The project, estimated at around $1 million, is set to begin this spring and, when finished, it will mitigate the potential risk of fires sparked by downed power lines.
Temperatures are already heating up in Western Montana, so here are five great swimming holes in and around Missoula, Montana that can help you cool off.
Missoula and eight other counties went into Severe Drought yesterday according to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. National Weather Service hydrologist Ray Nickless explains.
"Most of our drought situation is really based on our water supply this year," said Nickless...
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks are lifting fishing restrictions Saturday, August 22 on the upper Clark Fork River as well as Flint and Silver Bow Creeks.
The Western Montana sky exploded with lightning strikes and brief, heavy rains starting at about 6:00 a.m. Monday, as a summer storm swept through the Bitterroot, Missoula, and the Blackfoot areas. The lightning sparked at least two small fires.
Eleven people are dead after weekend crashes in Western Montana, three in Sanders County, five near Browning, two near Troy and one just east of Missoula.