New practices fills need for mental health services

Partnership Health Center closed their office location in Superior in December, inviting their patients to continue their health care at the Missoula location, 401 Railroad Street West.

Sanders County Justice Court

Sanders County Justice Court

Beetle picked to battle Flathead’s flowering rush invasion

A Missoula-based invasive weed workgroup is eying the prowess of a European weevil to nibble down flowering rush at Flathead Lake, where the exotic aquatic perennial thrives.

Lake County presses state for law enforcement funding deal

Attorneys representing the Lake County commissioners sent a letter to Gov. Greg Gianforte last week in the hopes of finding a resolution to a longstanding dispute regarding costs of law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Column: Montana has been discovered

Montana has been discovered. We were the second-fastest-growing state in the country last year. Our rapidly increasing population presents many challenges and opportunities, and it’s also driving a lot of unease among many of us who’ve lived here for a long time.

Legals for February, 23 2022

Trapper education work group to meet in Polson on Feb. 23

The group responsible for developing Montana’s new trapper education program is meeting Wednesday, Feb. 23 in Polson.

Flushed pillowcase blamed for Alberton sewer backup

The city of Alberton on Dec. 31, 2021 became aware of a sewer system failure that created an issue of sewage backing up in a manhole on the west end of Parkway Drive. When the manhole became full, the sewage overflowed and was pushed back into at least one resident’s home.

Humble and hardworking: Cowboy HOF inductee Hamel reflects on ranching, rodeo life

His folks bought the ranch in 1944, he thinks, and moved his brother and himself there from Dixon as they were getting into trouble and running with the wrong crowd.

Alberton Early Learning Center helps kids thrive

Affordable housing, affordable health insurance, and affordable child care can all be placed under the "staples of life" umbrella. Housing and health care have drawn national attention and have movements in action, but daycare is a rung down on the ladder.

Plains council discusses internet fiber fees

The regular Plains City Council meeting held Feb. 7 addressed several important items on the agenda.

Water management board adds final members

Members of the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board selected an aquatic biologist and educator to serve as its fifth member. Georgia Smies was picked by the board following closed-session interviews held during its second official meeting last week.

New elk regs affect Region 1 hunters

Elk hunters sighting the northwestern reaches of Montana already tagged a brute ahead of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Kay (Mathies Minemyer) Tompkins

Kay (Mathies Minemyer) Tompkins

Hunter and bowhunter education classes offered

Hunter and bowhunter education classes are scheduled for west-central Montana communities this year

Guides and outfitters lament murky minimum wage rule

A newly-enacted executive order requiring an increased minimum wage for federal contract workers has left local outfitting and rafting companies scrambling as they try to determine what the new rule means for their future.

Rockfall mitigation work planned near St. Regis

The Montana Department of Transportation is taking public comment on a proposal to stabilize a rock cut slope about 400 feet long on Montana 135, 14 miles northeast of St. Regis.

Montana rights, liberties and freedoms protected

Montana Republicans protected your rights, liberties and freedoms during the 2021 legislative session.

Hot Springs boys split final games

With the 2021-22 class C basketball regular season in the rear view mirror, the Hot Springs Savage Heat boys closed things out with a split of their final two games this past week.

T-Falls girls secure No. 2 seed with win over St. Ignatius

With the District 7B second seed on the line, Thompson Falls’ Lady Hawks dug deep and came up with a 52-51 win over now fourth-seeded St. Ignatius during a hard-fought conference battle Thursday night in St. Ignatius.