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Sanders County Sheriff's Office Chad Howell, 46, disorderly conduct, 1st offense, $235. Cody Allan Posio, 19, day speeding, $20. Montana Highway Patrol Kip Hartman, 39, speeding in restricted zone, $85. Motor Carrier Services Micah Menzel, 31, misrepresenting size or weight of load when obtaining special permit, $135....
Ambulance: T. Falls, 8; Plains, 8; Hot Springs, 6; Dixon, 1; Heron, 1; Noxon, 1. Monday, December 18 Motor vehicle crash, Trout Creek. Extra patrol request, Plains. Inmate transport, T. Falls. Theft, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Lonepine. Livestock, Paradise. Civil attempts, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity, Plains. Forgery, Plains. Civil attempts, T. Falls. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity, Plains. Parking problem, T. Falls. Business contact, T. Falls. Assist motorist/citizen, T. Falls. Livestock, Perma. Business...
Plains City Fire Department Chief Anthony Young is seeking renovations to the fire hall. At the Plains City Council meeting this month, Young presented the council with a list of issues and ideas for improvements he is wanting for the Plains fire hall. Young also explained the unsafe structures and environmental issues with the building. “The exhaust is unsafe because the trucks have to be running where the crew changes into their gear,” Young explained. Young said they open the bay doors while the trucks are warming up but if they drove them o...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 5; Plains, 5; Trout Creek, 1; Hot Springs, 1; Dixon, 1. Monday, December 11 Person missing, Paradise. Child welfare/abuse, Hot Springs. Attempt to locate, Trout Creek. Civil attempts, T. Falls. Property found, Plains. Suspicious activity, T. Falls. Suspicious activity, T. Falls. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Civil attempts, Hot Springs. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Suspicious activity, Dixon. Fire, Plains. Business contact, T. Falls. Tuesday, December 12 Civil attempts, Plains. Civil attempts. Animal other, Plains....
Montana Highway Patrol Ashley Masterson, 32, failure to give notice of accident by quickest means, 1st offense, $335, 20 days jail with 20 days suspended. Andrew Bellinger, 39, operating with expired registration, $35; speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Dale Petty, 33, failure to keep vehicle under control on mountain highway, $85. Elizabeth Runkle, 55, failure to carry proof of insurance in vehicle, 1st offense, $85; seatbelt violation, $20. Justin Ryan, 44, seatbelt violation, $20. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Jonah Leisz, 18, p...
Following the passage of HB470, also known as the Yield-Slow Down-Move Over Act, earlier this year new requirements went into effect October 1 regarding how drivers must respond to emergency personnel and highway workers when stationary with their emergency lights and/or siren engaged. HB 470 amended several sections of the Montana Code Annotated that related to emergency vehicles, highway worker’s vehicles, and how the public shall respond when these vehicles have their lights or sirens on. As detailed in MCA 61-8-388, when approaching a s...
All was quiet as a procession of military veterans said goodbye and farewell to an old comrade as part of a solemn ceremony to properly retire a batch of American flags last Thursday in the back parking lot of VFW Post 3596. Beginning the post's ceremony was the large canton of blue field and stars carefully placed in the fire by Heather Allen, the post quartermaster and a veteran of the Air Force, followed by Army veterans Jim Gillibrand and Don Kunzer with additional portions of the 19- by 36-...
The federal government will provide $500,000 in seed money to help kick-start construction of Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority’s (BSPRA) North Coast Hiawatha route revitalization between Chicago and Seattle/Portland and connecting communities like Fargo, Bismarck, Billings, Bozeman, and Missoula. Formerly known as the North Coast Hiawatha, and before that the North Coast Limited, the route existed from the 1890s through the late 1970s when cuts to Amtrak ended the service. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, BSPRA “would ent...
Rusti Leivestad presided over her first council meeting as mayor of Thompson Falls on Monday. The meeting was held at the Sanders County Courthouse before an audience of about 40 community members. Prior to the meeting, Carrie Gardner with Great West Engineering provided details about updates to the city's Capital Improvements Plan. Gardner met with the various departments in the city to determine project priorities. A public survey is also available on the city's website through the end of the...
If a person wanted to see a dysfunctional Christmas filled with argument, jealousy, accusations, troublesome relationships, but spunky women that will definitely be entertaining, "The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular" was a must. Four cast members of the Paradise Players put on three performances of the play, which was set at Christmas of 1977. A group of ladies called the Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Church situated in the South are preparing for their annual...
Ambulance: Plains, 5; T. Falls, 3; Paradise, 2; Hot Springs, 2; Trout Creek, 1; Heron, 1. Monday, December 4 Theft, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, T. Falls. Suspicious activity, Hot Springs. Road hazard/blockage, T. Falls. Property damage/criminal mischief, T. Falls. Assault, Heron. Mental health issue, Plains. Other law violations, Hot Springs. Parking problem, Plains. Business contact, T. Falls. Business contact. Tuesday, December 5 Automated alarm call, T. Falls. Other law violations, Plains. Welfare check, Lonepine. Child...
Gary William Rubusch appeared before Judge Molly Owen on Tuesday, pleading not guilty to a felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and a misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. Rubusch’s attorney, Cheryl Copperstone, requested that her client be released on his own recognizance. County Attorney, Megan Hansen, had no objection to this request as Rubusch is currently on probation, leading to Judge Owen granting the request. A jury trial was set for May 13, 2024. According to the charging documents, on N...
