County rings in New Years

Locals around Mineral County rang in the New Year Dec. 31 with dancing, music, a potluck dinner and even some karaoke at two community events.
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Health Clinic construction in final stages

The construction of the new medical clinic in St. Regis is reaching its final stages and the finishing touches should be done by the end of January to early February.
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Mineral County sports year in review 2011

Winter sports season 2010-2011
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Forest service to rule on 'Olympian' trail

A decision on a project that would open what will be called the Route of the Olympian is coming closer.
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Bids come in for new firehouse

Superior Fire Chief John Woodland received 12 bids from various general contractors last Monday for work on the new firehouse.
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FedEx truck driver sentenced

Missoula County District Court Judge Dusty Deschamps sentenced New Jersey truck driver Sergey Buslayev Wednesday morning to 10 years in Montana State Prison for negligent homicide. Buslayey, 57, lost control of a FedEx tractor-trailer combination driving towards an accident scene on Interstate 90 in 2008, killing a volunteer firefighter.
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Semi tips over on I90

A semi-trailer traveling eastbound down Interstate 90 tipped over Saturday morning. At approximately 8:30 a.m. rescue crews were called out to the scene.
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Geraldine/Highwood knocks out Alberton

In sports, it is difficult to beat an opponent twice in the same season. For the Alberton Panthers varsity football team, that trouble came true.
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Duo performs for county

With a dimming of the lights, Colin Ross and Mig O’Hara preceded to turn the Parkside Baptist Church in Superior Wednesday night into a speakeasy in the 1920s. That is, when the duo played their more blues and jazz influenced music. Throughout their concert, they also played a variety of …
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Repository in progress

State and town workers along with interested community members took another tour Thursday afternoon of Flat Creek, where a repository is in the process of being built.
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Trucker drives wrong way down Interstate 90

A Wild Bohemian Carries truck driver faces three felony endangerment charges for driving his semitrailer in the wrong lane of Interstate 90 Halloween night, making on-coming traffic narrowly swerve out of the way.
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Woodard sentenced to 55 years

Michael John Woodard, who pled guilty to deliberate homicide August 24 for killing his ex-wife Kelly Dube-Woodard, has been sentenced in Mineral County District Court Wednesday by District Court Judge Karen Townsend.
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Fall Bazaar supports local help line

Various local vendors lined the inside of the 4-H building at the fairgrounds in Superior Saturday for the forth-annual Fall Bazaar.
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Autumn beginnings in Superior

Superior kicked off the autumn season Saturday afternoon with the second annual Fall Festival outside the old school house.
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Volunteers keep community warm

Over the past 12 years, members of the Superior Community Church and local volunteers have labored to give back. Their work consists of sawing, cutting and stacking firewood.
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St. Regis nationally recognized

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Laptops change learning

While waiting for class to start at Superior High School this year, the upperclassmen no longer open their notebooks. Instead, juniors and seniors open their new laptops.
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Massive loads of marijuana found in Mineral County

A marijuana farm in Lolo National Forest on the Superior Ranger District was destroyed Tuesday morning by law enforcement officers. The grow area had over 3,000 plants on three acres of steep forestland.
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Local firefighters keep county safe

Most volunteer work does not require responding to 3 a.m. emergency phone calls or running towards a burning building. However, for the fire departments in Mineral County that is exactly the case.
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Fitness Day runs through Mineral County

Laughs and cheers could be heard from the lawn of the Mineral Community Hospital Saturday morning. The excitement was from the first annual Fall Fitness Fun Day, hosted by the Mineral Community Hospital Wellness Program.
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Play transports Superior

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks brought the Superior audience back to Venice and Belmont in the mid-1950s. The traveling actors performed Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”.
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Fly-In swoops into Superior

Nearly 20 small planes buzzed around the Mineral County Airport Saturday afternoon in celebration of the first annual Mineral County Fly-In.
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Summer sizzles with county fair

The summer season in Superior reached a fever pitch last weekend as the Mineral County Fairgrounds filled with people for the annual County Fair.
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Wild rodeo excites county

Rodeo fans packed the grandstands at the Mineral County Fairgrounds last weekend for the Superior Lion’s Club “Go for the Gold” Rodeo.
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Rafting the Gorge

I left from Superior Saturday morning on an old blue and white bus and bounced down the frontage road towards Cyr for a daylong raft trip on the Clark Fork River with Western Waters.
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4-H swine prepared for fair

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Drill team practices for rodeo

The local Superior drill team has met at the fairgrounds once a week since May to practice for the upcoming rodeo.
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Alberton celebrates railroad history

Alberton returned to its railroad roots Saturday afternoon during the 26th annual Railroad Day. From 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Alberton transformed into and old West railroad town.
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Lady Cats continue to find success on the road

It has been nearly a month since the Superior High School girls’ basketball team has played a home game this summer league season. Although Superior has been away from the home crowd support, the Lady Cats have continued their success on the road.
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4-H shooters fare well at Junior Olympics

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Mineral County Celebrates Life

Residents from all over Mineral County gathered at the Superior High School track to celebrate life at the 13th annual Mineral County Relay for Life.
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Loko Joe's three-peat as softball champions

Slow-pitch softball teams from all over the Northwest gathered at St. Regis Community Park Saturday and Sunday for the annual Fourth of July Softball tournament.
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Fourth of July celebrated

Hundreds of on-lookers lined Old US Highway 10 in downtown St. Regis Monday afternoon to enjoy the Fourth of July Parade. The parade kicked off a day full of events to celebrate the national holiday.
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Mudfest returns to Haugan

Mud-coated enthusiasts in souped-up trucks revved their engines and drag raced all weekend during the 2nd annual Montana Mudfest. From Friday night to Sunday afternoon, nearly 800 people gathered in Haugan to participate and watch the mud-based fun. Some people found themselves covered from head to toe in mud from …
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St. Regis school levy narrowly passes

St. Regis residents submitted their votes Tuesday for the general fund school levy. The $36,201,95 levy passed by a slim 75-71 margin.
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Superior falls in tournament title game

The Superior Lady Cats traveled to Ronan Friday to compete in the Mission Valley Tournament. After winning the first four games of the tournament, Superior fell to Flathead 36- 29 in the championship game and suffered their first loss of the summer league season. Kaitlynn Koke led the Lady Cats …
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Farmers market starts in Superior

Mineral County vendors set up tables by the Old School in Superior Saturday morning and kicked off the third year of the Superior Farmers Market. A total of six vendors sold locally made goods from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Few floods in Mineral County

In counties all over Montana, the flooding rivers have caused residents to roll up their pant legs, canoe to work, or even evacuate their homes. Mineral County has, so far, avoided those frustrations this flood season. Although the river shores in Mineral County are drier than other counties in the …
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Car Show revs into Superior

Classic cars lined the lawn outside the old school house in Superior Saturday afternoon. Oldies music played and pictures were taken as car enthusiasts joined together for the 12th annual Old School House Rock Car Show.
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Superior football prepares for next season

Before the Superior High School football players dismissed for summer vacation, head coach Dan Lucier wanted to bring the team together. For three days last week, the team gathered in the afternoons on the football field or in a classroom to go over plays. Coach Lucier said the goal of …
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