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ARTICLES BY MONTE TURNER

Standout Superior students eye future plans

Abby Wheeler is a senior at Superior High School and in the running for a $20,000 scholarship from Coca-Cola.
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Hunters play key role in understanding CWD

Chronic wasting disease was recently detected in a white-tailed deer in Kalispell. This is the first time CWD has been detected in a wild herd in Hunting District 170.
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Order of the Eastern Star holds fundraising dinner

Members of The Mary Baldwin Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star served lasagna, garlic bread, Caesar salad and dessert as a fund raiser to help the Superior Recycling Center and the Mineral County Food Bank on Sunday at the Masonic Lodge in Superior.
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Fiber optic work continues along I-90

Motorists who traveled I-90 the last three days in October undoubtedly noticed more road crews, detours and equipment than during the busiest time of the summer.
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Abandoned puppies rescued along I-90

Saturday morning, a motorist on East Mullan near the Mineral County Airport called the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office to report a frenzied dog in the middle of the road. It was wandering from side to side, looking over its shoulder, obviously lost and panicked, the caller reported.
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Award-winning author to talk about her novel at Superior library

Celebrated author Leslie Budewitz returns to the Mineral County Library in Superior on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. to talk about her latest book "The Real-Life Mary Fields."
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Cyr Bridge on Highway 10 reopens

When the Montana Department of Transportation reported that the Cyr Bridge off I-90 would be closed all summer, they weren’t fibbing.
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Entrepreneurs team up to open new store in Superior

Christine Wharton and Janeen Willis have each been in the "fun stuff" business for a few years and recently partnered up with Superior retail store The Classy Bee’s Gift Shop at 204 4th Avenue.
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DeBorgia Schoolhouse hosts annual spaghetti dinner

“The dinner has always been called The DeBorgia Schoolhouse Spaghetti Dinner,” Naomi Stevens explained, who is involved in most everything in the west end of Mineral County.
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Field burn offers firefighters a chance to train

A recent planned burn in Tarkio on Jim and Mary Jo Lommen’s property was considered a a win-win.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

PHOTOS: Superior homes go spooky for Halloween

Superior residents dress up their homes for a spooky Halloween.
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Mineral County prepares for Election Day

Mineral County Clerk and Recorder Kelann McLees (left) and Deputy Clerk and Recorder Kasey Feasel are accepting absentee ballots and gearing up for Election Day. Registered voters can request an absentee ballot until noon on Nov. 4 or vote at the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5. McLees and Feasel are …
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

County attorney explains water rights notice

The Montana Water Court recently issued a decree for the Clark Fork River between the confluences of the Blackfoot and Flathead rivers which goes through most of Mineral and Sanders counties.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

Jazz Legacy Project to perform in Alberton, Superior

Mineral County students and the public will have the chance to take in a jazz concert and music appreciation class later this month.
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County airport names Silverman as new manager

Mineral County commissioners on Friday approved the recommendation of Jim Silverman for the Mineral County Airport manager and chairman of the board of directors.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 4 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

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