Mineral County News

Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has notified the Mineral County Drug Treatment Court and Juvenile Drug Court he has accepted their invitation to participate in Drug Treatment Court graduation ceremonies to be held at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 15 in the District Court Courtroom at the County Courthouse in Superior.

A downloadable print-quality version of the statewide ads and Community Briefs is available at http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/dow...onicle.pdf . Alberton American Legion Post 131 meets at 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday of the month at the Alberton Senior Center.

Jamie O'Shea's Immaculate Telegraphy project: Could humans at any point in history, given the right information, construct an electronic communication network? To test this hypothesis, Substitute Materials will attempt to build a functional electric battery and telegraph switch from materials found in the wilderness, using no modern tools except ...

The bad blood between Mineral County's fire departments continued last week, with St.

An alert gas station clerk in Superior helped authorities capture three Idaho Department of Corrections inmates who walked away from a work crew on the Montana-Idaho border.

People can meet the Mineral County Challenge steering committee and learn more about the process by visiting their display tables at the Old Schoolhouse Rock Car Show in Superior June 6 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. The Mineral County Challenge is an active planning and collaboration process that will result in a handful of economic development ...

By Mark Hebert "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.' -- Margaret Fuller Members of the Mineral County Masons Mountain Lodge 110 paid a visit to Superior Elementary on Thursday afternoon to award four lucky students some fancy new wheels as the Bikes for Books raffle was held after recess.

Students from Alberton, St. Regis and Superior elementary schools run in the rain by Mark Hebert Not heavy gray skies nor cool light raindrops could slow Mineral County elementary students on Wednesday afternoon as each of the three area schools poured into Superior in order to compete in the Fourth Annual Governor's Cup fun run.

Robert J. Mahon was elected chairman; Nancy Acheson, chairwoman; Judith A. Mahon, treasurer; and Al Acheson was elected Secretary.

Applications will be available starting Monday May 11, and the deadline to apply is June 15.

Tuesday May 5 is election day for special district elections. Three candidates are seeking two positions on the Frenchtown Fire Board.

If you plan to burn in Mineral County, you are required to obtain a burn permit.

It' not a marked improvement, but the latest unemployment report from the state shows the first glimmer of good news in several months on the Western Montana job front.

I received such an assault last week that has not only given me an axe to grind, but has led me to grind the axe razor-sharp so I can cut down the fools who perpetrated said assault.

Contact Information: Gwen Christiansen, EPA NPL Coordinator, 303-312-6463 Joe Vranka, EPA, 406-457-5039 Sandi Olsen, MT DEQ, 406-841-5001 Listing on NPL would make cleanup at Flat Creek IMM a high priority The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with support from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality , today announced its proposal to ...

Other notable American libraries in history: * The first town library was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1636.

It will be held Friday, May 1, 2009 at the Rock 'N Rodeo in Superior starting at 6:30 pm.

While Superior firefighters were fighting a structure fire on Diamond Road on March 18, the Mineral County commissioners were cutting their funding.

Flathead County's unemployment rate rose to 11.3 percent in January, up from 8.7 percent in December, according to the state Department of Labor.

The Mineral County Chamber of Commerce is planning a breakfast meeting at Durango's in Superior, on Thursday, March 12, between 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. The no-host breakfast, will include a short business meeting ...