A 15-year-old Montana girl who escaped from a mental health hospital has died after being struck by a pickup truck on a nearby interstate highway, police say. Kayla Neal, of Missoula, was walking on the southbound lanes of I-15 around 2 p.m. Monday in Helena when she was hit by a 56-year-old woman driving a Dodge truck, police there told KURL-TV. Minutes before, she had run Read More…
MISSOULA – The University of Montana is quietly hitting a very high mark in the on-going effort to retain newly-trained physicians to work in Montana, with a strong majority of graduates deciding to stay and serve patients across the state. Just five years ago, there was a growing concern of finding enough physicians to meet Read More…
Rep. Greg Gianforte said he has gotten language included in the new defense bill that calls on the Secretary of the Air Force to consider improvements at existing facilities, such as fixing the runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base, rather than build new ones. “Malmstrom Air Force Base is home to the 341st Missile Wing which Read More…
MANHATTAN, M.T. – According to the U.S. Geological Survey a 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred at 7:52 p.m. Mountain Time, 2 miles northwest of Manhattan, Montana. More than 500 people have reported feeling the quake. READ FULL STORY
MORGAN SMITH, Associated Press Published 12:43 p.m. MT July 20, 2019 CLOSE SALT LAKE CITY — Reports of bears coming down from the mountains and rummaging through backyards and campgrounds in Utah have more than doubled from the same time last year following a wet spring and an increase in their numbers, wildlife officials say. Read More…
Matthew 17:20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.” When I was a kid, my family went to a Read More…
Fifty years after astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon, teams of Montana students competed near Helena to re-create the lunar landing using drones and remote control technology at a major NASA hosted competition. The challenge required students to re-create the Apollo 11 landing by using a drone to Read More…
Hey guys, I know I’ve talked to you before, but I am here again to see if I can find my forever home. My name is Jesse and I know I’m not everyone’s speed, but I know my family is out there somewhere. I am what the staff and volunteers like to call a “couch Read More…
Jim Moyle was “hunkered over” a radio at his kitchen table in Butte 50 years ago today, taping a radio broadcast of man’s first steps on the moon with his brand new cassette recorder. He was 14 then and the tapes still play today. Joe Witherspoon, who now operates an observatory near Twin Bridges, landed Read More…
Tribune staff Published 7:00 p.m. MT July 19, 2019 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks euthanized a young male grizzly bear today along the Marias River near the inlet of Tiber Dam because it had become food conditioned and was killing sheep, an FWP release said. FWP captured the 278-pound Read More…
The Helena Public Schools Board of Trustees unanimously voted Friday to name the new Central School Library after former superintendent Jack Copps. “Few public servants in Montana have impacted their communities in the same manner as George “Jack” Copps,” meeting documents said. Copps worked as a public servant in Montana for nearly 60 years. At Read More…
A Billings eye doctor made an emergency landing on an Idaho Highway Thursday night after experiencing engine trouble. Scott Morledge-Hampton, 53, was on his way to Felts Field Airport, north of Spokane, Washington. He ended up landing on Highway 97 near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, according to a news release from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The Read More…
Authorities in Glacier National Park are investigating after tourists were captured on video hitting golf balls off Going-to-the-Sun Road. On Thursday, NBC Montana published a cellphone video taken by Glacier visitor Misty Morrow during a recent traffic backup on the famed mountain roadway. Morrow captured visitors driving two golf balls off the edge of the Read More…
For the third year in a row the American Prairie Reserve is offering public bison harvest on its property. The harvest is in addition to the already available hunting opportunities for a variety of wildlife species on designated Reserve lands. This year the nonprofit is offering 20 opportunities, with all but two being awarded to Read More…
BOZEMAN — A Montana woman will launch an electric scooter business in Bozeman that aims to alleviate parking problems and help people better explore the city. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports Blink Rides will offer about 100 scooters for the public to rent beginning this weekend. Owner Lana Kitto says the scooters will be accessible Read More…
