Articles from the December 24, 2020 edition
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CFVH gets first vaccines for county
Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) has received its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine, CEO Dr. Gregory Hanson announced Tuesday. The first vaccines will be given to front-line healthcare workers and long term care residents. Hanson said that...
Fish advisory issued
The State of Montana Fish Guidance Board, which includes Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), Department of Environmental Equality (DEQ), and Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), has released an updated fish consumption advisory,...
Santa makes a special stop
Santa Claus is busy this time of year, but he made a special trip to Plains last Sunday to hand out presents at the old log schoolhouse along Railroad Street. Santa - aka Dave Williams of Plains -...
Businesses on the move in Thompson Falls
Along with many of the changes happening in the year 2020, one may be an exciting shift for a local business and Thompson Falls locals. Big Bull Sports, an outdoor gear shop will be moving to downtown...
TRACS helps animals find forever homes
In their 15 years of operation, Thompson River Animal Care Shelter (TRACS) has stayed true to their mission, to remain a 100% no-kill animal shelter, with a 100% adoption rate. "Because we are a...
Downed utility line blocks traffic
Traffic was blocked on Highway 200 east of Thompson Falls Tuesday morning after a utility pole was struck. NorthWestern Energy, as well as local fire and law enforcement personnel, responded to a...
Students donate to food bank
As the holidays grow near, students at Thompson Falls schools did their part to bring cheer to the people of Sanders County. As part of their annual food drive, kindergarten through eighth grade...
Masonic Lodge honors volunteers
The Masonic Lodge of Thompson Falls are giving back to volunteers in the community, as they do every year. Every year they invite their beneficiary groups to a luncheon. However, with COVID-19 the Masons had to find another way. In order to follow...
BRIDGE BLOCKAGE
A pickup lost its trailer loaded with wood beams outside Thompson Falls last Thursday. The trailer became unhitched on the Highway 200 bridge west of town, losing some of the beams and blocking...
Adults need a little holiday magic, too
Christmas time is here Happiness and cheer Fun for all that children call Their favorite time of the year. That famous song from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" usually gets us in the holiday spirit. This year (as of Tuesday evening) we didn't have much...
Trump can leave a legacy of life
Mitch McConnell’s rationale on appointing Supreme Court Justices in the last year of a president’s term just isn’t rational. In 2016 he refused to hold hearings on President Obama’s nominat...
Remember When?
9 YEARS AGO FROM KNOW MONTANA “We spent a happy Christmas by the side of a blazing fire and forgot the sufferings we had endured in our dreary progress through the woods of the new territory we were exploring.” So wrote Ross Cox in a book, “Co...
Question of the Week: Where have you seen the best Christmas lights?
CALEB LAKKO, Plains - “In Chicago, where they did the movie ‘Home Alone.’ That house.” BRYAN LAKKO, Plains - “I like the house on Burnham Lane, in Plains.” CLAIRE LAKKO, Plains - “The lights we saw in Mesa, Arizona.” PATRICK WALT, Thompson Falls...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Joshua Roberts, 35, seatbelt violation, $20. Curtis Beckner, 35, day speeding, $70. Michael Frey, 46, seatbelt violation, $20. Rodney Huckaba, seatbelt violation, $20; reasonable and prudent, 1st offense, $85. Vladimir Shulga,...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: T. Falls, 9; Hot Springs, 4; Trout Creek, 1; Plains, 7; Noxon, 2. Sunday, December 13 Motor vehicle crash, Hot Springs. Welfare check, Plains. Welfare check, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Suspicious activity, T. Falls. Monday,...
State crisis line offers mental health help
A new crisis counseling hotline is now available to aid Montanans who are struggling with their mental health due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Steve Bullock announced earlier this month that the new crisis counseling...
Blue Hawks inducted into NHS
On November 25, the Blue Hawk Chapter of National Honor Society held their formal induction ceremony, and inducted 11 sophomores into the chapter during the socially distanced ceremony. The 2020...
FWP launches new website
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is launching a new website that will improve customer service, make it easier to use, and to provide a more mobile-friendly experience. The completely re-designed website will have more intuitive navigation that...
Ronald Walter Hamel
Ronald Walter Hamel left for the happy hunting grounds in Heaven November 1, 2020. Hope you find that last big bull, Dad. Ron was born January 11, 1947, to Walter and Mildred Hamel in St. Ignatius,...
Cynthia Rose Posselt
Cynthia Rose Posselt, a caring and loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, left us unexpectedly on December 14, 2020, in Sandpoint, Idaho, at the young age of 57. Cindy was brought into this wo...
Accepted with honors
EmmaRae Rasmussen, a senior at Hot Springs High School, will be attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Not only was she admitted, but she has done so with high honors. “It is one of my greatest honors as Montana’s Senior Senator to nominate our...
BORN TO RUN
Maybe they were born to run. Playing run-and-gun basketball and having a lot of fun doing it, the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks enjoyed one of the best campaigns in school history last winter, winning the District 7B tournament championship and making a...
Hawk boys up for promising season
The Blue Hawk boys are looking good heading into the 2021 season, but they are tired of looking at each other. “These guys want to play someone else,” coach Jake Mickelson said. “We are ready to face an opponent, we have played each other a lot and a...
2020 Keg Bowl is a No-Go
It would have been the 40th annual, but now it will be the first one missed in four decades. Due to the circumstances of 2020 – namely the COVID-19 pandemic – the 2020 Keg Bowl has been cancelled, Blue Hawk Gridiron Club president Doug Willhite ann...
