St. Regis, Charlo thrill in 14C championship

Sound can be many things. It can bring joy or be a harbinger of pain. Produce happiness or deflating sorrow as when someone unties the end of a balloon and the energy keeping it pumped up escapes into thin air.

Thilmony leads local wrestlers at state

Three appearances in the title matches and three straight State Championships for Thompson Falls standout wrestler Trae Thilmony, who made it a trifecta with his win at 145 pounds at the state tournment in Billings this past weekend.

Paradise: Water board members call for split from sewer board

There has been progress made in the controversial Paradise Sewer construction project.

Trumpeter flock to Flathead River for winter

Even if you weren’t looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise.

Trumpeter swans flock to Flathead River for winter

Even if you weren’t looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise.

Superior woman takes reins at Superior Mountain Herbs

Seasonal influenza viruses strike year-round in the United States, but most cases of the flu are accounted for during the fall and winter, according to the CDC.

Sanders County Justice Court

Sanders County Justice Court

Column: Montana has been discovered

Montana has been discovered. We were the second-fastest-growing state in the country last year. Our rapidly increasing population presents many challenges and opportunities, and it’s also driving a lot of unease among many of us who’ve lived here for a long time.

Political courage

Courage is a virtue that we Americans value in our culture. An act of courage transcends ideology, it is a personal characteristic that belongs to the individual or group and to call it bravery without thought of personal consequences is as good a definition as any. We award medals for it.

Legals for February, 23 2022

Flushed pillowcase blamed for Alberton sewer backup

The city of Alberton on Dec. 31, 2021 became aware of a sewer system failure that created an issue of sewage backing up in a manhole on the west end of Parkway Drive. When the manhole became full, the sewage overflowed and was pushed back into at least one resident’s home.

Humble and hardworking: Cowboy HOF inductee Hamel reflects on ranching, rodeo life

His folks bought the ranch in 1944, he thinks, and moved his brother and himself there from Dixon as they were getting into trouble and running with the wrong crowd.

Alberton Early Learning Center helps kids thrive

Affordable housing, affordable health insurance, and affordable child care can all be placed under the "staples of life" umbrella. Housing and health care have drawn national attention and have movements in action, but daycare is a rung down on the ladder.

New elk regs affect Region 1 hunters

Elk hunters sighting the northwestern reaches of Montana already tagged a brute ahead of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Guides and outfitters lament murky minimum wage rule

A newly-enacted executive order requiring an increased minimum wage for federal contract workers has left local outfitting and rafting companies scrambling as they try to determine what the new rule means for their future.

Hot Springs girls nip the Plains Trotters, 51-50

Good karma begets good karma?

Blue Hawks falter against Bigfork, Mission

When you are getting ready for a conference tournament its always good to know how the boys on top are doing.

T-Falls girls secure No. 2 seed with win over St. Ignatius

With the District 7B second seed on the line, Thompson Falls’ Lady Hawks dug deep and came up with a 52-51 win over now fourth-seeded St. Ignatius during a hard-fought conference battle Thursday night in St. Ignatius.

Plains hoopers conclude regular seasons

Going into the final game of a season in which your team has yet to enter the win column, playing a traditional B/C powerhouse is perhaps a fitting way to wrap things up.

Lady Bobcats tune up for postseason

The Superior High School girls tuned up for this week’s Western 14C basketball tournament with a positive split of their final three regular season games of the year.