The new American energy boom associated with shale oil and natural gas extraction has led to increased high-paying jobs and stronger rural economies, according to a University of Montana economist who will testify before a congressional committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
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According to Boyd Hartwig, of the Lolo National Forest, crews with two engines and two helicopter are battling new fire start about 5 miles due south of Frenchtown on private timber land in the Deep Creek area.
Just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the McNellis family on Jake Court in the Upper Miller Creek area were awakened by an enormous thunderclap, and discovered that lightning had caused a tree to burst into flames.
A new article by New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin has put an important feature of Montana Senator John Walsh's military credentials in question for being unfairly earned.
There’s just something about summer that makes me want to celebrate every day. These are drinks that I might normally make for a party or special occasion the rest of the year. However, summertime and no school is good enough reason for me (and especially my kids) to celebrate.
Markus Kaarma's attorneys want a change of venue for his trial...a semi overturned and dumped some chemical soap into the Blackfoot River...Fred Van Valkenburg receives a national award...big time thunderstorms are on the way this afternoon
Every five years, Missoula Community Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) holds a reunion, and this year's promises to be bigger than ever.
Two court rulings that basically cancelled each other out on Tuesday brought dozens of nervous calls to the office of Montana's State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen.
Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg received a special award on Sunday from the National District Attorneys Association recognizing him for his over two-year battle with the Department of Justice over sexual assault investigations.
Update 3:45, July 22- A 36 mile section of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers has been reopened after they were closed due to a nearby chemical spill.