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The Cabinet Ranger District, including District Ranger Michael Feiger and district staff, hosted a well-attended field trip on September 19 for an upcoming forest project in the Tuscor Creek area, about 5 miles west of Trout Creek. The district is seeking public input as they develop the project. Participants included landowners with nearby properties, representatives of timber and conservation groups, and several members of the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Collaborative (KFSC). The collaborative was formed to include diverse perspectives (land...
Blue Creek Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to promoting literature and empowering Northwestern authors, is proud to announce its 20th anniversary. Since its inception in 2003, Blue Creek Press (BCP) has supported authors, promoted creativity, and provided readers with an exceptionally diverse catalog featuring genres that include fiction, poetry, non-fiction and more. Readers have consistently engaged with BCP's lineup of authors, which includes the founder, Sandy Compton – who...
Some Thompson Falls kids are getting in on the Mack Days action on Flathead Lake. Paisley Helvey of Thompson Falls and her brother Blaine are leading the 12 and under category of the event, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes as a tool to reduce the number of non-native lake trout in the lake. Paisley has 13 lake trout entries and Blaine turned in 12. Paisley, age 8, also turned in a $100 tagged fish. Kendra Helvey said her kids fished all three days last weekend with their...
A decades-old transportation agreement between the Thompson Falls, Noxon and Trout Creek school districts allowing buses to cross district boundaries to pick up students has been changed. The agreement that had been in place for the last 34 years allowed buses to cross district lines to pick up and drop off students. The districts included were the elementary district and high school districts in Thompson Falls and Noxon and the elementary district in Trout Creek. Prior to the new school year a meeting was held to discuss the current and past a...
Ambulance: Plains, 8; T. Falls, 8; Hot Springs, 5; Trout Creek, 2; Paradise, 1; Noxon, 1. Monday, September 18 Business contact, T. Falls. Fire, T. Falls. Fire, Plains. General animal call/complaint, Paradise. General animal call/complaint, T. Falls. Assist Gov agency or citizen, Heron. Automated alarm call, Hot Springs. Abandoned vehicle, Dixon. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Privacy in communications, T. Falls. Intoxicated subject, Plains. Fire, Plains. Pedestrian/hitchhiker stop, Dixon. Civil standby, T. Falls. Lost & found item,...
Montana Highway Patrol James Arnold, 35, careless driving, $85. Jennay Ovitt, 31, seatbelt violation, $20. Eleanor Coggins, 43, day speeding, $120. Luke Hojnacki, 67, day speeding, $70. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Bernt Allestad, 39, operate non-commercial vehicle with alcohol concentration of 0.08% BAC or greater, 1st offense, $1,135 with $400 suspended. Emily Moore, 43, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. Ryan Hawley, 28, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Edward Leshinski, 37, passing in a no-passing zone, $85. Motor Carrier Services T...
Sanders County Coroner Patrick Barber has accepted a new position within the county. Beginning October 16, Barber will take on the role of deputy for the Sanders County Sheriff's Office. "Being in law enformcent has been a long-term desire of mine and when this opportunity came up I felt it was a good way to fulfill that desire and serve the public in a great capacity," Barber said. "It was a tough decision. People have been very supportive in this transition." Sanders County Commissioners are...
Yard work can be hard work, but that didn't stop a group of volunteers from spending their Saturday helping those in need with their yards. It was all part of the Plains Fall Cleanup Day and the volunteers tackled everything from mowing to gutter cleaning. The Plains Beautification Committee got only 22 volunteers, half as many as the spring cleanup in May, but they had a lot of young people helping this time, including nearly the entire Ercanbrack family - Emory, 17, Kalem, 15, Annika, 13, and...