A U.S. appeals court panel sided with the Trump administration Friday in a mining pollution dispute, ruling that state and federal programs already in place ensure that companies take financial responsibility for future cleanups. The ruling came after the administration was sued by environmental groups for dropping an Obama-era proposal that would have forced companies Read More…
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Montana prisoner rights complaint, reviving the case and bumping the original judge. The complaint alleges the Montana State Prison fails to provide adequate mental health care and puts prisoners in conditions, like solitary confinement, that exacerbate mental health problems. The Montana Department of Corrections violated Read More…
Celebrate the past at Bannack Days this weekend The Old West comes alive at Bannack Days at Bannack State Park on Saturday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, July 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Take in demonstrations of traditional handicrafts, walk up Hangman’s Gulch to learn about buffalo guns, Read More…
If you think this has been a wet spring, it’s now official. As of July 15, runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 42.2 million acre feet, according to John Remus, chief of the Missouri River Water Management Division. That amount exceeds the 2018 runoff total of 42.1 million acre feet, making Read More…
A mountain lion was captured on video Thursday morning by two midtown Billings homes’ security cameras, but seemed to go about its business and move through the neighborhood. Officials at Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks haven’t heard any more reports about the big cat after recent sightings in the neighborhood around Mariposa Lane. “A couple Read More…
A wide-ranging search for a man who went missing early last week in Glacier National Park has been scaled back, the park announced Thursday. Search efforts began the morning of July 9 in the Logan Pass area of Glacier National Park for Mark Sinclair, 66, recently of Whitefish, the park said in a late-afternoon news Read More…
Helena’s trolley is back. The dark red and cream colored people mover will operate for free beginning Monday, July 29, through Saturday, Aug. 31, on a trial run to evaluate how much the public will utilize the courtesy shuttle. “The trolley exemplifies the city’s framework of services and programs to be responsive to the business Read More…
Only a week after Yellowstone National Park’s fire management officer predicted the wet summer could quickly turn dry and favorable for forest fires, the park’s first wildland fire of the year was detected on July 17 by hikers on the Sevenmile Hole Trail. The lightning-ignited 0.1 acre fire is located three miles east of Canyon Read More…
The 84-year-old woman who died Wednesday in a crash northeast of Huntley has been identified. Joan Gunderson, of Worden, who was a passenger in a Hyundai, died of multiple injuries in a crash with a Chevy Suburban, said Yellowstone County Deputy Coroner Rich Hoffman. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Suburban, traveling eastbound on Highway 312 Read More…
A missing person advisory has expired for a Big Timber teen, but the boy is still missing. A Missing Endangered Person Advisory was issued Wednesday for Marshall Dammann,16, and expired Thursday. Marshall remains missing. Those who have any information about him can contact the Sweet Grass County Sheriff’s Office at 406-932-5143. Marshall was last seen Read More…
A 15-year-old Montana girl who escaped from a mental health hospital has died after being struck by a pickup truck on a nearby interstate highway, police say. Kayla Neal, of Missoula, was walking on the southbound lanes of I-15 around 2 p.m. Monday in Helena when she was hit by a 56-year-old woman driving a Dodge truck, police there told KURL-TV. Minutes before, she had run Read More…
MISSOULA – The University of Montana is quietly hitting a very high mark in the on-going effort to retain newly-trained physicians to work in Montana, with a strong majority of graduates deciding to stay and serve patients across the state. Just five years ago, there was a growing concern of finding enough physicians to meet Read More…
At Cinemark Midsummer in Sweden is a time of joy. Poles are wrapped with bright vines and flowers, with Swedish flags waving atop, a golden cross across a sea of blue. Swedes gather round the poles, dancing and singing, celebrating their heritage at a time of year when the sun hardly sets. My wife and Read More…
The Last Chance Stampede and Fair is readying up to bring classic Western fun to the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds. From July 24-28, rodeo, livestock judging, carnival rides and games and more fried food than could possibly fit on a stick will be in town. And that’s not including the July 27 parade that Read More…
