Sunday, December 14, 2025

Copper King air support bucket drop

A helicopter performs a bucket drop along ACM road on Thursday. Air support has been continuous throughout the week, as crews battle to contain the Copper King wildfire in Thompson Falls.
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Clearing ACM road - August 4, 2016

Members of the Lolo Hot Shots work to clear the western edge of ACM road of fuel in order to perform a controlled burn on Friday night.
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Copper King wildfire - August 4, 2016

The Copper King wildfire burns near Thompson river on ACM road, the western edge of the fire line.
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Constructing a hand line

Chief Mountain Hot Shots construct a hand line near the old Silver King mine. August 4, 2016.
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Chief Mountain hotshots

Chief Mountain hotshots dig a hand line on Thursday afternoon near the old Silver King mine to establish a direct water line to the fire, which was a few hundred feet away.
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Copper King crews slow spread of wildfire

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Playin' in the flowers

Hunter and Ellianna O'Brien play with tags after the delivery.
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Residents pitch in to help unload truck

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Still walkin' after all these years

Gerald and Doris Larson walk down Railroad Ave. last Thursday.
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Lovebirds take daily walks

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Plains resident, Oregon standoff suspect arrested

Jake Ryan was arrested Tuesday in Vancouver, Wash., according to Sanders County Undersheriff Lanning Hensley.
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'Watchdog' gets his day

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Deer visits town, stays

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Spelling Bee winners

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Spelling Bee winner

Brooke Bowlin, an eighth-grader at Thompson Falls, won the 29th Sanders County Spelling Bee. She will travel to the state spelling bee.
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Thompson Falls student wins county spelling bee

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The New Normal: Meth, Treatment, and Addiction

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Cabinet secretary touts early education during visit to Pablo college

Sylvia Burwell, secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration, visited Pablo on Tuesday to promote the importance of early education.
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Cherry Festival 2015

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Miracle of America hosts "Live History Days"

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