Here's a roundup of local stories that ran this week.
Starting Monday, Lake County officials say they will no longer accept Flathead Reservation tribal members in their jail, house tribal juvenile defenders or perform autopsies on tribal members.
Three Southwest teams earned quarterfinal wins Thursday afternoon.
After 30 years of being run by Missoula Correctional Services (MCS), Missoula’s pretrial program is moving under the umbrella of the county’s Community Justice Department.
A building in downtown Missoula is as old as the state of Montana itself and houses over a million antique, vintage and retro items of all shapes and sizes.
This year, the GOP primary for the Supreme Court clerk has turned a few heads.
The Montana Repertory Theatre is producing "What the Constitution Means to Me," an award-winning play about how the document does and does not protect women.
Lawyers on both sides presented arguments on Thursday, mainly disputing whether the county is violating the rights of poorer residents through high pretrial fees.
The complaints were filed by the executive director of the Montana Democratic Party.
Mike Perry says he hopes he can leverage his new role as associate dean to show people the impact of public education in local communities.
Taken as a whole, the regional proposals, would put an end to federal coal leases in the Powder River Basin, the largest coal producing area in the United States.
The University of Montana alum and Oscar winner plays a deranged professor hunting a young woman in the woods.
Derick Wycherly, an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and worked in New York for nine years.
“There are a lot of great things that are going to come out of this plan that we have been hoping for,” said Tori Sproles.
Water quality sampling last summer by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found that pollution in the Clark Fork River 'is more prevalent than initially thought.'
Lisa Krantz was part of the award-winning Washington Post team whose reporting on the AR-15 won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
The workshop will focus on trail building and maintenance techniques including grade reversals, what makes a good drain and how to construct one and how to properly align a trail.
On Friday, O'Connor was down-climbing on foot from near the summit of the 12,023-foot Donaldson Peak around 11:55 a.m. when he triggered an avalanche.
The funding request would be made to Missoula City Council during its upcoming budget process.
Montana's air quality is some of the worst in the country, especially during wildfire season. Officials hope putting air monitors in school will help communities make informed decisions.
Seven of the eight baseball teams that qualified for state last year are back for the second rendition of the tournament.
Former Missoula County attorneys Kirsten Pabst and Fred Van Valkenberg are both listed as witnesses expected to testify in Cody Marble's case.
The department’s annual report came out last week, and offers a comprehensive review of Missoula crime trends and other projects and programs MPD is working on.
Gaylord Angst, 81, of Florence was killed in a crash on Tuesday morning near Lolo.
Sharyl Allen, the superintendent of Harrison Public School in southwest Montana, was put on paid administrative leave by the school district's board on Tuesday.
The debate is set to be broadcast live on TV and radio stations across the state on the morning of Sunday, June 9.
The state baseball tournament will be held Thursday through Saturday in Missoula. The Polson Pirates are defending champs.
Almost every candidate backs Trump and names immigration and federal spending as the country’s most pressing issues. What’s a voter to do?
There's a new home for Soft Landing's United We Eat program. Also, there are new tours of downtown Missoula's history, including one of the former red light district.
Here's a quick guide to some upcoming arts and cultural events happening around Missoula in the coming week.
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DeCrane specializes in creating safe, healing spaces for Indigenous children and integrating cultural and language preservation into youth programs.
Cody Marble offers testimony at the Missoula County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon. Marble, 39, whose conviction for raping another boy in the juvenile detention center when he 17 was overturned in 2017, is attempting to secure compensation for his wrongful conviction.
Here are some Missoula and Western Montana homes with history that you might be able to call your own.
Read through the obituaries published today in Missoulian.
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“When Anna smokes one over the fence [third] pitch of the game, it’s pretty easy to get rolling.” — Capital outfielder Kate Drynan
The previous record of 17 Bobcat participants was set in 2022.
🎧 The hosts talk about why too few residential units are being built, and what actions are needed to make change at the local level.
The curtains eventually fall on every popular television program. Sure, "The Simpsons" is still going strong at 35 seasons, but that's the exception rather than the rule.
MONTANA UNTAMED: At least seven grizzly bears died in Montana in 2023 after being shot by hunters. All were judged to be self-defense.
Jennifer Narramore, owner and co-founder of Tornado Talk, and her team have been sharing tornado survival stories from the last 70 years.
Characters aren’t the only ones who change on a television series. Actors can, too, says “The Good Doctor’s” Freddie Highmore.
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract.
Lainey Wilson took home female artist of the year and the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards.
