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Big Sky Football preseason polls sees Idaho picked third, EWU picked 6th/8th
Ahead of the Big Sky Football kickoff, the conference has released its media and coaches poll for the upcoming season. In the media poll, the Idaho Vandals were picked to finish third and the Eastern Washington Eagles were picked to finish sixth. The Montana Grizzlies were picked to finish first...
Missoula Police Defuse Dramatic Knife Altercation at Gas Station
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On July 16, 2024, Missoula Police Department Officers responded to a gas station in the 1500 block of Toole Ave. Officers were informed that a 911 caller had reported that a male had pulled a knife on another person. The 911 caller further reported that the two individuals began fighting again and that one had a stick.
Missoula Police Bust Habitual Traffic Offender for a 6th DUI
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On July 13, 2024, at approximately 3:35 PM, a Missoula Police Department officer located a suspected impaired driving vehicle that was reported to 911. He initiated his emergency lights and the vehicle yielded in the mall parking lot near Dillards. The officer approached the vehicle and observed two occupants inside. The female in the driver's seat would be positively identified by Montana Driver's License as 48-year-old Candice Hanks.
Missoula Homeless Woman Lights U.S. Post Office Bushes on Fire
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On July 17, 2024, Missoula Police Department Officers were dispatched to the U.S. Post Office located at 1100 Kent Avenue for a report of a fire. Call details described a homeless female lit a bush on fire next to the building and the flames were almost as tall as the flagpole. An officer responded to the Post Office and contacted the complainant who is an employee.
Stay Cool Missoula: Tips From Disaster Services Director
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - This heat wave is serious business, especially for the elderly, children, and people who work outside. I spoke with Adriane Beck, Director of the Missoula County Office of Disaster and Emergency Services about what Missoula area residents should keep in mind as we navigate through this stretch of potentially dangerous weather.
Best of Montana Moment: Montana Valley Book Store offers readers 100,000 choices
ALBERTON, Mont. — On books and reading, writer William Faulkner had this advice -- "Read, read, read." "We read to know we are not alone," said writer C.S. Lewis. Groucho Marx put it this way: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
Semi-truck crash in Polson causes power outage and property damage on Friday
POLSON, Mont. - A semi-truck headed north on U.S. Highway 93 caught an overhead line and pulled down two power poles and two light poles, causing an outage for part of Polson Friday evening. A release from the Polson Police Department said it was a chain reaction near the intersection...
UM receives grant to expand Family Medicine Residence Program
MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana's Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana received a $750,000 grant to expand training sites. The grant was funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The three-years of funding will support training sites...
Berry pickers reunited by search and rescue after one went missing in Lolo
LOLO, Mont. - Two berry pickers were reunited with help from Missoula County Search and Rescue and a Lifeflight helicopter after one person reported the other missing on Saturday night. According to the Missoula County Sheriff's Office, two people were out picking berries when after a few hours, one person...
Former NFL QB Brock Osweiler gives back to Flathead community with football camp
KALISPELL — It was a special day at Legends Stadium as former NFL quarterback and Flathead High School alum Brock Osweiler hosted his second annual football camp. “The memory of the youth football camp in the valley is just so fond, I wanted to come back and do a similar thing,” said Osweiler.
Missoula planning board backs ‘town center’ subdivision at Wye
(Missoula Current) A mixed-use development planned for the Wye received an enthusiastic and unanimous recommendation for approval by members of the Consolidated Planning Board on Tuesday night. Grass Valley Gardens, which consists of 187 acres south of Highway 10, is proposed as a Planned Unit Development that looks to create...
Bozeman's Carter Ash ends Montana State basketball career with lifelong memories
BOZEMAN — It was Carter Ash’s final act of hometown heroism. On March 4 inside Worthington Arena, he subbed into Montana State’s regular season finale against Weber State with 39 seconds remaining. Shortly after, the ball found him with the shot clock winding down. Ash attacked from...
Northstars Sweep Regular Season Finale
The Havre Northstars finished the 2024 regular season on a high note, avenging two previous losses to the Tri-County Cardinals by beating them, (1-0) and (7-3) on Sunday afternoon. Game one was a pitcher’s dual, which Northstars starter Tanner Delarosa pitched. He went seven strong innings, striking out seven Cardinals,...
From FiDi to Big Sky
Seeds Sown in Confrontation Blossom as Inspiration. Four decades after she made history in a vast expanse of empty landfill in Lower Manhattan, ecological artist Agnes Denes is reprising her signature installation in a similarly vacant tract in Montana. In May 1982, Ms. Denes and a squad of volunteers (sponsored...
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