Top 10 930 KMPT Stories of 2011

54 year-old Scott Greene of Missoula died of a heart attack in early December while on a trip to harvest a Christmas tree.

Three of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top overall draft picks from this summer joined the Missoula Osprey for their playoff run.

In late June, a wildfire burned more than 10,000 acres near the Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico.

Former University of Montana point guard Anthony Johnson, was picked up by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA developmental league’s draft in November. However, in the beginning of December he was cut from the team prior to the start of the season.

Even though the University of Montana football team opened its season in Tennessee, those who were subscribed to Bresnan/Optimum Digital were still able to catch the game.

406 Motoring in Missoula, which is owned by former University of Montana quarterback Jason Washington, was among 12 locations raided in November as part of a marijuana trafficking investigation.

Emily Milberger was hired this summer as the University of Montana’s new women’s golf coach. She replaced Joanne Steele, who coached the Grizzlies for 15 seasons before resigning in June to start up the women’s golf program at North Florida.

A 78-year-old Helena man died as a result of injuries he sustained when he fell off of the bleachers after an American Legion baseball game.

In recognition of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks we ran a list of the names of the 2,977 victims.

Not surprisingly, excitement was high this year for the state football playoffs.