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  • Wood sentenced to 100 years

    Annie Wooden and John Dowd|Feb 25, 2021

    Former Thompson Falls resident Danielle Wood on Tuesday was sentenced to 100 years in the Montana State Women's Prison without the possibility of parole. Wood appeared in 20th District Judicial Court before Judge Deborah "Kim" Christopher, who imposed the sentence. Wood was found guilty in January of deliberate homicide in the death of Matthew LaFriniere. Three witnesses testified at the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, including George LaFriniere, Matt's father. More details will be available in...

  • County reviews COVID-19 measures

    Annie Wooden and John Dowd|Nov 26, 2020

    The Sanders County Board of Health met Tuesday to discuss the current state of coronavirus in the county. Nick Lawyer of Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) and Bina Eggensperger, a CFVH board member, recently joined the county Board of Health. At Tuesday's meeting, Lawyer said CFVH was at maximum capacity recently as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the county was rising. He said that numbers across the case have plateaued and the hospital has been able to keep up with demand, but "as a result of the train, our ability to serve the...