Two apply for school board vacancy

By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter

Guest Column: Nordicfest hoping to stay alive

If Nordicfest is one of the community events you enjoy, and you want it to be here for years to come, now is the time to put your thoughts into action!

Lady Loggers season ends at state tourney

After a strong season, the 9-13 Libby softball team fell short at the state tournament against Billings Central Catholic and Corvallis. The trip to Butte marked the first state championship the Lady Loggers have participated in since 2018.

Helen Mar Bledsoe, 90

Heavenly Father gently took Helen Mar Bledsoe, who had her son at her side, by the hand and led her home to be with the Lord on Jan. 12, 2021, at the age of 90. Helen Mar was born July 27, 1930, in Berkeley, Calif., to Martin Clarence Buell and Helen Henrietta McCulloch Buell.

Formula Fabrication opens new office

With top honor, Sweedmans now located on Highway 2

Good things just continue to happen for Frank and Karee Sweedman of Formula Fabrication of Libby.

Libby beats Troy 11-7 at Libby

The Libby High School junior varsity softball team beat the Troy High School varsity team 11-7 Tuesday at Remp Field.

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Libby Lady Loggers celebrate Senior Night with win

Before the game, Kinzee Boehmler, Mackenzie Foss and Destinee Crawford were honored.

Improving graduation rates now puts Libby in the forefront

Doing as much or more with fewer educators and less budget has been the mantra in Libby School District 4, a task Libby High School Principal Rik Rewerts has embraced.

Principal awarded top honor

A Troy educator and school administrator was awarded one of the highest recognitions given out by the Montana Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals during the Montana Principals Conference in Anaconda on April 5.

Lady Trojans lose to Loyola, 61-28

By BENJAMIN KIBBEY

Loggers fall in final quarter to Pirates, 63-54, in last regular season game

The Libby High School boys basketball team led for most of their last game of the regular season on Feb. 10, but a tight fourth quarter and run by Polson in the final minutes led to a Pirates victory.

2005 in Review: Part 1

EDITOR's NOTE: The following is a rundown of the top stories that appeared in The Western News during 2005. It is the first of two parts.

George Raymond Cochran, 87

George Raymond Cochran, 87, died on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 at Libby Care Center. He was born at La Junta, Colorado into a family that raised cattle. Being a cowboy with his father and brother started his enthusiasm for the outdoors. The family moved to Hysham, Montana which instigated his love of the state. He developed lifelong friends and had great anticipation for his high school reunions.

Online Exclusive: Trojan boys reach 7-B title game; down Plains

In losses to Plains during the regular season, the Troy High School boys basketball team suffered through offensive lulls that impacted the final outcome.

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LHS soccer boys tie Whitefish on road

In less than two weeks, the Libby High School boys soccer team has rewritten the record book against rival Whitefish.

DUI Task Force awards student essayists

By BENJAMIN KIBBEY

'All those years' Libby restaurant's wall of portraits honors service members

What started as nine portraits hung in honor of one family’s military service has grown into a “Wall of Honor” at Simple Simon’s Pizza in Libby.

Ethel Anderson, 89, of Libby

Ethel Joyce Gass Hemphill Anderson, 89, our borrowed angel, returned to her Lord on May 11, 2012.