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Montana Highway Patrol Ramana Anuganti, 48, day speeding, $70. Dustin Gibbons, 42, day speeding, $20. Trevor Quenzer, 42, day speeding, $20; failure to carry proof of insurance, 1st offense, $85. Gabriel Raymont, 16, night speeding, $120. James Watzke, 70, operating a vehicle without proper registration, $85; operating without liability insurance, 1st offense, $275. Lance Evans, 39, driving with out a valid driver's license, $235; seatbelt violation, $20. Kaitlyn Walters, 18, speeding in restricted zone, $55. Thomas Costello, 22, day speeding,...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 7; Hot Springs, 3; Plains, 4; Heron, 1; Trout Creek, 1; Paradise, 2; Noxon, 1. Monday, August 30 Suspicious activity, Trout Creek. Theft, Thompson Falls. Person missing, Hot Springs. Protection order violation, T. Falls. Coroner called, Plains. Property damage/criminal mischief, Trout Creek. Theft, Hot Springs. Motor vehicle crash, Lonepine. Fire, T. Falls. Motor Vehicle crash, Hot Springs. Tuesday, August 31 Alarm-intrusion/holdup, T. Falls. Animal other, T. Falls. Civil attempts, Plains. Civil attempts, Plains....
Firefighters extinguished a fire at the Sanders County Refuse Site at Plains last week, as the light smell of the smoke drifted across the Clark Fork River, leading some to believe there was another wildfire. A patron at the Plains Golf Course called in the fire to the dispatch center at Thompson Falls at 6:40 p.m. last Wednesday, said James Russell, fire chief at the Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District, which responded to the blaze with seven trucks. Firefighters from the Montana Department of...
Sanders County 4-H members returned to the fair after an uncertain year due to implications of COVID-19. While the livestock auction took place last year, many 4-H members missed out on the social aspect of the event. As you make your way into the rabbit and poultry section and hear the all too familiar sound of a rooster showing off and chicks chirping away, on the other side are the rabbit entries. Juli Thurston, MSU Extension Agent for Sanders County, said while the number of 4-H exhibitors...
The suspect from the recent double meth lab bust case appeared in 20th District Judicial Court on Tuesday to plead not guilty. Baily Lake is facing numerous charges, including one charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, two counts of criminal production of dangerous drugs, two counts for the operation of an unlawful clandestine laboratory, two counts of criminal possession of precursors to dangerous drugs and one count of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. All of the charges are felonies. Charging documents stated the two...
Montana's millions of acres of private land offer some excellent hunting opportunities—the only catch is gaining the landowner's permission to hunt. It is Montana law that hunters obtain landowner permission to hunt on all private land. Here are a few things to keep in mind that will greatly improve results when attempting to secure hunting access to private land. • Show courtesy to the landowner and make hunting arrangements by calling or visiting at times convenient to the landowner. • Plan ahead and secure permission well in advance of th...
The kneeling silhouetted soldier is back once again on the greenway in Plains to bring military veteran suicide awareness to the public's eye, but now he's accompanied by the likeness of a female soldier to represent woman veterans that have been the victims of suicide. "Women served in the military, too, and they commit suicide, too - same with spouses of men in the military," said Ed Foste, who retired from the Navy and suffers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from days of carrier...
Hot Springs Senior Center held their annual fundraiser at the end of August and while the turnout was smaller compared to previous years, board president Lyn Sheldon says they still have good community support. "We have very generous supporters," Sheldon said. "Buck's Grocery was a tremendous supporter for this fundraiser." This year's barbecue fundraiser only brought in $270 and Sheldon says Buck's Grocery donated all the hot dogs and buns. "Everything has been slow and continues to be slow...
The second public meeting to address future growth plans in Plains took place at the end of August with discussions focusing on the priorities of the community as the planning group in charge of creating a growth policy, continues their involvement as they work toward developing and building a future growth policy. While the first meeting centered around a heated debate on affordable housing, the second meeting showed to be more productive as the nearly dozen attendees were able to discuss the planning study results that will aid in the...
In the middle of his 56-county tour, Gov. Greg Gianforte made a stop in Thompson Falls last week to discuss forest management. Included in that conversation was Sheriff Tom Rummel, County Commissioners Tony Cox and Glen Magera, State Senator Bob Brown, District 13 Representative Paul Fielder, Public Service Commissioner Jennifer Fielder and four community members. Gianforte began his day in Frenchtown giving high fives to the local first graders as they went into their second day of school. The...
Plains School officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate its new multi-use facility Thursday afternoon. "The building was based on the needs versus the wants of the district," Plains School Superintendent Thom Chisholm said at the dedication ceremony, where he assisted in cutting the orange and black ribbon inside the new gymnasium with Neptune Lynch IX, a 1943 graduate of Plains High School and a substantial donor to the $1.75-million facility. "New is a great color, it looks great...
The new Family and Dollar Tree combination store is opening in Thompson Falls this week. Family Dollar, located at 2410 Main St. East in Thompson Falls, will open Thursday, September 2. Construction on the 11,710-square-foot building began earlier this year. The Family Dollar section of the store will provide everyday essentials, as well as frozen and refrigerated food, pantry goods, beauty and health merchandise, household supplies, basic apparel, baby and toddler necessities, pet food, electronics, toys and home decor the company announced...
What seemed impossible to a group of volunteers became possible, and a new film is telling the grassroots story of how it happened. "Return to the Big Skies – The Story Miss Montana to Normandy" is a documentary screening this month that tells the story of the Museum of Mountain Flying's effort to restore a WWII aircraft in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. "It is really hard to describe. Good things just keep happening," said Bryan Douglass with the Museum of Mountain Flying, one of t...
Motor Carrier Services Brandon Stedman, 34, seatbelt violation, $60. Montana Highway Patrol Leon Robbins, 43, driving while privilege revoked or suspended, 1st offense, $285; seatbelt violation, $20. Jerren Borgmann, 16, seatbelt violation, $20 Michael Hochstetler, 17, seatbelt violation, $20. Melvin Garvida, 39, day speeding, $70. Michael Boys, 24, day speeding, $20. Bridge Jackson, 22, day speeding, $70. Shane Robins, 43, day speeding, $20. William Ryan, 19, day speeding, $20. Adam Peretz, 31, day speeding, $120. Jianzhou Chen, 50, speeding...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 12; Hot Springs, 3; Trout Creek, 4; Heron, 1; Plains, 2. Monday, August 23 Coroner called, Plains. Drugs/narcotics, T. Falls. Property damage/criminal mischief, T. Falls. General animal call or complaint, Trout Creek. Harassment/privacy in communications, T. Falls. Request for welfare check, Plains. Livestock, Perma. Welfare check, Hot Springs. Tuesday, August 24 Assist other agency, Dixon. Automated alarm call, Hot Springs. Person missing, paradise. Assist motorist/citizen, Hot Springs. Abandoned vehicle, Hot Springs....
One Sanders County organization has discovered an ingenious way to put old worn out bicycles to good use. They might have flat tires, broken chains, missing seats, bent frames, and are peppered with rust, but together, with their mismatched colors, styles and sizes, they have a purpose - a flashy fence. The Paradise Center's bike fence presently has 24 bikes along a railing that separates the two parking lots. One of the latest bicycles was a Sears 24-inch single speed from Paradise resident...
Upgrades to the Thompson Falls Airport are progressing. In 2020, the airport received $733,276 in federal grant funding for improvements including upgrades to the runway lighting. "The 2020 grant was always intended to be coupled with a future 2021 project grant," said Lance Bowser, Airport Group Manager at Robert Peccia and Associates, the firm who has represented Thompson Falls and Plains airports since the mid-90s. The $3.4 million project began its construction on July 6 of this year and is...
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...
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,"...
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...
Finally, with a little help from above in the form of welcome rains, this firestorm of 2021 seems to be mercifully over. The Thorne Creek fire, the big event in Thompson Falls all summer long as it has worked its way southeast along the slopes of Silcox Mountain from its original starting point in the Graves Creek area, was stopped in its tracks last week when rainstorms moved into western Montana and thoroughly soaked Sanders County’s biggest wildfire of the year. Ignited by lightning back on July 7, the Thorne Creek fire has dominated the h...
The Sanders County Fair’s green, green grass will start filling with feet on Sept. 2, the beginning of fair week, and by week’s end the smooth dirt of the main arena will be torn up, possibly still showing crash evidence with car parts on the surface from the fair’s biggest event — the demolition derby. Manager Melissa Cady said the fair is going to be amazing this year with 25 food and drink vendors and 150 commercial vendors — a record — and will include world famous chainsaw carver Steven Higgins of Missouri, who will be auctioning...
On August 15, the Thorne Creek fire began to quickly back down into the Thompson River canyon toward numerous homes and structures along the river. Overnight, the fire grew 6,157 acres, with the majority of that growth into the Thompson River drainage. With resources stretched thin across the west, and most of the United States at Fire Preparedness Level 5, the fire teams working structure protection had to work fast in extreme conditions. "The rain has put the brakes on this thing [the fire]...
Food, a shower and a safe place to sleep when not on the front lines; these are the basics emergency workers like wildland firefighters have a right to. The Thorne Creek fire camp just southwest of Plains, more or less a tent city on steroids designed and built from the ground up to support the effort, has done all that and more for the firefighters and fire staff working on that stubborn fire for over seven weeks now. Knowing that all their basic needs are met is a big thing for workers,...
Voters within the Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise voted this week to recall two of the district's board members. Each race was within two votes. Ballots had voters choosing for or against the recall of Rick McCollum and Sunny Chase. In both instances, more voters selected to recall the board members. For McCollum, the vote was 35 in favor of the recall, and 33 against. For Chase, the current board president, 36 voters in favor of the recall and 34 voted against the action. Of the 112 ballots mailed to voters within the sewer...
