Murder suspects enter pleas
Two homicides came before the district court Tuesday. Both occurred in Hot Springs in the same week; one on Wednesday, October 7 and one on...
Dog Hill Bistro in Plains closing its doors
COVID-19 has brought sickness, death, mental anguish and unemployment throughout the nation. Though...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Vincent Zinicola, 43, day speeding, $70. Logan Dinkelspiel, 25, aggravated driving under the influence, 1st offense, $1,085,...
Snow, cold puts end to hoppers
The beginning of this year's winter wonderland might be the finish for the little troublesome...
Annual Christmas Bazaar canceled
by Annie Wooden The popular Sanders County Christmas Bazaar, held each December at Thompson Falls High School, has been forced to cancel this year...
State offers tourism grants
The Montana Commerce Department has announced the official opening for the Tourism Grant Program....
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: Trout Creek, 2; Plains, 2; T. Falls, 10; Dixon, 2; Hot Springs, 4; Noxon, 1; Paradise, 1. Monday, October 19 Fire, T. Falls. Theft,...
Slow start to rifle season
The 2020 hunting season has had a less-than-stellar start after much of Montana received a hefty early snow. “Many may have stayed home instead of...
Tip line to report poachers
Montana's outdoor crime-stopper help line, TIP-MONT, has an online option to report poachers and other hunting-season violators. Now alert citizens...
Noxon/Bull River Weather
September daytime highs were slightly below average and nighttime lows continue the trend of being above average. We finally broke the dry spell...
Bowling Scores
THOMPSON FALLS BOWLING BEAUTIES W L Lane Blazers 17 7 Sunflower Gals 12.5 11.5 Aspire PT 10 14 Gardner Ranch 8.5 15.5 Team Scr. Game: Lane Blazers,...
Hawks to host Simms
In coach Jared Koskela’s eyes, these Tigers are dark horses. The unbeaten, 8-0, No. 3 ranked Thompson Falls Blue Hawks will host the 4-2 Simms...
Tournaments begin!
Although some teams would appear to be a little more legitimate than others at this late stage,...
Justin time
Already All-State, Justin Morgan upped his cross country game a few notches this season and almost...
Vikings, Heat top seeds in 14C classic
The District 14C volleyball tournament will be played mostly remotely but will end up in St. Regis Saturday for the championship, consolation and,...
Horsemen survive blizzard, bury Seeley-Swan
What a wild, whacky and yes, wonderful way to end a football season – in a driving snowstorm on a...
A season to remember
This will be a high school memory, an experience that those involved with will never forget; and will become richer with the retelling each time....
Scouts stop Savage Heat
It wasn’t supposed to end this way but nothing in 2020 has really gone down the way that it is supposed to. The Hot Springs Savage Heat fell 41-38...
'Far out' show fills The Rex
The music of John Denver resonated through The Rex Theater on Saturday as tribute artist Ted Vigil...
Full Blue Moon falls on Halloween
It’s no secret, this year’s Halloween will look a little different due to the COVID-19...
Library director muses on passion for books
Lynne Kersten, who has been the Thompson Falls Public Library Director for just over a decade, will...
Winter weather surprises county
What may have been a beautiful mid-autumn weekend, was quickly overtaken by one of the earliest...
Crossword Solution
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. PCT 4. Males 9. Arced 14. Rue 15. Abash 16. Melba 17. Orr 18. Comparisons 20....
Do you get a flu shot? Why or why not?
Robin Fisher, Thompson Falls - “I have gotten my flu shot this year, here in Thompson Falls. I get it every year.” Robert Adams, Thompson Falls...
Sharing passion for our community
If only everyone had as much passion for their community as Ray Brown. Ray was recently hired as executive director of Sanders County Community...
Remember When?
70 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 30, 1950 HUNTING NEWS Official returns from the two checking stations, maintained by the Montana Fish and Game Commission,...
Outdoor Adventures
There are few hunts in Montana that compare to chasing after the ghosts of the prairie. Pronghorn sheep, American antelope, speed goat and numerous...
Montana Viewpoint
We are living in a tumultuous time, and my bet is it will become even more tumultuous after the...
Kelsey Charlene (Fitchett-Howard) Cold
Kelsey Charlene (Fitchett-Howard) Cold, 25, left this world much too early on October 6, 2020, in...
Robert David Wolf
Robert D. Wolf moved to his new address on October 21, 2020, to be reunited with his beloved wife in heaven. He will no longer be getting robocalls,...
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