Candidates finish filing for election

SANDERS COUNTY – As the filing period ended on Monday, March 10, the county now knows who is up for election.

Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat fall to Noxon

A whirlwind week for the Hot Springs Savage Ladies Volleyball team saw a loss and forfeit.

Mineral County Health Department provides Covid tests, vaccines

Mineral County Health Department will be visiting communities this month to provide COVID-19 vaccines/boosters and free rapid antigen COVID-19 home testing kits provided by the state health department.

Alberton Student Spotlight: Emmah Baughman

Full name: Emmah Baughman

Thanks for saving my life

My name is Jeff Tautges. I am the man who was trapped in the burning apartment in St. Regis a few weeks ago. I don’t know all the details of my rescue by the St. Regis fire department. But some information is coming into me now. I could explain the horrors and utter terror of being on fire and believing I was going to die right there and then. But what is more important is my rescue. I have only learned within the last few days that it was Jerry and Gary Dockter who caught me as I dove out of the second story window apparently on fire. Although I have not yet made personal contact, I want to take this opportunity to profoundly thank Jerry and Gary for getting me out of that inferno which came within just a minute or so of taking my life. I am in the process of getting resettled. But I will find Jerry and Gary soon to thank them in person. Thank you all in the St. Regis fire department.

Flat Creek Superfund site closed for winter

Work on the Flat Creek-Iron Mountain Mine Superfund site has ended for the year as winter weather moved into the area. Some of the work on the nearly $4 million site which is located north of Superior, has been completed while other projects will need to wait until next spring according to a report by the Superior Technical Assistance Committee (STAC) Environmental Consultant, Steve Ackerlund.

Mineral County schools deal with COVID-19 issues

Due to rising COVID-19 cases throughout Mineral County some area school districts have had to...

Alberton sends twelve to divisionals

Coach Rachel Clevenger's track team has had about half their meets cancelled this season, but that didn't pose any setbacks for the team. Clevenger said she had twelve individuals qualify for divisionals this last weekend at districts, which is over half the team.

Legislature hits transmittal break

This letter deals more with the process of the Legislature than with the actual legislation.

Preschoolers meet piglets

PLAINS - Home Start Preschool students were tickled pink with meeting Dave Williams’ two female 3-month-old piglets Friday afternoon as part of a school field trip.

Pair of Tigers break school records at Seeley

Tomorrow, track athletes from across Mineral County will compete in Polson at the District Tournament and two St. Regis Tigers will be doing so after not only winning their respective events at last weeks tournament in Seeley-Swan, but breaking the school record for those events as well.

Rodeo tough: Hot Springs' McAllister sets sights on rodeo career

It usually is, according to Hot Springs area resident and recent high school graduate Jack McAllister, an “adrenaline rush.”

Plains veteran specialized in classified military operations

When Heather Allen’s father retired from the Air Force and the family moved to Wisconsin, it wound up being a change of address that would take her to many far off lands, where, among other things, she would find herself talking via secure radio to a downed Air Force pilot in Kosovo while rescue help was on its way.

Savage Heat race past Valley Christian

If you are a fan of scoring in a football game, this one was for you.

Thompson Falls Hawks make football playoffs

Just two years ago, a Montana championship banner was awarded to Thompson Falls for winning the state B-8 football title.

Legals for November, 9 2022

New fire station in the works for Tarkio

The Mineral County Commissioners on March 26 approved a plan to add 66 parcels to the Superior Rural Fire District, which formalized the process that has been going on for over a year to build small fire department in the Tarkio area.

Senator's message

By Senator Jennifer Fielder, R-Thompson Falls

Blindness hasn't stopped former Superior resident

Todd James was diagnosed at the age of 12 with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder that causes the breakdown and loss of cells in the retina.

Montana Viewpoint: American Redoubt

This is the kind of publicity that most communities would not want to have because it would serve as a deterrent to the economic growth of an area.