Operation Christmas Child continues this weekend to reach overseas children

While most people in the U.S. are preparing for holiday activities, Libby volunteers with Operation Christmas Child — the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind — are filling shoe box gifts with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children overseas. 

Libby hosts season-opening cross country invitational

Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures greeted the hundreds of runners who competed from the middle school level to high school varsity.

Procession honors Kila boy who succumbed to rare condition

Maverick Bench has come home.

Libby firefighters honor late volunteer Hugh Swimley

Libby Volunteer firefighters on Saturday honored the late Hugh Swimley, who served as a volunteer firefighter from 1955 to 1980 and died last December at 85.

In-state tuition awarded to three local students

Two Libby students and one Troy student won three out of 249 full-tuition scholarships recently announced by the Montana University System Honor Scholarship program.

Two Libby wrestlers place in Class A coaches poll

Dylan Yeadon (sixth at 120) and Laine Young (sixth at 152) represented Libby in the season’s first installment of the Class A wrestling coaches poll.

Libby puts in good showing at Superior

Libby won 13 first-place medals at the Valley Tournament in Superior in Little Guy wrestling action on Saturday.

Student actors sought for play

An audition for an upcoming production of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” will take place 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 19 at the Libby Memorial Events Center at 111 E. Lincoln Blvd.

Robert Wesley Porter, Sr.

Robert Wesley Porter, Sr.

Foss inducted into her college Hall of Fame

Porterville College has laid the foundation for a long list of dignitaries and the latest three people to be honored at PC’s Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday at River Island all acknowledged the same thing. PC laid the foundation for them as well.

Libby High School honors top winter athletes

Diminutive Syd Gier dribbled deftly through defenders who towered above her and then dished the ball to an open teammate.

Old Photo 3-28

DECA Trophy Winners The three trophy winners of LibbyÕs Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) have the seats of honor as other members of the class at Libby High School gather around. The three trophy winners are, Connie Bornschein, left, who placed second at the state meet in the Food Industry Marketing contest; Cathy Hogan, who placed first in Window Display judging, and Robyn Letz, who placed second in the Student of the Year competition. Standing behind are Patty Munro, left, Don Kuipers, DECA teacher-coordinator, Connie McElmurry, Dixie Marchant, Paula Bundrock, Nancy Pomeroy, Cindy Phillips, Linda Anderson and Rose Dudley. Photo from the March 9, 1972, files of The Western News.

A life of racing, riding and rodeo

Blackfeet Nation celebrates life of Chief Earl Old Person

BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — The Blackfeet Nation honored Chief Earl Old Person with a weeklong memorial, ending with a funeral service Friday in the Browning High School gym.

Libby track getting spun up

With the snow still covering the field and most areas around them, the Libby High School track team was hard at work last week, getting ready for the season.

Edmund Scheffler, 93, of Troy

Edmund (Ed) Burton Scheffler, 93, of Troy died May 2, 2014, of natural causes in Spokane, Wash. He was born December 9, 1920, in the Bull River Ranger Station near Noxon, to Clyde and Myrtle Gill Scheffler. He grew up in Noxon and graduated from Noxon High School. He worked various jobs including logging, railroad and firefighting until he enlisted in the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was sent to serve his country in the Aleutian Islands on the U.S.S. Coghlan. He was very proud of having fought in the battle of the Komandorskis.

Johnston first at Ronan with 74, Snyder sixth with 96

RONAN — Libby senior Ryggs Johnston once again led Logger golfers and the field, taking first place on Thursday at the Ronan Invitational golf tournament.

Libby wrestlers win Superior Invitational

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Libby grad named A1 Athletic Dir. of Year in Ore.

Grant Nelson, 1990 graduate of Libby High School, was recently named A1 Athletic Director of the Year in the state of Oregon.

Leave the gorilla alone

To the Editor: