Newly-appointed U.S. Circuit Judge Anthony D. Johnstone, a former University of Montana law school professor, heard oral arguments for two Montana cases on Friday.
The Missoula Hellgate softball team posted its first win in five years on Friday in Frenchtown.
Pyramid Mountain Lumber General Manager Todd Johnson said one group has made a proposal to keep the company in business, and a couple more investors still have interest.
Housing costs and the sunsetting of pandemic-era benefits have more people than ever needing charitable sources of food in Montana.
Items that might otherwise be insignificant were laid out to revive stories of people who lost their lives at the hands of crime in Missoula.
Here's a roundup of local stories that ran this week.
Sharyl Allen, a Republican candidate for Superintendent of the Montana Office of Public Instruction, has been charged with a misdemeanor in Madison County.
The tool was announced as 150 Missoula-based employees of Roseburg Forest Products and 100 employees of Seeley Lake's Pyramid Mountain Lumber will likely face layoffs next month.
A helicopter crashed Friday morning on a hillside somewhere in the vicinity of the Anaconda Smelter, killing the lone pilot on board.
The Roseburg Forest Products plant in Missoula emits hundreds of tons per year of carbon monoxide, fine particulates and volatile organic compounds.
The county recently said it expects the Wye to become a population hub over the next 50-70 years.
The Montana Repertory Theatre is staging short original plays in shops around the quirky and colorful neighborhood.
There's a new place for cookies and coffee in Missoula. Also, there are new and improved recycling bins downtown.
Here's a quick guide to some upcoming arts and cultural events happening around Missoula in the coming week.
We sent the Missoula County school board candidates questions, and here are their answers.
A 2021 sex ed law is being challenged in court. Opponents say it's restricting important education and creating a chilling effect among teachers.
Starting this year, floaters are now required to carry with them something they have always been able to leave behind — their excrement.
The decision followed a local resident filing a complaint over Pride flags displayed in two Sentinel High School classrooms.
The profound appreciation for public lands and natural environments — and a pervasive feeling of worsening quality of life — were widespread across the state's normally gaping political divide.
Both sites are on former White Pine Sash company land, which processed logs into trim boards, windows and other woodworking craft products.
MCT artist director Joe Martinez is producing the hit musical again after a production here in 2005.
The International Wildlife Film Festival closes out on Thursday, so the Missoula community theater will get back to independent films about human foibles.
Nothing heightens the senses like roaming griz country alone, whether on two feet or hunched over two wheels as a meaty lime-green semblance of a wounded cow elk.
A tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Jackson was former chief legal counsel to the Montana Department of Natural Resources.
"Throughout the country, mail is unfortunately being used to introduce drugs into prison facilities," the Montana Department of Corrections said.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
The Legislative Audit Committee "insisted" the corrections department provide "material" outcomes in six months.
County commissioner Josh Slotnick said that there could be another 35,000-50,000 people living near the Wye west of Missoula in five decades.
Adam J. Whiteman, 24, was initially facing several charges in connection to the incident, but Flathead County charging documents include one felony count of kidnapping and two misdemeanors.
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In its order Friday, the Supreme Court found that the state didn’t make any arguments as to why two of the bills should be deemed constitutional.
This week's local crime and court updates from Missoulian.
The Western Montana Railroad Historical Association will take part in the 42nd annual Helena Railroad Fair at the Helena Civic Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, at 340 Neill Ave.
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