fires

The recent fires in Lolo caused many people to have to evacuate their homes and live their lives differently in general. Lolo Creek Steakhouse was no exception. The restaurant known for its rugged decor and impressive grill (as well as the steaks that come off of it), was forced to shut its doors for a week while the fires were at their worst. Now that the fires are well on their way to being cont

Montana’s fire season will officially end at midnight tonight.

Smoke blankets the Missoula Valley. Where is it coming from?

Here's a list of fun things to do with the kiddos to help pass the time that we’re all stuck in the house when we should be outdoors.

You can see the mountains, occasionally.

As anyone who has spent any time outside on Monday, it's immediately apparent that wildfire smoke is especially bad in the Missoula valley.

Due to the current poor air quality conditions in the Missoula valley, the following athletic games have been cancelled

The Sawtooth Fire is responsible for the heavy pall of smoke hanging over the Missoula valley.

Tom Heintz, the Incident Commander of the Northern Rockies Incident Management Team on the Sawtooth Fire fire has conferred with Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman concerning the re-entry into areas near this fire by the residents of the homes impacted by the area Stage 2 evacuation order.

A house fire on Ebb Way in Missoula's South Hills sent plumes of oily black smoke that could be seen all over the Missoula valley on Wednesday afternoon.

Thanks to all the ash in the air it looks more like a volcano erupted than wildfire season in Western Montana.

Evacuations went smoothly in Ravalli County on Monday.