Missoula City Attorney

Marsy's Law, the Montana Constitutional Amendment that provides extra rights for crime victims, could be fraught with unintended consequences for city and county law enforcement agencies.

Members of a commission tasked with deciding the fate of the historic Missoula Mercantile building were called upon to recuse themselves in a vote over whether the building should be demolished by the Missoula City Attorney.

Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent issued a legal opinion this week supporting a proposed ordinance to expand background checks for local gun sales and transfers.

Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent appeared on the KGVO Montana Morning show on Wednesday morning to explain his decision to approve the proposed city council gun registration ordinance.

Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg announced on Monday, April 14, that no charges would be filed in relation to the fatal Mount Jumbo avalanche on February 28.

What has come to be known as an urban avalanche on February 28, was caused by human activity on Mount Jumbo  that resulted in one fatality and two others buried under the slide that destroyed two homes.

Yoon Hee Cho, the woman whose distracted driving on April 1 led to the death of Hellgate High School student Chance Geery, was sentenced in Missoula Municipal Court on Thursday.

Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, in a Thursday afternoon news conference, announced there would be no felony offense his office can prosecute in the matter where Chance Geery, 18, was struck and killed while walking with his girlfriend on the sidewalk on Mullan Road on April 1.