The Little Dribblers — Future of Thompson Falls Basketball — wrapped up their season last Tuesday with two final games. The third- and fourth-graders’ two and a half week season came to a close as yellow (Iowa Hawkeyes) beat black (Cincinnati Bearcats) and blue (Kansas Jayhawks) beat red (Indiana Hoosiers).
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Sanders County 4-H’ers showed off the skills they’ve gained over the past year in sewing and quilting Sunday as they presented their work to judges and an audience at the 4-H Fashion Revue and Patchwork Parade at Thompson Falls High School.
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The Flat Iron Quilting Guild of Sanders County held its 18th annual quilt show — “Quilting, Past, Present and Future” — Friday through Sunday in Thompson Falls.
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Eleven teams competed at the Hot Springs Junior High Track and Field Invitational Friday as schools as far away as Drummond and as nearby as Paradise and Dixon came out to throw, run and jump at Hot Springs School. Four Sanders County teams, three Mineral County teams, three Lake County …
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The people of Hot Springs didn’t let the weather keep them from holding their first Earth Day Celebration, but the event was moved inside to Symes Hot Springs Hotel so people could avoid the rain and snow. The celebration featured about seven vendors and informational booths, five workshops, a potluck, …
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The Sanders County chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation entertained a “sellout crowd” Saturday at their 18th annual banquet at the Sanders County Fair pavilion in Plains. The foundation’s banquet featured a live auction, silent auction, door prizes, raffles, dinner and beverages in their main fundraiser for the year.
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Low-income homeowners who are 55 and older now have the opportunity to have repairs done to their homes in an effort to revitalize the stock of safe, affordable housing in Sanders County.
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Bria Howard tossed a no-hitter and the Lady Hawks rolled to an 11-0 win in five innings over the Plains Trotters Thursday night in Thompson Falls. The senior Howard fanned a dozen batters as the Trotters could not figure out her command from the mound.
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Students of Plains Middle School and High School were able to showcase their musical talents for members of the community at the Plains School gym last Tuesday as the school held its annual Pops Concert.
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The first-ever Antler Sport Show at the Lakeside Motel and Resort in Trout Creek kept Larry Lack busy, as the Boone and Crockett scorer measured set after set of antlers and horns Saturday in his quest to fill pages in the Montana record book.
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The Lady Hawks have finally given up a run, but they continue their softball winning streak with a weekend sweep of western Montana opponents Friday and Saturday in Thompson Falls.
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The Soul Savers Association Hunting and Fishing group have consistently attracted large crowds to their annual Sportsman's Banquet with another 100-person plus showing Saturday in Plains. The banquet serves as the group's main fundraiser with a silent auction, live auction, games and prizes, music, a guest preacher from Missoula, and …
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Two men were handed sentencing last Tuesday at the Sanders County Courthouse in Thompson Falls as Judge Kim Christopher began law in motion by accepting two plea bargains for men charged with different crimes.
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Two representatives from Revett Minerals Inc. gave a presentation Wednesday in Thompson Falls as to the status of the Rock Creek Mine they plan to open in north Sanders County, saying they only want to be “good neighbors and part of the community.” Part of their contribution to the community …
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The Sanders-Mineral Counties National Forest Stakeholders Coalition held its latest meeting last Tuesday in the basement of First Security Bank in Plains. At the meeting the coalition passed its bylaws, discussed the future of the group and officially adopted their first two projects.
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The old gym at Hot Springs school was packed March 26 with excited elementary students as they lassoed, won prizes, and even got chances to throw pies in their teachers' faces.
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The Valley Towing wrecking yard was full of fire trucks, men using the Jaws of Life and tearing apart cars Saturday, but not because anyone was in danger. More than 20 firefighters from the Plains Fire Department and the Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District practiced extrication for car accident situations under …
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Students in Plains have extra incentive to read, thanks in large part to the local Masonic lodge. Masonic Ponemah Lodge 63 donated bicycles on March 14 to five students - whose names were drawn from a hat - in grades three through six.
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The longest trial ever in Sanders County, which found Douglas Guill guilty of all five felonies last week, came at a high cost. Clerk of District Court Dianne Rummel said she wouldn't be surprised if the cost amounted to around $25,000 because of the many witness fees and juror compensations.
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THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. - An important step is taking place this week in the cleanup process at the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund site, east of Missoula, and the results will have some impact on the Clark Fork. On Tuesday the river was diverted into a bypass channel so that next …
An important step is taking place this week in the cleanup process at the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund site, east of Missoula, and the results will have some impact on the Clark Fork. On Tuesday the river was diverted into a bypass channel so that next week the coffer dam …
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An important step is taking place this week in the cleanup process at the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund site, east of Missoula, and the results will have some impact on the Clark Fork. On Tuesday the river was diverted into a bypass channel so that next week the coffer dam …
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Heron resident Douglas Guill was found guilty of sexually assaulting his daughter while she was between the ages of 6 and 22 Tuesday in Thompson Falls. A Sanders County jury brought back guilty verdicts on all five felony counts, which included one count of sexual assault, two counts of sexual …
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THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. - Heron resident Douglas Guill was found guilty of sexually assaulting his daughter while she was between the ages of 6 and 22 Tuesday in Thompson Falls.
THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. - Two people took the stand Thursday in the trial of a Heron, Mont., man who is being accused of sexually abusing his daughter for 16 years, but only one testified in person.
THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. - The already week-long trial where Douglas Guill faces sexual assault and incest charges hit a different note Tuesday in Thompson Falls as Judge Deborah Kim Christopher threatened to jail the lead attorneys on both sides.
Calm, collected and cheerful, Nicole Guill spent almost six hours on the witness stand Monday, testifying on behalf of her husband in the case where he is charged with felony counts of sexual assault, sexual assault without consent and incest.
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Little Guy wrestling clubs from Thompson Falls and Pains-Hot Springs met in Superior Thursday at a four-team duals, along with Mission/Charlo/Dixon and Superior. The dual included beginner, novice, middle and junior classes.
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Montana Sate Representative Pat Ingraham addressed the students of Paradise School Wednesday, thanking them for the role they played in the passing of a Montana House bill that named “Montana Lullaby” as the official state lullaby of Montana.
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The noise level inside the pavilion at the Sanders County Fairgrounds rose a few notches as the Plains Cub Scouts Pack 46/57 held their annual Blue and Gold Banquet Thursday evening. Fourteen Cub Scouts from grades first through fifth and their parents gathered for the banquet and awards ceremony.
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Even with warmer days and sunshine sneaking into February, Sanders County is still very much an ice fishing haven. The cold winter Sanders County experienced this year has left lots of ice and many different locations for anglers to drop in their line.
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Noxon and Trout Creek schools each will send their top four spellers to the Sanders County Spelling Bee after holding their own bees last week. Brooke Smithborne was the Noxon winner while Mikalla Gardner was the top speller from Trout Creek.
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The Sanders County Fair Commission held their monthly meeting last Monday and though they addressed business as usual, there was a somewhat unusual tone to the agenda as well.
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