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Aggressive Thunderstorms Meet Aggressive Response
ZELEZNY FIRE (1 mi. E of Rollins) Reported approximately 4am Thursday (July 25)1 mile east of Rollins between Hwy 93 and Flathead Lake . Resources responded from multiple agencies including DNRC, Chief Cliff VFD, Rollins VFD and Polson Rural Fire. Fire fighters have a line around the 2.5-acre fire, and are continuing to work controlling areas of heat.
Temperatures remain high across Montana, cooler conditions on their way
Throughout much of the day Thursday, we are going to be under a weather alert, especially from central and eastern Montana areas. We're still talking triple digit heat for many areas. Cooler conditions are expected out of northwestern Montana as we drop down into 79 degrees out of Kalispell as...
Puget Sound Energy building two massive wind energy projects in Montana
RAPELJE — As Montana citizens and groups pressure the state’s largest public utility, NorthWestern Energy, to add more renewable energy to its portfolio while the company continues pushing a series of natural-gas power plants, a Washington-based utility is building an expansive wind farm that will send power to the Seattle area. Puget Sound Energy is also […]
Local Actors Needed for Short Film Being Shot in Montana
Shooting TV shows for Hollywood has been happening in Montana for a while now. If you haven't been aware of the success of Yellowstone, I am not sure where you have been hiding. The last season of Yellowstone is currently being filmed in Western Montana. They have been shooting this month in and around downtown Missoula. They have also been casting for extras in Western Montana for the show.
Verizon-Cellular Plus holds annual backpack giveaway for families in Montana
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Preparing kids to return to the classrooms can be one of the most expensive times of the year for parents. According to the National Retail Federation, families with children in elementary through high school plan to spend, on average, $875 dollars per household on back to school supplies.
Montana to receive $50M in federal grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Montana is set to receive $50 million in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will go toward a forestry and agricultural project that would reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 15 million metric tons through 2050. The EPA and state announced Monday the Montana Forest, Community and Working Landscapes […]
Great Falls breaks nearly 100-year high temperature record Wednesday
Great Falls saw a record-breaking high daily temperature for July 24, hitting 103 degrees Wednesday afternoon at the airport. The high temp breaks a daily record of 102 set all the way back in 1929, according to the National Weather Service. Havre set a daily record with a high of 107, moving up...
Missoula, western Montanans, clean up after windstorm, 109 mph gusts on Mount Sentinel
Missoulians were cleaning up debris and negotiating power outages Thursday after a storm and high winds the night before split trees to the ground and uprooted them, dropped power lines and damaged homes and gardens. Jan Oliver, who owns a home in the middle of Missoula, was clearing branches Thursday afternoon with one tenant, Bryan […]
Colstrip power plant offline during heat wave
A large source of energy generation for Montana’s biggest utility has gone offline while much of the state experiences extreme heat. The coal-fired power plant in Colstrip went offline Tuesday afternoon. NorthWestern Energy spokesperson Jo Dee Black confirmed the shutdown but did not give details on the cause. Black told MTPR NorthWestern hopes to have the facility up and running in the next few days. This loss of Montana-based energy means the utility company will have to purchase energy from the open market to meet demands.
9th Circuit sends BIA case back, reverses judgment, orders new federal judge to be assigned
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday removed and reversed Montana District Court Judge Susan P. Watters from a case involving a former Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer who raped and impregnated a Northern Cheyenne woman while on duty. The federal case, which is seven years old, has bounced through federal and state […]
Crews attack 2 new fires in Polson area
POLSON, Mont. — CSKT Division of Fire crews are battling two new fire starts in the Polson area. The Haymaker Fire, 6 miles southeast of Polson, is burning 15 acres at 0% containment. The fire was caused by lightning and is burning in steep terrain with dense timber. There...
Body of missing Minnesota college student recovered from river in Montana
CARBON COUNTY, Mont. (FOX 9) - The body of the missing Minnesota college student and hiker was recovered from a river in Montana on Wednesday. According to officials, the body of Dylan Honnoll was recovered from a river in the Beartooth Mountains, northwest of Red Lodge, Montana. Honnoll's body was found under fast-moving water.
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