Missoula Police Department

On May 9, the University of Montana entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division to address problems regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault. Since that time, a group called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has criticized the agreement, calling it a threat to free speech on campus.

The 2013 Montana legislature passed a new law that made child endangerment a felony crime.

Sunday morning's acts of vandalism to young trees along Brooks street in Missoula could potentially top $6,000, according to one city official.

Missoula police responded early Wednesday, May 22, at the Noon's Convenience Store at 39th and Russell for a strong-armed robbery.

Tom George Vineyard, 38, made an appearance via video in Missoula Justice Court from the Missoula County Jail on Thursday afternoon before Judge Karen Orzech.

Following a telephone based news conference in which the United States Attorney for the District of Montana Michael W. Cotter, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Roy L. Austin Jr., Missoula Mayor John Engen, and Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir announced a settlement with the City of Missoula and the Missoula Police Department, Mayor Jon Engen met with the media to answ

A motorcycle-bus accident on Saturday afternoon on Missoula's north side resulted in the death of the motorcyclist, identified by the Missoula County Sheriff's Department as Paul Lawrence Harrison, 49, with a Washington State drivers license, who listed his address as the Poverello Center. .

Thursday, May 9, the U. S. Department of Justice held a news conference to release findings of a year-long study into the response by The University of Montana, the City Police Department and the Missoula County Attorney to the issue of sexual assaults.

A group of Missoula police officers were singled out for special commendations Thursday evening in the city council chambers, including officer Deni Poling, who was run over by a fleeing suspect and gravely injured on January 7, 2013.

At about 1:30 on Tuesday morning, a Missoula woman walked into the emergency room at St. Patrick Hospital with a gunshot wound to the face.