Articles from the October 10, 2019 edition
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Little Bitterroot expands
The Little Bitterroot Services is expanding its services to the community by opening a new store in Plains. The organization purchased the former Stageline Pizza and attached gym owned by Jim and Lin...
TF seeks input on growth policy
The Thompson Falls Planning Board is working on creating a new growth policy for the city. The growth policy will be a community plan and guide for improving services, infrastructure such streets and sewer and to encourage new businesses and economic...
County updates property tax bills
Tax bills for property owners in Sanders County will be mailed later this month, and property owners will notice a few changes on their tax bills. Sanders County Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer Nichol...
Community discusses human trafficking
What is human trafficking? It is a form of modern-day slavery, according to Natale Adorne. It is a transaction that exchanges freedom for profit. It is "a crime that hides in plain sight," said...
Our Viewpoint
The first quarter for local schools ends in a couple weeks. The leaves are changing. We’ve had our first snow. It’s time to start preparing for winter. Raking leaves, blowing out sprinkler systems, cleaning gutters and such. We keep noticing how our...
False charges are a crime
Editor: To all who are stupid, or who have never read the Constitution, or if having read it did not understand the plain language contained therein. Article 1 Section 2 paragraph 5: “The House of Representatives shall ... have the sole power of i...
Street Smart
As a buddy of mine used to say as we watched the lunacy around us every day, “The hits just keep on coming!” That sort of lunacy is happening again in Washington, D.C., and as usual the Democrats are...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 11, 1979 PRISONERS TO OCCUPY NEW QUARTERS SOON Unlike the concern voiced by Warden Roger Crist about moving the Montana State Prison at Deer Lodge, Sanders County Sheriff Harvey Schultz doesn’t anticipate any prisoner pro...
Question of the Week
LYNDA BRANSON, Trout Creek – "No. Definitely not. Those Democrats have been after him since he was elected. They are guilty of everything they accuse him of.” SHARON LEVINE, Thompson Falls – “Dems don't have anything to go on. It’s just to stir the...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance calls: Plains, 9; Hot Springs, 8; Thompson Falls, 7; Dixon, 1; Noxon, 1. Monday, September 30 Animal, Plains. Juvenile runaway, Noxon. Coroner. T. Falls. Assault, T. Falls. Theft, T. Falls. Welfare check, T. Falls. Livestock, Plains. Proper...
Justice Court
Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Latisha Muneoka, 31, speeding in restricted zone, $95. Joel Jonassen, 28, operating with expired registration, $85; operating without liability insurance, 1st offense, $275. Martin Koskela, 59, violation of p...
Stolen car flips into Clark Fork River
The Montana Highway Patrol is looking for a person who drove a vehicle through a guardrail at the Sanders County Fairgrounds bridge early Saturday morning. A passerby motorist discovered the car, a Chevy Cavalier 2-door sedan, shortly before 6:30...
Lil' fighters organize festival for Harlee
Despite the cold, rainy weather on Saturday, the community came together once again to have some fun and show their support at the Lil' Fighters Fall Festival. A yearly fundraiser full of fall themed...
County students learn about water
Sanders County fifth and sixth-grade students took part in the 17th annual Water Festival recently. The festival is sponsored by Eastern Sanders and Green Mountain Conservation Districts. Outside of...
GEAR UP awards grant
At the Thompson Falls School Board meeting on Monday, Superintendent Bill Cain said that the school again received the GEAR UP grant in the amount of $102,000. “If you took that out, our school would look very different,” Cain said. “The professional...
Teen shares vaping struggles with area schools
Sanders County Tobacco Prevention Specialist The need to fit in socially is powerful. The need for teens to erase stress is mighty, too. To address these things, "straight A" student Luka Kinard...
County encourages residents to walk for health
Sanders County Public Health invites the public to take part in Walk with Ease, a self-directed program aimed to increase overall wellness. The program is six weeks long and is constructed to benefit beginners or experienced walkers of all fitness...
George Phillip Austin
George Phillip Austin was born on November 24, 1935 to Laura Strong Austin and Alvin Emil Austin in Helena, Montana, in the midst of an earthquake ... and the world hasn't been the same since. He was... Full story
Irene Mae Chenoweth
Irene Mae Chenoweth, 85 of Trout Creek Montana passed away September 18, 2019 surrounded by family. She was the daughter of Beryl and Walter Watson. She married Doyle Dean Chenoweth and had four children: Darrell, Del, Ron and Joyce. The family... Full story
Donnie (Doni) Kathleen Boyer
Doni was born October 24, 1944, to Donald and Lillian Boyer in Seattle, Washington, and passed away September 19, 2019, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains, Montana. Doni was baptized in the... Full story
James Raymond Flory
James (Jim) Raymond Flory passed away on September 23, 2019. There will be a private family service to be held at Porthill, Idaho, cemetery where he will be laid to rest next to his beloved parents Al... Full story
Michael George Gross
Michael George Gross, 67, of Thompson Falls passed away on October 2, 2019 at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs. As he liked to say, he was dancing as fast as he could in his longtime... Full story
Chucky Jack Jones
Native Chucky Jack Jones, 52, of Thompson Falls unexpectedly passed away Sunday, October 6, 2019. He will be greatly missed by so many. Full obituary including date of celebration of life to be announced in next week’s paper.... Full story
Fundraiser draws small crowd, big bucks
The Cancer Network of Sanders County (CNSC) will now be able to help more than a dozen cancer victims, thanks to the raising of $12,288 at the annual Fall Extravaganza fundraiser at the VFW Hall last...
FS completes trail work
The Forest Service, with the help of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC), has rebuilt the Swamp Creek crossing at the West Fork of the Swamp Creek Trail on the...
