Plains High School students Cecilia Harris Claire Lakkko portray lab scientists during the school play "The Apiary." (Tracy Scott/Valley Press) The play must go on — and last Friday evening, it ...

His parents purchased property on the shoreline in the 1950s, when the Thompson chain of lakes was still a remote islet in a sea of working timberlands.

LADY HAWK GRAPPLER Lexi Volk pins an opponent under the watchful eyes of friends and foes at the Owen Invitational in Polson last weekend. Volk won fifth place at 115 pounds in the girls competition ...

Art students from the Plains School District fanned out across town last week, continuing a three-decade tradition of ...

For many who attended the Montana Land Board’s October 2025 meeting, the final vote to approve the Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Easement was a triumphant moment.

For years after the airport moved to its new location, it housed only one or two lonely hangars. No fence protected it from ...

Sanders County officials said last week that law enforcement is investigating a former Hot Springs School District employee.

Led by Brock Ryan, who claimed the meet championship at 157 pounds, the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen made a fine showing at the Owen Invitational wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday in ...

On the 1,180-acre Donally Ranch Block Management Area #14, hunters this season found more than game-rich habitat. They found ...

George Allen Hoiland, 76, passed away peacefully on Nov. 21, 2025, surrounded by love and held in the dignity he earned ...

Horse Plains Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3596 held a solemn ceremony on Dec. 7 to retire the American flag, the enduring symbol of national freedom.

Moriah Champneys comes from a long line of professional musicians. Her great-grandfather, the Rev. James Murk, won the Ted ...