Wednesday, March 19, 2025

ARTICLES BY DANIELLE SWITALSKI

Overcoming hardships

DIXON — The 2009 growing season was bigger than any other year Dixon Melons, Inc. had embarked on in its 23 years of being in business.
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More water rate talks

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Paradise school turns 100

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Celebration of Life

The word ‘cancer' is traditionally affiliated with suffering and loss, but on Friday night the word ‘cancer' was followed by courage, strength, defiance and life.
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Let the fundraising begin

It was all about softball for the west end of the county as the Noxon Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) hosted their annual three-day softball tournament.
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Hot Springs finds grant difficulties

The Hot Springs Parks and Recreation Board has been working tirelessly to find funding for five projects to give recreational opportunities to the people of Hot Springs.
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Town bands together to battle crime

HOT SPRINGS - Members of the Hot Springs community called an emergency meeting Wednesday at the Senior Center to discuss the problem of ongoing speeding, reckless driving and crime issues throughout the town.
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Small cast, big visions

The Thompson Falls community theater teamed up with local actors from around the county to present The Ballad of Gopher Gap, a two-act melodrama, at the fairgrounds in Plains on Saturday night to a packed pavilion.
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Man survives after truck falls down cliff

A Kalispell man survived being trapped in his dump truck for over an hour after the truck fell approximately 50 feet over a cliff in Heron on Wednesday morning.
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Council on Aging holds special day for seniors

Gwen Hanson, Director of Council on Aging (COA) in Hot Springs, believes doing things socially is the best way to keep a person healthy.
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Bike mission completed

The new pastor for the Plains/Paradise United Methodist Church, Thomas Hall, has already made a strong example on the local community when it comes to residents getting physical.
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Plains vandal summoned to court

Sanders County attorney Colleen Magera summoned Jason Gohl, of Plains, to county court for vandalizing seven storefronts in Plains on June 15. Gohl was officially charged in the middle of July with felony criminal mischief for causing over $3,000 worth of damages to seven businesses in downtown Plains. Gohl was …
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Supreme Court candidate stops in TFalls

Montana Supreme Court republican candidate Judge Nels Swandal stopped in Sanders County on Thursday to meet residents and speak on his candidacy at Thompson Falls High School.
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Thompson Falls discusses indoor pool

A small group of Thompson Falls residents presented the idea of implementing an indoor swimming pool to the city council on Monday night.
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Staying cool as summer heats up

The last week I've been trying to spend as much time in the river as possible in order to cool down as temperatures in Sanders County soar well above 90, but a girl can't spend all day in the river.
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