A Trout Creek firefighter pours water onto a shop fire in Trout Creek on Saturday. Other firefighters soon joined the battle, but the building was a total loss. Passersby managed to tow an old truck ...

The filing period for local candidates ended last week, setting the stage for the 2026 election season. Sanders County will have three contested local races on the ballot. Commissioner Tony Cox is ...

Ryan Nong and Tyler Rickert of Whitefish Credit Union (above from left) present a check to Thompson Falls High School's Jodi Morgan and Doree Thilmony. The money was collected from the Blue Hawk debit ...

U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke was in Noxon on Monday to sign and deliver ceremonial checks from Congress for several local projects. Rep. Zinke, county commissioners Dan Rowan, John Holland and Tony ...

Jennifer Marie Charlo appeared before Judge Molly Owen on Tuesday, receiving a two-year deferred imposition of sentence for a felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, pursuant to an ...

To all SCVT regular donors and supporters: Thank you all for your support over the years of SCVT fundraising efforts that have ensured the Local Area DAV program afforded purchase replacement vehicles ...

The Trout Creek school hosted their annual literacy night on Thursday, celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday week. Volunteers with Thompson Falls Womans Club were there to read aloud to students, and they ...

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The Thompson Falls City Council is considering a change to water and sewer charges for vacant lots. The matter was one of several discussed by the council during Monday's nearly two hour long meeting.

"This is the team I took the job for," is what Coach Mike Tessier said about the Lady Hawk basketball team a couple weeks before the divisional tournament. Tessier coached his team to a third-place ...

MADISON JOHNSTON, Plains - "I would like to try skydiving." KIMBERLY PATTON, Plains - "I would like to try skiing or flyfishing." MICHELLE DEBAUGH, Noxon - "I would like to learn Microsoft Excel." ...

Three Noxon athletes are making splashes in the world of college athletics, with one athlete earning a national championship. Montana Tech senior Cade VanVleet, who graduated from Noxon High School in ...