The Sanders County Fair Board met last week to recap the 2023 fair. More than a dozen community members showed up to the board meeting last Wednesday at the fairgrounds. “It was a very challenging summer for us,” board chairman Randy Woods stated. “We had a hard time finding summer help and some of the fences didn’t get fixed right and coolers didn’t get fixed.” Woods also stated the fair had issues with a phone line that affected an ATM. He also noted that the River Road East Fire prompted some people to not show up, though there was no thre...
A member of the Plains Library chess club is making his own chess set, but it's not going to help him win. Gary Olson is crafting handmade glass chess pieces to give away to the winner of an upcoming chess tournament. "I wanted to do something special for the club," said Olson, who has competed with the club since it began in March, but instead of competing, he's going to help referee the tournaments. Olson finished the last two queens last Thursday. "It's a beautiful gift and it's something the...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 12; Plains, 12; Trout Creek, 5; Hot Springs, 3; Dixon, 2; Noxon, 1. Monday, September 11 Theft, T. Falls. Other accident, Dixon. Livestock, Paradise. Other law violations, Noxon. Disturbance, Plains. Fire, Paradise. General animal call/complaint, T. Falls. Request for welfare check, Paradise. Attempt to locate, T. Falls. Child custody issues, Plains. Abandoned vehicle, T. Falls. Littering, Hot Springs. Civil standby, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity, Heron. Motor vehicle crash, Paradise. Livestock, Hot Springs. Request for...
Montana Highway Patrol Michael Chapin, Jr., 46, failure to carry proof of insurance in vehicle, 2nd offense, $135; night speeding, $70. Jacob Susic, 42, seatbelt violation, $20. Tye Thompson, 52, seatbelt violation, $20. Daniel Johnston, 55, operate non-commercial vehicle with alcohol concentration of 0.08% BAC or greater, 1st offense, $935. Walter Bowden IV, 28, seatbelt violation, $20. Marci Mangold, 46, day speeding, $70. Jonathan Jansen, 25, operating with expired registration, $85; reckless driving, 1st offense, $275. Geri Urann, 63, day...
The newly formed Rocky Ridge Saddle Club held its first omoksee event last Saturday in Noxon. “There was a pre-existing club so we just started it up again,” Natalie Erwin said. The arena with an announcer’s stand was already in place. “We have campers who showed up the night before,” Erwin said. Several people from Libby camped overnight along with riders from Eureka and Kalispell. They made up seven of the 31 participants in Saturday’s games. “It has been a fun day,” Joe Brooks from Libby said. He and his wife Tricia rode in the games in th...
The AVA law group from Billings held a special meeting at the Paradise Center on Thursday, September 14. The group wants to inform the public of their rights regarding damages incurred from the River Road East Fire. The fire consumed thousands of acres and several buildings. Andrew Van Arsdale, AVA founder, said he makes it his job to represent anyone who feels they have been wronged. “It is their civil right under the law to seek redress and money for damages caused by the fire if the railroad is responsible.” Arsdale comes from a long line of...
Seventy years have gone by since the class of 53 graduated from Plains High School. Tuesday September 5th the remaining classmates gathered at Mary Lou Hermes' home and time seemed to have stood still as stories were told. Memories were sharpened by anecdotes of high school high jinks. Sherry Benner, Henry Larum's daughter, was there with her dad. "I can't believe they remember their teacher's name." Darlene Jolly entertained everyone with her recollections of bad behavior towards one specific...
Project meetings for opioid and fentanyl awareness have been conducted across the region by Tribal Health and the Confederation of Salish and Kootenai Tribes. On August 28 the first Sanders County meeting was held in Dixon. It was conducted by James Steele, Jr, director of the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) project, Kathy Ross, TOR project manager, and Amber Landowski from Arlee Tribal Public Health Clinic. Ross, who has been an addiction counselor for 15 years, said that the goal is to present a...
