Articles from the May 14, 2020 edition
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Ballots mailed for June 2 primary
They are sealed and delivered, and now awaiting official marking and return from registered voters in Sanders County. Primary election ballots were mailed out last Friday and are embarking on a far from normal election journey. County officials are...
A TALE OF TWO PEAKS
When it comes to Priscilla Peak lookout, a change of scenery could do everyone, including the historic building itself, a lot of good. With a project designed to rescue and restore the time-worn...
A TALE OF TWO PEAKS
In this tale of two lookouts becoming one, here is the other side of the story. Driveway Peak has been lonely on top for quite a while, without any historic buildings of its own for nearly 30 years;...
Greenhouse is a family affair
As we dust the thin layer of bright-yellow pollen from our windshields each morning, three generations of the Totzauer family have been busy taking advantage of the season by offering a grand opening...
Our Viewpoint
“They say the first 50 years of marriage are always the hardest.” That's what someone told my parents, Gene and Barb, last weekend. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary this Saturday, May 16. Celebrations, including what they will do to...
Montana Viewpoint
President Trump doesn’t like the Post Office. It isn’t because he doesn’t like standing in line to buy a stamp, in fact I doubt if he has ever had to stand in line, let alone ever had to buy a...
Board should trust leaders
I’d like to address the nearly six-minute diatribe by a board member at the April 30 meeting. It was inappropriate. This time is set aside for public comment. Trustee Stough was speaking as a trustee because he referenced “we the board” over a...
Remember When?
70 YEARS AGO • MAY 17, 1950 MANY AT PARADISE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT Last Thursday night, about 11:20, the President’s train stopped at Paradise for about twenty minutes. Many from Thompson Falls had gone there to be present with the hundreds of oth...
Question of the Week
SUZY MOTT, Thompson Falls - “A moose because a friend of mine said they have a big ponderous head, but I love their antlers and they just look majestic to me.” ANGEL WHITING, Thompson Falls - “My favorite Montana animal would be the bobcat...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance Heron 1, T. Falls 9, Hot Springs 2, Dixon 1, Plains 3, Trout Creek 2 Saturday, May 2 Motor vehicle crash, Dixon. Disturbance, T. Falls. Disturbance, shouting, shoving and one punch in the right eye. Drinking while on probation, T. Falls....
Justice Court
Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Shawn Morrison, 20, driving without a license, $225; obstructing a peace officer or public servant, $185. Grant Sexton, 45, driving a motor vehicle while privilege is suspended 2nd offense, $285, 2 days in jail;...
Deferred sentences imposed for defendants
A Thompson Falls man was sentenced on Tuesday to a two-year deferred sentence with the Department of Corrections. Eric Malchow, as part of the sentence from Judge James Manley, will also have to complete the sexual offender treatment program....
TF council addresses parking, subdivisions
The Thompson Falls City Council met Monday night to discuss several issues facing the town and returning operations to normalcy. The first item discussed was the town water bills, which for some community members have not been paid for two months....
Ellie Inez Wates
Ellie "Inez" Wates, age 87, of Noxon Montana, passed away on March 18, 2020 at the Cabinet Peaks Medical Center of complications from a stroke. In the week preceding her death, Inez was continually... Full story
Ione Hall Moore
Ione Hall Moore died peacefully April 29, 2020. Her eldest daughter and only grandchild were by her bedside. Her son and daughter-in-law, and youngest daughter were present by video phone. Ione died... Full story
AN EERIE REMINDER
It was almost 40 years ago that the Northwest was in the midst of a different kind of crisis. On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Skamania County, Washington, resulting in the deadliest and...
BIG SKY
PRETTY PUDDLE – A sunset above the P Hill near Plains gives off spectacular colors with the help of recent rain water....
County sale event canceled
The Sanders County Yard Sale-ing event is considered by many to be one of the most anticipated events of the year. Given the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak and the fact that Sanders County has no yet-reported cases the event was...
Tuesday night men play with new COVID-19 rules
Let’s talk about something else for a while. How about Tuesday Night Men’s golf? Playing through the ongoing pandemic hazard with some slightly altered rules of competition, the Tuesday Night Men’s League teed off on 2020 play last week while...
Wednesday night players finally visit River's Bend
Wednesday night golf, why not? The Wednesday Night Men’s League met up at River’s Bend for the first time this season – at socially acceptable distances from each other, of course – and had some fun with it on opening night last week. The...
Love them? Leave them!
Each spring, FWP receives calls from people who have picked up deer fawns, baby birds or other newly born wildlife.? It’s important to remember that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks no longer accepts, holds or rehabilitates moose, deer, elk and...
Community mourns Harlee Salmi
An angel has earned her wings. At the age of 6, Harlee Joanne Salmi of Hot Springs passed away on Wednesday, May 6, after battling cancer. "At 12:20 p.m. today Harlee flew off to heaven! She fought...
Crossword Solution
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