Montana Highway Patrol Whitney Bybee, 27, seatbelt violation, $20; careless driving, $85. Delbert Otto, 28, seatbelt violation, $20. James Heffernan, 94, careless driving, $85. Louisa Orr, 34, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. Jessica Knoll, 27, stop sign violation, $85. Moira Lonergan, 19, day speeding, $120. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Tacen Cobb, 16, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. Hannah Jones, 19, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. James Mullet, 19, stop sign violation, $85. Lisa Stutzman, 30, speeding in a restricted zone, $...
The Christmas train has returned to Plains School again, but officials can't decide on who will be the conductor. Plains resident Bill Beck and Plains Elementary School Principal Kevin Meredith set up the Polar Express last week in the school library. It took the two about an hour to get the train, track, structures, trees, and figurines set up on the four-foot wide, eight-foot long piece of plywood that Beck made. The school has featured the Polar Express train and village for five years,...
Harvest Community Church of God's building plans for a basement under the youth group building came to a halt. Due to regulations that have been established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), it was discovered the property is in the floodplain. Construction is not up to code, according to Ron Warren from Rocky Mountain Surveying, who did the initial survey. Three weeks after the concrete forms were set up, contractor Josh Weedeman was told that he had to stop. "There is nothing...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) is restructuring its home health services. CFVH has announced it will close its Medicare certified Home Health agency effective January 1, 2024. The services will still be available through the hospital’s clinics and rehabilitation department. Hospice services are unaffected by this decision and will continue unchanged. While homebound patients will not see a difference in services, the restructuring will affect payment requirements and patients may see possible copays, said Tonya Revier with CFVH. Like many r...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) has adopted the 2023 Elk Management Plan and accompanying environmental assessment. The elk plan lays out how FWP will manage elk; the EA is an evaluation and summary of potential impacts on the physical environment and human population. The new plan is flexible and reflects current elk management direction and challenges, as well as being forward- looking in anticipating management changes. “Development of the new elk plan was a long and expansive process, and we appreciate all the public input we r...
Thompson Falls was jingling with holiday spirit over the weekend with the annual Christmas on Main Street festivities. On Friday, Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce sponsored a holiday stroll, inviting businesses to stay open and offer treats and specials to community members. At the Sunflower Gallery, strollers could get crafty with reindeer candy cane ornaments or gnome ornament creations. The gallery, which features local artisans, also offered a hot cocoa bar with a variety of toppings, and...
Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season wrapped up and the harvest results at check stations in northwest Montana showed similar results to a year ago. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) tallied more than 10,000 hunters at its four regional check stations in northwest Montana. Hunters reported harvesting 761 white-tailed deer, including 567 bucks, and 97 mule deer. The number of mule deer harvested was slightly higher than last year’s tally of 69. There were also 44 elk reported this year, down from 61 a year ago. The total per...
The idea to catch potential eye problems at an early age is a mission the Plains Lions Club has been doing for over 10 years and this week they finished the last batch of kids in the county at Plains High School. Members of the local club did the vision screenings at Plains Elementary and Junior High last Wednesday. "It is important. If you can detect a vision issue at an early age, it can be corrected with the child not needing glasses later in life," said Steve Spurr, president of the Plains...
Appearing on Tuesday before Judge Deborah Kim Christopher for an initial appearance, Douglas D. Paige entered a not guilty plea to felony counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs and criminal possession with intent to distribute. Judge Christopher set this matter for a jury trial on April 15, 2024. On August 15 at approximately 3 p.m., according to the filed affidavit, Sanders County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Bankhead was advised of a report of two men allegedly fighting, drinking and soon to be driving from the Wild Coyote Bar near T...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 11; Plains, 7; Trout Creek, 4; Heron, 2; Hot Springs, 2. Monday, November 27 Welfare check, T. Falls. Assist other agency, T. Falls. Civil standby, Trout Creek. Extra patrol, T. Falls. Threats, Hot Springs. Disturbance, Hot Springs. Threats, Trout Creek. Suspicious activity, Plains. Parking problem, Hot Springs. Livestock, Hot Springs. Livestock, Paradise. Property damage/criminal mischief, Plains. Assist miscellaneous, Trout Creek. General animal call/complaint, Paradise. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Civil...
Montana Highway Patrol Jeffrey Stevens, 49, seatbelt violation, $20. Amber Woodard, 40, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Alexander Dunlap, 53, day speeding, $120. Lee Hensrude, 77, day speeding, deferred imposition of sentence. Katherine Parson, 49, day speeding, $120. Terry Show, 51, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Keynan Runnels, 23, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Echo Hermsmeyer, 31, stop sign violation, $85. Joshua Smith, 42, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Aimee Turner, 45, operating without liability insurance, 2nd...
Engineer Brent Campbell from Missoula has been hired by Green Diamond Resource Company (GDRCo) to lead the process of planning the use of certain sections of land. Ownership by GDRCo includes over 300 acres in Sanders County that is included in the 2010 Thompson Chain of Lakes Plan. The company owns significantly more acreage in Sanders County, according to Campbell. Sanders County has been invited to participate in the updating of the Thompson Chain of Lakes Plan. In 2021, GDRCo acquired...
The Plains City Council met Monday with a packed agenda which resulted in a packed house. Mayor Chris Allen announced that it would be his last council meeting and that Joel Banham will be the new mayor starting in January of next year. Banham will be sworn in on December 29. Mayor Allen said the Christmas tree didn't get planted but one will be planted next summer by the Lions Club and it will be ready for tree lighting in December 2024. "The two newly hired police officers are doing a tremendo...
