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  • Savage Heat vanquish Valier Panthers

    John Hamilton|Sep 2, 2021

    Just another day at the office for the powerful Hot Springs Savage Heat. Coach Jim Lawson and his hard-hitting Heat opened the 2021 Montana 6-Man football season with a 47-0 road win over Valier Friday night. Now 1-0 in non-conference action, the Heat open their home schedule Friday with another non-conference game against Big Sandy. Savage Heat fans may remember the Pioneers from the 2012 State 6-Man championship game in Hot Springs, one that the Heat won easily, but that game seems a lifetime away now. Big Sandy opened season play with a...

  • Devils dogged by first-game jitters

    John Hamilton|Sep 2, 2021

    Those first game jitters. If the multi-hour bus ride to the Power-Dutton-Brady area wasn’t enough, the first-game jitters were as coach Bart Haflich and his Noxon Red Devils gave up a bunch of points early and dropped their 6-Man football season opener 56-22 Saturday. Now 0-1 in non-conference action, the Devils play another non-conference game Friday hosting the Tri-Cities Titans (a cooperative between Hobson, Moore and Judith Gap) on the turf of Jenny Lampshire Field at NHS Friday night. “Power-Dutton-Brady is a good team but mental err...

  • T. Falls eatery reopens after fire

    John Dowd|Sep 2, 2021

    1st read: 08262021 Hot Springs Business closing, while another in Thompson is back on its feet A Thompson Falls business is getting back on its feet. The former Genki Asian Cafe on Main Street is literally rising from the ashes, having burnt down last December. Now, under the name Asia Food Express, the restaurant, owned by Jerry Lai, reopened last Thursday in its old location. Lai operates his food service out of a food truck he calls his "food wagon." He had been working out of this truck...

  • Fall Mack Days begins Sept. 16

    Sep 2, 2021

    The 2021 Fall Mack Days event on Flathead Lake begins September 16 and will run through Sunday, November 14. The event is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) and is used as a management tool to reduce the numbers of non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake. This is the 38th Mack Days event and up to $200,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded during the event. A tagged lake trout worth $10,000 will be released prior to the first day of the contest. Other tagged fish will be worth prizes from $100 to $5,000. Bretz RV...

  • Leader excited for new role at Trout Creek

    Miriah Kardelis|Sep 2, 2021

    Preston Wenz will be joining Trout Creek School as the new superintendent. Wenz comes to the school with over 20 years of educational experience, 12 of which have been held at an administrative level. Wenz has served at just about every position in education including substitute teacher, teacher's aide, teacher, assistant principal, principal and superintendent. All of these positions, he says, have helped guide his leadership. "I'll never forget the educational positions I have served in,"...

  • Memorial ride, fire hall open house set

    John Dowd|Sep 2, 2021

    The Thompson Falls Rural Fire Department and the Clark Fork Valley Elks have teamed up to commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2021 on its 20th anniversary. On Saturday, Sept. 11, the Elks will saddle up into their patriotically decorated side-by-sides and ride the length of Main Street in a procession with fire trucks and any other first responders that wish to participate. They will ride down to the fire hall, just past the post office, and then back to the Elks lodge. They will meet at the Elks lodge at 3:30 p.m. and ride at 4:30...