In a special news release from Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman, residents in the Bitterroot valley are being asked to not burn on Saturday, April 27.
On March 4, 2012, while he was driving drunk and under the influence of drugs, Justin Barber crashed his vehicle with three young men inside down a steep embankment off Hillview Way, resulting in the death of two of his best friends and severely injuring a third. Barber was sentenced Thursday morning in Missoula District Court.
According to Sergeant Scott Pastian of the Missoula Police Department, authorities are looking for a suspect in an attempted arson that occurred early Wednesday morning, April 24.
The long wait for funds to build a new Missoula College is almost over. The Montana Legislature approved a direct appropriation of $29 million dollars as part of the governor's jobs bill, and now awaits his signature.
Tuesday evening at the Missoula County Schools business building, a group of teachers, administrators, trustees and law enforcement personnel heard a presentation on 'Active Response' by Captain Rob Taylor of the county sheriff's department.
Local authorities are asking the public's help in identifying three individuals suspected of theft from the Flying J/Town Pump Truck Stop at the Wye near Missoula.
Sunday night, Denny Calhoun Smith, 28, was pulled over by a Missoula County Sheriff's deputy after driving over 100 miles per hour on Glacier Drive. Smith, arrested for DUI, said a friend was in his truck, bleeding from stab wounds.
UPDATE, 5 p.m. Monday, April 22.
The Lake County Sheriff's Department has released the names of the two women who were killed in Sunday night's two-vehicle crash near St. Ignatius. They were Debby Ramsey, 68, and her mother, Mary Virginia Smith, 91.
Debby Ramsey was the wife of pastor and family counselor Jim Ramsey. She was also a piano teacher who instructed hundreds of children over many years out of her home in Missoula.
The funeral for Debby Ramsey has been planned for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Missoula Alliance Church, with Garden City Funeral Home handling the arrangements.Her mother, Mary Smith, will be interred in California.
UPDATE, 7 a.m.. Monday, April 22.
The Montana Highway Patrol has confirmed that two people were killed in the two-vehicle crash near St. Ignatius on Sunday evening. No names have yet been released.
A mid-April snowstorm has brought snow to Western Montana, with up to nine inches reported in the Condon area.
For those who can't attend Grizzly football games in person, and for those who like to record the games and watch them later, ROOT Sports has released their conference game schedule for Montana.
What a difference a week makes in a football team. At the final Grizzly football scrimmage under the Friday night lights at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, it was the offense that took home the honors.
An unidentified man was attacked by a sow grizzly bear behind the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo just before 11 a.m. Friday, April 19.
