Mineral County News

There were a couple of races in Mineral County that were decided on Tuesday. Joe Hanson was elected as Alberton Mayor, beating Abe Lurien by a margin of 69 votes to 50 votes .

Ernie Ornelas, Marcia Boris, and Roman Zylawy introduced themselves to voters as the GOP candidates for sheriff, county attorney, and county commissioner.

Stang, a Democrat, served as a Mineral County commissioner for 18 years, from 1991 through 2008.

The Alberton Food Bank will be open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. every second and fourth Wednesday.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Montana town listed as federal Superfund site Superior and Mineral County officials petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to make the Montana community a Superfund site after a 2002 quick response team from the EPA found widespread contamination of high levels of lead, arsenic and other ...

Regis. * Install chevrons and flexible delineation at the curve north of St. Regis on State Primary Route 35/MT-135 at reference markers 1.9 to 2.2. The purpose of the project is to improve safety at the two locations by addressing single vehicle, off-road crashes.

The public is invited to join two upcoming Mineral County Challenge Work Groups meetings.

They will perform in concert Sept. 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Superior Baptist Church.

Congressman Denny Rehberg will be back on the road next week ready to hear more ideas from Montanans on the contentious health care issue.

The owner of a Superior pawn shop says someone burglarized their store late Monday night and took several expensive items.

The Montana Highway Patrol says a 36-year-old Alberton woman was killed in a one-vehicle rollover in Mineral County.

A 36-year-old Missoula woman died in a Wednesday rollover accident in Mineral County.

A former Mineral County jail inmate who was raped by a corrections officer has filed a federal lawsuit The Western Montana Chapter for the Prevention of Elder Abuse filed the suit on behalf of Linda McDonald.

A former Mineral County jail inmate who was raped by a corrections officer has filed a federal lawsuit The Western Montana Chapter for the Prevention of Elder Abuse filed the suit on behalf of Linda McDonald.

The Ninemile Wildlife Workgroups hosts its first annual community potluck and party Sunday Aug.

A federal grant will help the Mineral County Sheriff's Department fund one full time officer.

Gordon Hendrick told the Chronicle Tuesday that he will not run for re-election in 2010.

The 2009 Mineral County Fair will be featuring some home-grown musical talent. JT and The Travelers will be playing on Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

Please make sure your entry blanks are filled out completely before bringing to the 4-H building! Please use a separate blank for those items as they are judged at different times and places than other entries.

Flathead County's unemployment rate dropped for the third consecutive month, falling slightly to 9.6 percent in June from 9.7 percent a month earlier.