Lake Dinah Avalanche Victims Identified – Both from Anaconda
The two men who were killed after being buried by an avalanche on Wednesday afternoon near Lake Dinah have been identified by the Missoula County Coroner in the case, Captain Bill Burt.
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Montana Officials Scale Back Search for Man Missing in Park
Officials say the search began July 9 for the man whose last known address was in Whitefish
Part of Bighorn Lake Closed
A portion of Bighorn Lake will be closed today as the search continues for two men missing after a boating accident over the weekend. A National Parks Service spokeswoman said Tuesday the area between dayboards 6 and 8 will be closed from 7 a...
Big Horn Boating Fatalities
MTN News reports that on Saturday night, the Big Horn County Sheriff’s department received a 911 call from an off-duty deputy reporting a boating accident near Dayboard 7, with a sunken vessel and two individuals in the water. According to the National Park Service, sheriff&CloseCurl…
Deputy and Forest Service Officer Relive Miracle Baby Rescue
Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Ross Jessup and U.S. Forest Service Officer Nick Schultz were the two searchers who rescued that five month-old baby boy who had spent over nine hours buried under a pile of brush and sticks
1,350 Volunteers Fill 74,000 Sandbags with 1,480 Tons of Sand
It was an amazing week for volunteers in Missoula as friends, neighbors and strangers met to fill sandbags and support those who were displaced by the rising waters of the Clark Fork, Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers.
Lake County Teen Dies after Sliding off Cliff at Mud Lake Falls
18 year-old Cameron Roullier was killed on Saturday after slipping on wet rocks and falling into the swift moving water and was swept over the cliff at Mud Lake Falls.
Life Sentence For Convicted Murderer
Scott Price and Sarah McKnight were sentenced in Missoula District Court yesterday for the stabbing death of Lonnette Keehner at the Super 8 Motel last December. Price was sentenced to life without parole, while McKnight won't be eligible for parole for 60 years.
Missoula County Search and Rescue Called to Find Two Skiers Lost Near Lolo Pass Overnight
Two back-country skiers spent a long, cold night in the woods Sunday, December 11, after they got stuck in extremely deep snow in the Lolo Pass area. Missoula County Search and Rescue Chief Joe Blattner says the skiers were expected back by sunset, but never showed up...
Convicted Murderer Gets First of Two Life Sentences
A man convicted of two murders, one in Billings and one in Missoula, received his first sentence yesterday in Billings. Scott Austin Price was high on meth during both murders.