Fishing for a clear answer

The breach of the Milltown Dam did not damage fish populations as much as was expected, but local fishing outfitters are dealing with a different business problem caused by the breach.

St. Regis woman makes tack with flair

Tack is equipment or accessories outfitted on horses and other equines in the course of their use as domesticated animals.

Whiffleball games help get anti-tobacco message to kids

The students at Plains High School are being proactive about reACT.

Fire officials monitor county snowpack

Heading into mid-season everyone’s focus turns to snowpack and already Western Montanans are thinking ahead to summer and upcoming forest fires...

Food for Thought: Recovering from an affair

Infidelity is more common than most people realize...

COLUMN: Monkey bars

It started early for me. I’ve always been a scavenger of one sort or another.

COLUMN: Play ball!

In our young minds, we were pioneers, the original “boys of summer”.

Setting the record straight

Dear Editor,

St. Regis man fights California wildfires

Curtis Cochran laughs now when he talks about the more than a month he spent in July fighting fires in California, but when he was there things were much more serious.

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.

Celebrating the Fourth in style

Residents go back in time at David Thompson Days in TFalls

Residents go back in time at David Thompson Days in TFalls

Legals for June, 12 2024

Lady Hawks falls short

THOMPSON FALLS – On Tuesday, April 15, the Lady Hawks went up against Loyola Sacred Heart. The game ended 0-14, with Loyola taking the win.

Remembering a great season

Last week a wild and crazy year of basketball ended for the county.

Craftsman turns horns into functional art

Artisans and craftsmen can see things in a different way than most people.

Rosemary Elizabeth Hampton-Colver, 89

Rosemary was born to Ruth and Victor Hampton October 8, 1927 at 12,718 feet elevation in Siglo Veinte (Llallagua), Bolivia. Coming into the world at that elevation must have been the catalyst for her love of the outdoors. She was raised among the native Bolivian populace while her father was operating a tin and silver mine as an Engineer. Her mother was a Baptist missionary and teacher. Rosemary, her sister Marquita and brother Ronnie learned Spanish and English simultaneously at an early age. Rosemary was schooled in Bolivia, Chile, Ontario Canada and New York. By 1940 the family moved back to the US and ended up in Texas where she started college in Dickinson. Circumstances led Rosemary and her siblings to Montana in the early 1950’s. Rosemary enrolled at Eastern Montana College and Quita taught school in remote Wilsall, MT. Ronald headed back to Texas by way of college in Salt Lake City.

Sanders County deals with illegal dumping

One person’s garbage is not always another person’s treasure.

Montana Viewpoint: Rights and responsibilities

But for almost every right, there is a qualifier that is as important as the right itself.

Recycling comes back to Alberton

Citizens find their own solution

The big blue Republic recycling bin is back in front of the Alberton Feed and Supply store thanks to a small group of community minded citizens who want to see recycling continue in this small town. The bin originally was put into place about four years ago as the result of a senior project by Shawnda Rohrbach. At that time Allied Waste owned the garbage business for Mineral County and the bin was donated to the community.

Proper way to buckle up

“We were only going to the grocery store ...”  “He hates to ride in his car seat, so just this once I didn’t make him ...”  “She was having a meltdown, so I took her out of her seat for a minute to calm her down.”  Traffic safety experts hear these words all too often from distraught parents after tragedy has struck. Remember, a one-time lapse in consistent car seat use can result in a lifetime of regret.