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The Tragedy in Tunnel Creek
On Sept. 20, 2004, a pilot and four passengers in a single-engine Cessna 206 left Glacier Park International Airport and headed for Schafer Meadows, the site of the only public airstrip in the mountainous, remote 1.5-million-acre Bob Marshall Wilderness complex. Located along the upper stretch of the Middle Fork of...
Structures secured as Elkhorn Fire, Prospect Fire continue to burn southwest of Alta
MISSOULA, Mont. — Firefighters have secured theRiver of No Return Lodge and Blackie Foster Cabin as the Elkhorn Fire burns 16 miles southwest of Alta in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness. The Elkhorn Fire measured2,482 acres as of Monday and was 0% contained. The nearby Prospect Fire measured791 acres. Fire...
Former Buc returning to basketball program as an assistant
Former Dawson Buccaneer, Beau Santistevan, is returning to his alma mater as an assistant basketball coach for the 2024-2025 year. Santistevan is originally from Bigfork and helped Bigfork High School go undefeated and capture the 2018 Class B State Championship. Santistevan was named the State Tournament MVP. Santistevan played for...
Commission sets wolf hunting regulations, quotas for season; units tweaked near Yellowstone
Following pressure from Yellowstone National Park and locals living north of the park boundary, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday unanimously adopted an amendment to the wolf and furbearer regulations for the upcoming hunting season that will split Wolf Management Unit 313 – just north of the park boundary – back into two […]
Why is Missoula Experiencing So Many Thunderstorms Recently?
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - I spoke to National Weather Service Meteorologist Jen Kitzmiller on Monday morning to ask about the severity of thunderstorms that have swept through the Missoula area since what she termed the ‘derecho’ (a widespread long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms) hit Missoula on July 24.
Q2 Billings Area Weather: Strong to severe t'storms possible tonight & Wednesday
The first of two waves brought showers and thunderstorms to Montana & Wyoming Tuesday, and severe weather is possible through this evening. More strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday.
Rotary Brewfest raised $27,000 for youth groups
The third annual Polson Rotary Brewfest was held Saturday afternoon, Aug. 13, on Main Street in front of the Mission Valley Elks Club. Rotarians sell tickets for five prizes, each valued at $1,000, beforehand. Prize winners were Vicki Arndt, Konrad Cook, Lori Young, Lauren Grimes and Tony Seifert. This year’s event raised around $27,000 for local youth. Beneficiaries are the Rotary baseball field, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County, Mission Valley Aquatics and Fitness youth programs and UM Flathead Lake Biological Station scholarships. Hellcat Maggie played on the Anderson Broadcasting mobile stage and there was ample room for...
Severe Thunderstorm Watches issued for SW & central Montana until 10 pm Tuesday
MONTANA - Today's weather is embodying Summer in full force: with sunshine, temperatures in the 70's and 80's and calm winds. Our evening forecast does not change from this pattern for most of the region, aside from evening cooling. However – there is a 20 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms...
Viewpoint: NorthWestern Energy’s missteps in a changing climate
As Sarah Lundquist from Families for a Livable Climate remarked in her recent Op Ed, the late July storm that blasted through Missoula was a reminder that climate change can look different from polar bears adrift on shrinking icebergs thousands of miles away. In Montana, it can look like a...
Montana Arts Council hosting community meeting Aug. 23
The Montana Arts Council is hosting a community meeting 4:30-6 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Great Falls Public Library to share information about the importance of the arts in Montana and gather community feedback. The meeting will be followed by a reading and book launch event with Montana’s Poet Laureate,...
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