Last Black Man in San Francisco At the Myrna Loy I remember my first encounter with San Francisco. I was attending a conference, and on Sunday morning, I walked around downtown San Fran looking for breakfast. I’m not sure exactly where I was, but the district felt lived in, with lots of folks on the Read More…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to drill a water well 3.5 miles west of Garneill in yet another step for a long-term project to bring well water to about 5,000 central Montana households. The federal agency has published an environmental assessment on the project and is taking public comment on the document Read More…
WHITEFISH — Professors, activists and survivors gathered at a conference in Whitefish on Wednesday to share research and experiences with an injury that plagues both athletes and veterans: concussions and traumatic brain injury. Organized by the University of Montana’s Neural Injury Center (NIC), the conference showcased both the latest research in treating and diagnosing TBI, Read More…
Darrian Johnson was always quite the prankster. He passed his sense of humor and playful spirit onto his children. On Wednesday, his wife Cari Johnson, daughter Scarlett and son Hank spoke of his many jokes and pranks. “He was very sarcastic, but had a great sense of humor. He even told Scarlett exactly how to Read More…
An 80-year-old woman died and a man and another woman were severely injured in a crash northeast of Huntley Wednesday afternoon involving a Hyundai and a Suburban. Around 3 p.m., one vehicle pulled in front of another on Highway 312 at N. 8th Rd., Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Toni Snelling said. Two people were in Read More…
NEW YORK — The most expensive hotel in the United States can be found in the western state of Montana, according to a new survey by Luxury-Hotels.com. The survey compared rates across all luxury hotels in the US during this year’s peak summer months. The lowest available price for a double room at each property Read More…
In a strike of irony, a historic Yellowstone National Park fire lookout burned to the ground on Tuesday after being hit by lightning. The Mount Holmes Fire Lookout caught on fire during a severe thunderstorm in the area, according to a park press release. The structure fire also damaged a park radio repeater. The fire Read More…
Rachel Hergett, MSU News Service Published 12:28 p.m. MT July 17, 2019 | Updated 1:31 p.m. MT July 17, 2019 CLOSE While taking a break from coring high mountain lakes in the upper Gokyo Valley of Nepal, Montana State University Earth Sciences Ph.D. student Bibek Giri stands on the lateral moraine of the Ngozumba glacier Read More…
J.D.’s Wildlife Sanctuary in Bynum will be living up to its name on July 20, as it will be hosting the “SubRosa WeirdFest,” an outdoor music festival with seven artists that’s sure to be a little weird and a little wild. Sub Rosa is Latin for “under the rose,” and is often used to describe Read More…
July 7 — 9:55 a.m., Pondera County deputy spoke with Sheriff’s Office regarding possible theft in Dutton. — 2:17 p.m., Choteau resident reported a car horn repeatedly going off and asked a deputy to speak the owner of the vehicle. — 5:46 p.m., Choteau ambulance responded to a medical emergency in the City Park and Read More…
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled against a woman seeking information about the police investigation into her brother’s unsolved death and dismemberment in 2011. The court ruled 5-0 Tuesday that the release of the 1,000-page file could harm the eight-year-old investigation into John Michael Crites’ death. × Continue reading your article with a digital subscription. Read More…
Irle School PTO Hosting Food Truck Lunch Fundraiser This Sat. – The Glasgow Courier For the Courier Irle School PTO Hosting Food Truck Lunch Fundraiser This Sat. July 17, 2019 The Irle School PTO will be hosting a food truck lunch fundraiser on Saturday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Albertson’s Read More…
Laurel Dodgers Sweep Glasgow Reds In DoubleHeader July 17, 2019 The Glasgow Reds traveled to Laurel on July 9 to play a double-header against the Laurel Dodgers. With a home-field advantage, the Dodgers swept the Reds, 5 to 2 in the first game and 19 to 0 in the second game. In the first game, Read More…
Building the Foundation One Step at a Time July 17, 2019 Everything begins on a foundation. What is true for wrestling is also true for the building that will house the club going into the future. Pictured above, Gregg Hunter presents a check from Nemont Wireless for $5,000 to the Glasgow Wrestling Club… For access Read More…