A severe thunderstorm Monday afternoon passed from south to north through Western Montana, leaving behind broken trees, downed power lines and forest fires.
A majority of Missoula-based broadcast facilities were knocked off the air by power outages, and 60 mph winds took down trees and power lines throughout the Bitterroot Valley...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Plum Creek Timber Co. official says the company hopes to recover what it can from the forest burned in western Montana wildfires.
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A 200-acre fire driven by "horrific winds" forced the evacuation of residences in a forested area about four miles southeast of Philipsburg.