The Big Sky Blues Festival kicked off on Friday at Pilgrim Creek Park in Noxon, with over 10 bands and plenty of vendors. People came from far and wide to relax and enjoy a weekend filled with blues ...

Annie Wooden The Hot Springs School Board held a special meeting on Wednesday to appoint an interim clerk. The board voted to appoint secretary Nancy Winebrenner as the temporary district clerk. The ...

The small town of Trout Creek will become a booming city this weekend at the annual Huckleberry Festival celebrates its 45th year. Festival chairperson Elizabeth Haagenseon said volunteers are putting ...

by Skye Barker-Hill The Thompson Falls Elks Lodge hosted Thompson Falls sixth grader Palmer Revier last week for a reading of her first-place essay about Americanism. As a program of the Elks Grand ...

The Montana Supreme Court has affirmed Judge Mercer’s order denying Danielle Wood’s motion to dismiss the deliberate homicide charge against her. After Wood’s attorneys attempted to claim that ...

School was out for most children, but a small group of kids from kindergarten to sixth grade continued their education, but did it in a fun way. The Plains School Summer Program ran for nearly two ...

USFS campground check, Trout Creek. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Other law violations, T. Falls. Theft. Request for ...

Montana Highway Patrol Levi Evans, 20, unlawful possession of open alcoholic beverage container in motor vehicle on highway, $75; seatbelt violation, $20; failure to give notice of accident by ...

by Rusti Leivestad, Thompson Falls Mayor Thank you to all who participated in the survey, both on-line and by written hardcopy. As you might expect, the answers were varied. Some were made by ...

Question of the week Do you think county elections should be partisan or non-partisan?

First Security Bank held its annual free ice cream day on Friday, giving out scoops for customer appreciation. Mariah Troyer(far left) and Jenise Plank served 313 people ice cream from noon to 4 p.m.

Jacob Dougherty, Thompson Falls High School Interviewed by Gary Sanks Our Spotlight on the Arts student this week is Jacob Dougherty, a 17-year-old from Thompson Falls who is finishing his junior year ...