Missoula Marathon

The Missoula City Council has approved an increase in the minimum wage for some city employees to $15 per hour by 2018.

Record setting participation gave one Missoula man even more motivation to cheer on the Missoula half and full marathon runners. A look at Missoula’s very own, piano man.

Here are your morning news headlines from KGVO 1290 AM and 101.5 FM for Monday, July 14.

UPDATE - 9:00 a.m. Sunday, July 13 Matt Adams, a runner from Alaska, running in the Missoula Marathon for the first time, has set a new course record, in addition to a new state record. Race Director Anders Brooker relayed the information to KGVO News. "One exciting this happened today," Brooker said. "Our men's marathon winner, the top finisher, broke the all-time Montana record, s

UPDATE - 1,000 participated in Missoula Marathon 5k run/walk on Saturday, July 12. Among them, KGVO's Peter Christian, his wife Lorna and her sister Doreen Stevenson.

The eighth annual Missoula Marathon is this weekend, starting with the 5k run/walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 12. The half and full marathons are Sunday, July 13 with a 6 a.m. starting time.

The seventh annual Missoula Marathon  starting gun sounded at 6:00 a.m. sharp on Sunday, July 14, both at the full marathon starting point in Frenchtown, and the half-marathon starting location on Blue Mountain Road.

The seventh annual Missoula Marathon's kids' fun run and the 5k race were both held on Saturday, July 13.

The Missoula Marathon, recently praised by Runner's World magazine as the best marathon in America, may have more security after the fatal bombings Monday afternoon at the Boston Marathon.

Image from: www.runwildmissoula.orgOne of the biggest and most exciting events in the entire United States is coming to Missoula this weekend. Of course, I'm referring to the Missoula Marathon. In the short 5-year history of the Marathon, two prestigious honors have already been bestowed upon it...