Ambulance: Plains, 10; Thompson Falls, 8; Trout Creek, 1; Hot Springs, 4. Monday, September 4 Business contact, Thompson Falls Intoxicated driver report, Hot Springs. Livestock, Dixon. Livestock, Plains. Abandoned vehicle, Plains. U.S. Forest Service campground check, Noxon. U.S. Forest Service campground check, Noxon. Livestock, Plains. Livestock, Dixon. General animal call or complaint, T. Falls. Assist miscellaneous, Plains. Suspicious activity, Hot Springs. Tuesday, September 5 General animal call or complaint, T. Falls. Livestock, Heron....
Montana Highway Patrol Lana Cichon, 57, speeding in restricted zone, $95. Joseph Giegling, 37, seatbelt violation, $20. Paul Barone, 66, day speeding, $70. Susan Conner, 39, failure to carry proof of insurance, 2nd offense, $85; day speeding, $70. Zachary Nentwig, 46, seatbelt violation, $20. Tayvia Wilkinson, 32, day speeding, $20. Jeffery Robertson, 23, day speeding, $20. Michael Boys, 26, seatbelt violation, $20. Richard D. Jackson, 40, speeding in restricted zone, $85. Mary Kendziorski, 75, seatbelt violation, $20. Liberty Russell, 37,...
A Hot Springs man was sentenced on Monday for illegally branding livestock that was not his. John E. Herman appeared before Judge Brenda Gilbert, changing his plea to guilty in the case. Herman pleaded guilty to a felony charge of illegal branding or altering or obscuring a brand. As per a plea agreement, Judge Gilbert handed Herman a two-year suspended sentence with the Department of Corrections. Additionally, prosecution was deferred for two years on one charge of theft of a commonly domesticated hoofed animal. Judge Gilbert said that charge...
The Thompson Falls City Council took permanent action on Monday to address winter parking on Main Street. Last winter, the Montana Department of Transportation had approached the council about parking overnight on Man Street and how it affected the state's ability to plow snow. The council then passed an emergency ordinance to prohibit overnight parking. At this week's regular meeting, the council voted unanimously to pass the first reading of Ordinance #358, adopting regulations for winter parking on Main Street. The ordinance prohibits...
For one Thompson Falls man, competing in the annual demolition derby at the Sanders County Fair is more than just trying for prize money - it's about family and friends and the passion of competing in the arena. Yet when Rick Sanders of Thompson Falls went up against 22 other cars in his 1968 Chrysler Newport in Sunday night's chain class of heat five, he outlasted most of them to take third place. Sanders was satisfied with his finish and had a great time. "It was an awesome heat, the best in y...
Ledger photo by Annie Wooden Commissioner Tony Cox (left) swears in County Attorney Megan Hansen last week at the Sanders County Courthouse....
The Plains Town Council unanimously passed a $7,866,168 budget for 2023-2024 at last Monday's monthly meeting at City Hall, only $555,596 more than last year. Water and sewer were again the biggest ticket items of the budget, but they don't come out of the general fund because they are self-sustaining, according to chief clerk Cathy Emmett. The budget for water this time is $3,129,881, but $2,670,715 of that comes from an American Rescue Plan Act - ARPA - grant. The sewer budget for the next...
Montana PBS has upgrades scheduled for the Thompson Falls and Plains area. Improvements to the Plains and Thompson Falls reception of Montana PBS TV is of current concern, according to Dewey Duffel, secretary of the Western Sanders County TV District Board. “So many of our problems with achieving constant always-on broadcasts is due to the long chain of relays that are necessary to make available these distant signals to the west end of Sanders County,” Duffel said. In 2020 the TV building and tower on Pat’s Knob were replaced per Forest Servi...
There's no way to tell how many people attended the Sanders County Fair, since it's one of the few free admission fairs in the state, but it was wall to wall people Saturday and Sunday. "It's just been wonderful," said Randy Woods, chairman of the Sanders County Fair Commission, who roamed the fairgrounds throughout the week. He wasn't sure how Sunday would pan out after heavy rains hit early in the morning, but once it cleared, people showed up in droves. Woods said they might have had record...
