Missoula Justice Court

Incumbent Justice of the Peace in Department One, Alex Beal, appeared on the KGVO Talk Back show on Thursday to answer questions from listeners about his bid for reelection to a second four-year term.

21 year-old Cody Houk is in the Missoula County Jail on $100,000 bond after being charged with felony aggravated burglary, assault with a weapon and misdemeanor Partner or Family Member assault.

According to court documents released on Monday morning, a Missoula woman, 34 year-old Leannah Gardipe, has been charged with two counts of deliberate homicide after allegedly cutting the throats of her three and five year-old children with a steak knife.