brinson is finally ready to step down from his position and start focusing on himself and his business.
Solid opening weekend for hunting season
Hunters took to the field Saturday and Sunday across northwest Montana for the opening weekend of the general deer and elk season. At the six northwest Montana check stations, a total of 3,146 hunters checked 136 white-tailed deer, 25 mule deer, and 31 elk for a 6.1 percent rate of hunters with game. Of the whitetails checked, 95 were bucks and 41 were antlerless. The Highway 2 check station had the largest number of whitetail deer taken (40), while the Swan (31) and Olney (29) check stations weren’t far behind.
Henderson patrols Forest Service land in two counties
As the law enforcement officer for the Forest Service covering Mineral and most of Sanders counties, Bobby Henderson is right where he wants to be.
Guest opinion: Water law and the compact
As Flathead Irrigation District farmers and ranchers, as irrigators who make their living from the land, we have some grave concerns about the misinformation that is circulating about the proposed Water Use Agreement and the Flathead Reservation Compact.
Friends of the Library hold a fling
For the Friends of the Library, their mission is all about taking up the slack where funds are not available to do something. Leslie Heppe, Friends’ president, said that they step in when something needs done that the county is not able to do or the budget does not allot for to protect the future of the library.
Hinkle speaks at meeting
Physician-assisted suicide was the main topic of Senator Gregoray Hinkle’s talk during last Friday’s St. Regis town council meeting.
Sanders County Justice Court
Montana
Developers discuss problems with county planner
Mineral County landowners and developers filled every chair in the Mineral County Commissioners’ Room Thursday to talk with commissioners about problems with the Mineral County Planning Department and possible solutions.
Delegation says climate change is cause of wildfires
A group of delegates traveled to Washington, D.C., recently and met with their legislators to discuss climate change and proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.