Verbally abusive relationship, Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series on verbal abuse. In this article I will address some ways to manage verbal abuse.

Loge, French vie to be House District 14 legislator

House District 14 in Montana encompasses a gigantic chunk of real estate, from from Eastern Plains to Lookout Pass. Then, St. Regis to Western Missoula. Evaro Hill to Valley Creek onward to Dixon. Then Camas Prairie to Hot Springs and Lone Pine.

Legals for May, 13 2020

Food for Thought: Are You in a verbally abusive relationship?

This is the first of a two-part series on verbal abuse. In this article I will discuss some of the dynamics and the various types of verbal abuse. In the next article I will discuss how to handle verbal abuse when it occurs to you.

Sanders County Coalition battles child abuse

Crystal Buchanan, her husband and daughter had their work cut out for them last week when they placed 875 pinwheels in the grassy strip in downtown Plains.

Sen. Cuffe supports Fielder for Public Service Commission

Senator Jennifer Fielder is my choice for Public Service Commission, and I think you will like her, too.

Mineral Co. schools plan their next steps

As COVID-19 restrictions are eased, there is a light at the end of the tunnel after several weeks of home-confinement as life is beginning to return to normal. Or, the “new” normal we have been told to expect.

St. Regis finds innovative way to honor its Class of 2020

With senior classes missing out on so much over the course of the COVID-19 outbreak St. Regis Schools Fan Club wanted to find a special way to give these students recognition and honor their hard work.

Milder winter means more promise for elk, deer

Just because the 2020 U.S. Census was on ice waiting out the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order doesn’t mean ‘individuals’ are not being counted.

Two bald eagle chicks relocated

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks worked in close partnership with the Montana Raptor Conservation Center to relocate two orphaned bald eagle chicks last week in southwest Montana.

Does worrying help?

Today many people are worried about the COVID-19 virus. What does the future hold? Will I get sick or worse? Will I lose my retirement because of the stock market? When can I resume a “normal“ life?

Sanders County schools finalize year-end plans

School officials in Sanders County have mostly finalized plans for the end of the 2019-20 school year.

Mineral County authorities search for missing man

Mineral County officials are searching for a 74-year-old Washington man after he was reported missing from his home in Spokane April 29.

Food for Thought: Which angry face do you wear?

Many of us have been taught that anger is bad and that it should not be expressed. It is true that violent and aggressive expressions of anger are dangerous and destructive.

St. Regis School has two levy requests on May 5 ballot

Tuesday, May 5, the St. Regis School District 1 will have two important levies for voters to consider, including the building reserve fund and the general fund.

Alberton School District 2 trustee candidates

Tuesday, May 5, Alberton School District 2 of Mineral County will have a mail-in election for two school board trustee positions. Two candidates and the incumbent were all asked the same questions.

Mineral County Airport gets grant money for new hangar

Steve Temple, Mineral County Airport Manager, announced that the airport is the recipient of $20,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration.

Frields candidate for three-year term on Thompson Falls School Board

NAME: Ryan J. Frields

Firefighters get Henry Creek fire under control; no cause announced

Western Montana firefighters are doing mop up work on a 40-acre wildfire that occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Henry Creek drainage, about 5 miles east of Plains, on the Lolo National Forest.

Scotchman Peaks Wilderness program coordinator retires

Sandy Compton finds sacred ground in stone cathedrals carved by glaciers, in landscapes of cirques and tarns and scree. Hymns in this wild country rely on prolonged notes of silence punctuated by birdsong, by the gurgle of clear-running streams and, in season, by the bugling of bull elk.