Dealing with Guilt, part 2

Last week I wrote how guilt can affect your life. This week I will discuss how to manage guilt.

Planning for the future

Patrick Low, superintendent of St. Regis School District, sat in an empty room Saturday. A meeting was scheduled to discuss the third draft of the school's strategic plan. And while no one showed up to offer any comments on the plan, Low said that board members as well as himself have received input on the plan in passing, whether at the grocery store or at sports camps.

Farmers market starts in Superior

Mineral County vendors set up tables by the Old School in Superior Saturday morning and kicked off the third year of the Superior Farmers Market. A total of six vendors sold locally made goods from 9 a.m. to noon.

A photographer's life taken by pictures

Danielle Switalski

Panthers lose fight against Charlo, St. Ignatius

Coach Chris Clevenger knew that the Alberton boys were in for a showdown this weekend when they were matched up to play two tough games, one against St. Ignatius on Friday and Charlo on Saturday.

Hot Springs catches onto folf craze

Featuring a number of local folfers the dominant player of the Western Montana Folf Tournament on Sunday turned out to not be anyone bearing a disc.

Heat look back on season

When frisbees and golf collide

Matt Unrau

A wicked problem

As Montana’s top natural resource administrators laid out the grim forecast for this year’s fire season, it became clear that many Western states face the worst wildfire conditions in recorded history. Fuel loads are so high in some areas we are literally just one spark away from record setting catastrophic disaster. All of Montana is vulnerable. Southwest Montana is in particularly high danger this year.

Holiday bazaar benefits Alberton Food Pantry

ALBERTON – With Thanksgiving over, the Alberton Food Pantry started off the holiday season with the town’s annual craft fair bazaar.

Unique Emporium to close doors for good in April

PLAINS- Raylene Katana loves antiques and she loves Montana. It would seem strange at first then to learn that she is leaving them both behind for the sunny shores of southern California. Raylene is closing her second hand collectible shop, the Unique Emporium in Plains, and is moving to San Diego to be closer to family.

Bluehawks bring outside experience to the court

THOMPSON FALLS – As the winter sports season begins in full swing, the Bluehawks boys basketball team prepares for their first tournament.

Annual Bruce Frye Memorial Shoot draws crowd

PLAINS – The annual Bruce Frye Memorial Shoot brought in a good crowd to the Plains Trap Club over the weekend with 11 squads on Saturday and 13 squads on Sunday.

Support for SB 265 - delay the water compact

Some say it will utterly destroy farming, ranching, lives, and land values in northwestern Montana. Others argue there’s nothing to fear in the massive Salish-Kootenai water rights compact. Both sides agree the economic implications are perhaps the largest we will see in our lifetime. But there is a strong disagreement over whether those outcomes will be good or bad.

Piranhas pull out wins at state meet in Sydney

SYDNEY- The Plains Swim Team spent a good deal of time this season working on the fundamentals and getting the team used to what competition feels like. The team tirelessly practiced flip turns, starts and technique during a season that only lasts a few months giving swimmers little time to adapt and learn.

Reader urges patience as ballots are counted

Let the election process go through its complete course.

Blue Hawks keep dominating with thrashing of Troy, 75-0

The Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team kept rolling with a 75-0 rout over Troy last Friday.

St. Regis reloads with top golfers

Last year was a good year for the St. Regis High School golf team.

McKlosky named FWP's Region 2 supervisor

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently named Kendra McKlosky as the new Region 2 supervisor based out of the office in Missoula.

Quinlan leads Superior Bobcats in two losses

Every now and then, its called a cycle in small town basketball, graduation can be a not so good thing.