Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is looking for volunteers to help out at the eleventh annual Blackfoot River Cleanup, which is scheduled for this Saturday, July 26.
The Western Montana sky exploded with lightning strikes and brief, heavy rains starting at about 6:00 a.m. Monday, as a summer storm swept through the Bitterroot, Missoula, and the Blackfoot areas. The lightning sparked at least two small fires.
Eleven people are dead after weekend crashes in Western Montana, three in Sanders County, five near Browning, two near Troy and one just east of Missoula.