Officials urge safe burning practices

ST. REGIS-At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible forest fire in the mountains behind the OK Cafe in St. Regis.

Defense Wins Championships

The old adage of “defense wins championships” was alive and well in Superior this week, as the boys basketball team kept the defensive pressure on both Noxon and St. Regis to win two critical games capping off a 31-5 regular season.

Noxon Devils lose two matches

Noxon came up short in a pair of matches last week, first at home versus St. Regis, and later on the road at Hot Springs.

Duo performs for county

With a dimming of the lights, Colin Ross and Mig O’Hara preceded to turn the Parkside Baptist Church in Superior Wednesday night into a speakeasy in the 1920s. That is, when the duo played their more blues and jazz influenced music. Throughout their concert, they also played a variety of county and folk as well.

St. Regis students get pleasant surprise

St. Regis students received a surprise this week after they finished taking their semester tests on Monday. Yearbooks are a creative outlet that commemorates an important time in your life. While making them is hard work, the result is a fun way to document life and hold onto good memories. On Monday, thanks to the support of businesses from around the county, last year’s juniors, sophomores and freshmen all received a free year book. The seniors of class 2010 also received a free book.

Road work begins on highways 200 and 135

Montana 135 between St. Regis and Paradise is a 21.5-mile-long route known as the cut-off road. From 1960 to 1978, it was a connection between U.S. 10 and US 10A and later Montana 200.

Loge to run for Senate District 45

Rep. Denley Loge of St. Regis will run for Montana's Senate in District 45 in the next election.

St. Regis/Mullan hammers Lakeside, 72-20

The Tigers showed that loss was in the rear view mirror and the road ahead was theirs for the taking as they opened Idaho 8-man football play with a crushing 72-20 win over Lakeside Friday night in Mullan.

Patrick "Scotty" J. Scott

Patrick J. Scott, 52, of St. Regis, Montana, passed away peacefully Wednesday Aug. 25.

Community garden harvest party in St. Regis

As the days get shorter and temperatures begin to drop, the end of summer gives way to fall, the start of harvest time.

St. Regis River nears flood stage as snowpack melts

The banks of the Clark Fork River are swollen with muddy, high water as spring temperatures start to melt the high mountain snow. According to a statement released by Mineral County Floodplain Administrator, Tim Read, area snowpack monitors indicate a snowpack level that is nearing 100 percent of average or above. Though there are no reports of flooding so far, if there is a lot of rain, and higher temperatures, then flooding could occur. Read said that high water events in Mineral County usually occur in the month of April.

Semi-truck accident contained

Both the West End Volunteer Fire Department and St. Regis Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene of a semi-truck accident on Interstate 90 on the evening of Monday, Feb. 26. West End Volunteers were able to safely extract the driver of the semi-truck from his vehicle before a tow truck crew went to work removing it. The accident happened near mile marker 15.

Local hoopers take advantage of summer ball

If you have a favorite sport, one you can’t get enough of, local high school basketball teams have your back.

Sports Roundup

Clark Fork will join teams from Thompson Falls/Noxon, Plains/Hot Springs, Florence, Arlee, Mission/Charlo and Eureka for the Western B-C Divisional Tournament on Saturday at Thompson Falls High School.

Legals for May, 11 2022

Mineral County law roundup

Drugs, Tiger Street, St. Regis, Deputy issued three citations and released student to their mother.

Hydrogen-powered drones could patrol remote stretch of I-90

Imagine a system that could provide public safety, emergency medical services, law enforcement, fire abatement and communications in one small fleet of hydrogen powered UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that are able to stay in the air up to 13 hours and to be on call day or night in any weather.

Mineral County Roundup

Mr. Yeager’s sixth-grade class at St. Regis School is planning an end-of-the-year project to donate backpacks to kids in need. The backpacks will be filled with school supplies for next fall. They are currently accepting cash donations and will have a booth, “Mineral County Makes a Difference” at the three-day flea market in St. Regis over Memorial Day weekend.

Legals for October, 26 2022

Comments sought on proposed Lolo Forest plan

A 60-day comment period opened Feb. 1 for Lolo Forest's proposed forest plan.