Lewis and Clark County

As wildfires approached to within feet of homes and property in the last 24 hours, volunteer firefighters in Lewis and Clark County stood their ground with hoses and water cannons to keep the fires from reaching residences.

A former Lewis and Clark County sheriff's deputy charged with hitting and pulling a gun on a man while drunk at a party has received a deferred sentence.

51 year-old Timothy Haithcox was arrested over the weekend in Missoula and held on several felony charges out of East Helena.

A 43 year-old man is being held in the Lewis and Clark County Jail after being charged with shooting two men to death in a Helena apartment building.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a man on the run for crimes committed near Helena has been hospitalized after stabbing himself as officers closed in on him in Mexico.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A 45-year-old East Helena man was struck and killed while walking along Lincoln Road north of Helena.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A 51-year-old Washington state man who was reported missing when he didn't meet his hunting party has turned up safe at a Meagher County ranch.

The manhunt for 26 year-old murder and carjacking suspect Branden Meismer continues near Helena, after he allegedly shot a man to death in Great Falls.

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies are on the lookout for 26 year-old Brandon Conrad Meisner, wanted for a suspicious death in Great Falls, who then allegedly carjacked a vehicle and fled to Helena.

Paige Pavalone, the fired Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy, has filed suit for wrongful discharge in Lewis and Clark County, due to the close relationship between the defendants and the Missoula judiciary.