Senator gets firsthand look at school
On a mission to get firsthand information about Asa Wood Elementary School’s asbestos problems, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus visited Libby on Friday for a short tour with school board members.

Bluegrass culture envelops Troy
Into the wee hours of the morning, you can hear the pickin’ going on in the distance. Some play in bands, others just pick for fun.

Rendezvous participants embrace pre-1840 era
At the 12th annual Two Rivers Rendezvous last weekend, more than 100 gun-toting mountain men and women dressed in their pre-1840 attire marched through the tall grasses of the mountain meadows along a trail that meandered under a canopy of towering pine, fir and larch, taking aim at targets along the way with their muzzle-loaded rifles and pistols.