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Crews from the Missoula Fire department responded to a structure fire early Friday morning at a business near the corner of South Avenue and Russell Street.\Fire Chief Jeff Brandt said the fire was reported at Far Side Signs.

The Ravalli County Coroner reports that a 28 year-old woman from Florence drowned in Lake Como on Friday.

The Ravalli County Coroner’s office is investigating the drowning of a 28 year-old woman from the Florence area in the waters of Lake Como.

64 year-old Jack Jarvey of Great Falls is in the Missoula County Jail on $250,000 bond accused of committing numerous sex crimes against children.

The Boston Globe reached out to newspapers across the country this week encouraging them to publish an editorial challenging President Donald Trump’s attacks on what he terms ‘fake news’, and the Missoulian newspaper participated with their own editorial.

The University of Montana was just named one of the best colleges for 2019.

At the Wednesday Budget Committee of the Whole meeting at the city council chambers, Mayor John Engen proposed a 3.6 percent overall increase in property taxes to cover the cost of city government.

Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte was in Lewistown on Wednesday to conduct a public meeting on the issue of public lands.

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament unapologetic in his response to outrage by some over a poster he helped design portraying a dead Donald Trump. citing the 1st Amendment.

Specially equipped helicopters are scooping thousands of gallons of water from Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park to fight the Howe Ridge Fire.

When the haze is so thick the mountains to the north are mere silhouettes, the presumption is that western Montana is socked in with wildfire smoke.

Ravalli County Commissioners are asking Montana Attorney General Tim Fox to investigate a number of environmental groups.

In a survey where being first is the worst, Montana did not fare well in a recent survey released by Wallet Hub on the 20 states with the most underprivileged children.

Missoula Council chambers were packed this Monday with folks raising concerns about public safety and a rising crime rate.