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Litter lingers from last year's train derailment into Clark Fork River
May 15, 2024 midnight

Litter lingers from last year's train derailment into Clark Fork River

On Sunday, April 2 of last year, about two dozen Montana Rail Link freight cars derailed directly across from Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort on the Clark Fork River near Paradise.

Superior fifth-grader is a beekeeper training
May 15, 2024 midnight

Superior fifth-grader is a beekeeper training

11-year-old Ayla Henderson of Superior has the buzz on bees.

May 15, 2024 midnight

Supports White for SD 45

I fully support AnnaMarie White for district 45.

May 15, 2024 midnight

COLUMN: In the field

There has always been an almost mythical attraction about the “field” part of track and field, particularly the events associated with the big and powerful among us.

Locals post strong results at 7B District meet
May 15, 2024 midnight

Locals post strong results at 7B District meet

How important is depth in team sports?

Thompson Falls golfers battled wind, tough course at Anaconda
May 15, 2024 midnight

Thompson Falls golfers battled wind, tough course at Anaconda

How windy was it in Anaconda this past week?

Lady Hawks softball eyes postseason run
May 15, 2024 midnight

Lady Hawks softball eyes postseason run

For the better parts of three months, they have been running, catching, hitting and working on the many parts of the game of fastpitch softball.

May 15, 2024 midnight

Noxon-Thompson Falls baseball gets win over Browning

If the way the first season of Noxon-Thompson Falls varsity baseball ended is any indication, good things may be on the horizon for the Red Devils.

Spring operations start-up in Glacier National Park
May 13, 2024 midnight

Spring operations start-up in Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park staff are gearing up for the season, with west-side vehicle reservations about to begin and snow plows nearing Logan Pass.

May storm improves outlook, but drought concerns persist for Montana
May 9, 2024 2 p.m.

May storm improves outlook, but drought concerns persist for Montana

This week’s widespread, wet storm has brought a measure of relief to parts of Montana reeling from one of the driest winters on record, but water managers say it’s too early to tell how much of that water will stick around to sustain streams, crops and forests through the hottest months of the year.

Buttigieg highlights US 93 funding during reservation visit
May 9, 2024 midnight

Buttigieg highlights US 93 funding during reservation visit

The Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law and its connection to safety for people and wildlife was on Pete Buttigieg’s mind during his recent visit to the Flathead Reservation. Buttigieg, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, was in Western Montana Monday and Tuesday to celebrate funding from the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in 2021.

The rube sits and smiles
May 9, 2024 midnight

The rube sits and smiles

After having unloaded all my farm equipment from the railcar that had brought it from my late father’s farm back east, I knew that I had come to the right part of the world when Dude and Shorty, who had helped me unload it, looked at the wheels on my hay wagon and pronounced them “high-speed” because they actually had ball bearings instead of old-fashioned babbitt bearings. A person with less class than Shorty and Dude might have rightly said, “What a bunch of wore-out junk.”

Standout seniors earn DUI Task Force scholarships
May 8, 2024 midnight

Standout seniors earn DUI Task Force scholarships

Three seniors were invited to the courthouse in Superior on April 30 to be presented with scholarship from the Mineral County DUI Task Force.

AG says state will consider funding for PL 280
May 8, 2024 midnight

AG says state will consider funding for PL 280

Whether fueled by election-year largesse or Lake County’s impending withdrawal from Public Law 280, Attorney General Austin Knudsen delivered some long-awaited good news Monday. The office of Gov. Greg Gianforte, he said, “has authorized me to convey to you folks they would sign a bill through the Legislature that provided some law enforcement funding for Lake County.”

Herd of runners take part Dixon's Stampede
May 8, 2024 midnight

Herd of runners take part Dixon's Stampede

On a bright beautiful Saturday morning, runners from across Northwest Montana assembled in Dixon for the annual Bison Stampede.

Former Plains resident helps his students and school shine
May 8, 2024 midnight

Former Plains resident helps his students and school shine

For over two decades, Shane Browning has touched the lives of young students in Sterling, Colorado's RE-1 Valley School District as an elementary teacher.

Superior moving back to Class C in some sports
May 8, 2024 midnight

Superior moving back to Class C in some sports

Scorecard, scorecard, can’t tell the players (or conference?) without a scorecard.

May 8, 2024 midnight

Tracksters tune up at Kim L Haines meet

That was, in basic terms, a clean-up, rest-up and tune-up weekend for area Class B-C track and field teams as post season playoffs get underway this week.

Lady Hawks score 13-3 win over rival Plains
May 8, 2024 midnight

Lady Hawks score 13-3 win over rival Plains

If you look purely at the score, you would think the Sanders County rivalry softball game between Plains and Thompson Falls was a rout.

Local stars put on show at Archie Roe
May 8, 2024 midnight

Local stars put on show at Archie Roe

When one of our own small town stars shines above the rest, it is a special thing.