Big Game Putting Pressure on Missoula Hotel Rooms

Hotel rooms in Missoula are disappearing fast as the anticipation builds for what will likely be one of the most memorable "Brawl of the Wild" games in decades. 

While there are rooms available, a check of listings with Expedia shows several key properties with anywhere from 1 to 5 rooms left for Friday night. And prices of those rooms aren't a bargain, ranging from $230 at the Hilton Garden Inn to $436 at the Doubletree and $449 at the AC, all somewhat higher after fees and taxes. Top listing the market, and still available on VRBO, a 3-bedroom, "Mountain View home" within walking distance of the stadium for $869. 

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No time for road snacks for this Montana playoff

Normally, Montana's high school football championships can involve driving hundreds of miles for the teams and their supporters. But that won't be the case Saturday when Three Forks and Manhattan face off in the Class B football championship. 

With only a dozen miles in separation, it will set a new record… breaking the previous record "just up the road record" of 19 miles when Loyola played Florence in 2022. 

Billings woman arraigned on murder charges

It's taken a year to get two this point, but a Billings woman is finally been arraigned on charges of killing a man on the Crow Reservation last November. 

The U.S. Attorney's Office is charging Dameka Rose American Horse with second-degree murder and firearms possession. Federal prosecutors say she was involved in the murder on November 22nd near Pryor.

     The victim wasn't identified in the charging papers. 

Unlucky Clinton man headed to prison

A 40-year-old Clinton man is headed to federal prison for 2 years; 5 months after he pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges. 

Federal prosecutors say Francis Levi Kelsey was arrested in 2021 after Park County officers found 75 fentanyl pills and meth in his truck while investigating a stolen vehicle case. 

Alcohol blamed for another Montana highway death

Montana Highway Patrol troopers say alcohol was a factor in the crash on I-90 in Big Horn County late Monday night that killed a 63-year-old Billings man. Investigators say he died after his car sideswiped a trailer being pulled by a semi.