Florence

Lots of colors and loud booms expected.

Though the Sheriff’s Department indicated that there was an electrical fire, fire investigators aren’t quite ready to make that claim.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have discovered an abandoned animal near Florence.

A Montana doctor facing hundreds of felony charges for over-prescribing pain medication has been told he doesn't qualify for a public defender.

The arraignment of a 19-year-old Florence man accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls at Florence High School more than two years ago has been continued until next week.

Students at Florence school used to eat at a cafeteria located in the old gym, but after a two students stuffed a wig and some paper towels into a toilet on Saturday, the entire lunchroom has been displaced.

The Ravalli County Public Health Department is worried that many citizens may be suffering from withdrawals after their access to certain drugs was cut-off by an investigation into Big Creek Family Medicine and Urgent Care center in Florence.

A multi-agency task force served a search warrant on Tuesday, April 1, at Big Creek Family Medicine and Urgent Care in Florence.

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.

On August 12, 2012, three juveniles robbed the Town Pump convenience store in Florence at gunpoint. One of the three, William Lawrence Waldman, 16, entered a plea of guilty to charges of felony robbery and felony assault with a weapon on Wednesday afternoon in Ravalli County District Court.