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There's been an uptick in the number of human caused wildfires this past week that threatens to force Western Montana into Stage 1 or 2 fire restrictions

With all the unhealthy air condition warnings Missoula County received in 2017, the haze currently floating over western Montana might be a little bit concerning.

Today's state headlines include a look at the first big Montana wildfire of 2018, an update of federal, state and local law enforcement attempts to crack down on meth dealers, and a look at the trial of a man suspected of killing a woman during an intoxicated hit-and-run accident in Missoula.

According to Bitterroot National Forest spokesman Todd McKay, they’ve only experienced two small fires about a tenth of an acre up until this recent fire, which is being called the Reynolds Lake Fire.

The Missoula Fire Department was called out around 1:30 Friday morning.

Despite recent rains, fire season is coming soon and is predicted to be worse than average

The Missoula Fire Department was called out to stop a fire at TJ Maxx at around 6:50 Thursday evening.

A new omnibus bill is working its way through congress and includes changes to forest management that have been pushed by Montana’s congressional delegation.

Missoula County is updating its Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the first time in over a decade.

Resident Jay Alexander was evacuated during the incident and returned home to find his land ablaze, not by the Sunrise Fire, but by a backburn set to help fight the fire.

The Missoula County Sheriff’s Department has been helping to investigate what caused the Nine Mile House near Huson to burn down last December and Detective Captain David Conway says the investigation is closed.

The Montana State Fire Marshall was called to Big Arm today, January 10, after a fire broke out at the local post office.