Upcoming deadline for spring turkey hunting

Montana’s spring male turkey hunting season begins April 13, and the deadline to apply for a Montana spring turkey permit, needed for some areas, is March 7.

Harvest ahead of last year as season ends

NORTHWEST MONTANA - At the six northwest Montana check stations, whitetail deer harvest finished ahead of last year’s totals as the season wrapped up on Sunday.

Lady Hawks end softball season at state

Purists of the sport will tell you that good pitching beats good offense every time.

Community Notes

Fourth of July celebrations will take place in Alberton, and St. Regis. In St. Regis there will be breakfast at the school from 8 to 11 a.m. and a parade at 11 a.m. Food and games at the park from noon to 4 pm, and fireworks at dusk.

Thompson Falls boys & girls suffer losses to Bigfork, Deer Lodge

It would be fair to call last week’s schedule for the Thompson Falls varsity boys’ basketball team the most difficult week of the regular season. After all, the Bluehawks were facing Class B teams ranked No. 1 and No. 5 in Montana.

Rodeo a way of life for Brash family

For Vance Brash and his family, rodeo is a way of life.

Mineral County eyes 911 system overhaul

Mineral County eyes 911 system overhaul

Paradise sewer opponents seek ouster of board members

Each side in the Paradise sewer project issue are hoping for only one kind of ground to be broken.

COLUMN: Give us a break

I sometimes get the feeling Ma Nature is not a big fan of springs sports, the kind played in the great Montana outdoors.

Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says

A Montana man pleaded guilty March 12 to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part of an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids with an aim to sell the species to captive hunting facilities.

Big crowds turn out for Cedar Creek history trip

Last weekend, the Cedar Creek Road outside of Superior might have had its first traffic jam since Adolph Lozeau spilled the beans about the gold strike that Louis Barrette, Basil Lanthier and he had up there in 1867.

American energy dominance makes the world safer

I have no doubt that we are all watching the the events unfold in Ukraine with heartbreak and horror.

Legals for May, 17 2023

COLUMN: Hands off my sports

This planet that is now home to somewhere in the crowded neighborhood of 8 billion human beings by most estimates, is an amazing, if not crazy place.

Montana communities come together against vandalism

Yet Alberton is taking it in stride as they remove the spray paint at the skatepark...

Mineral County Sheriff's Office Profile: Sheriff Mike Toth

Being raised in Billings and graduating from Skyview High School, Mineral County Sheriff Mike Toth...

Alberton discusses Legacy Project

Alberton and Mineral County residents met at the Alberton Community Center Thursday night with a representative from the Montana Legacy Project to discuss the effects the conservation effort may have on Mineral County.

Mineral County court report

May 29, Tyler Randy Carlson, fail to use retractable axle when weight exceeds max axles

Longtime Alberton School secretary honored

After 27 years, Alberton School secretary, Anne Styles is retiring. And despite her modest desire to retire without fanfare, that was exactly what she received during Alberton’s graduation ceremony held on May 28.

Experts assessing Sunrise Fire damage

A few green plants have already sprung up past the charred earth of the Sunrise Fire, which burned just 13 miles east of Superior. On a sunny autumn day, the black soil is littered with tiny rusty pine needles in areas where a few still cling to the half-burned trees. Other areas are just blackened sticks bearing a ghostly reminder of the wildfire that raged through the area last summer, consuming over 26,000 acres.