Montana Highway Patrol

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton has identified the person who was killed in last Friday’s four-vehicle crash near Florence as 61 year-old Christine Howe of Florence.

The Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner T.J. McDermott has released the names of the two young men who were killed in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 200 just east of Missoula on Sunday afternoon.

The victim in Tuesday night’s tragic fatal accident on Old Highway 10 was identified by the Missoula County Coroner’s Office as Lacie Cooper, 16.

A tragic accident late Tuesday night has resulted in the death of a 16 year-old girl

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, who was critically wounded in the line of duty on March 15, 2019, officially retired from the Montana Highway Patrol on Monday, surrounded by family, colleagues and friends.

Early Monday afternoon a toddler was injured after being struck by a boat trailer near the Kona Ranch Fishing Access.

The 2019 Montana Highway Patrol Annual Report was issued on Tuesday, and KGVO reached out to the MHP Commander Colonel Tom Butler for the statistics revealed in the report.

Friday was officially declared ‘Wade Palmer Day’ by Missoula County Commissioners, as Palmer was honored on the steps of the county courthouse at a noon ceremony.

Missoula County Commissioners Josh Slotnick, Dave Strohmaier and Juanita Vero have set aside Friday, May 22 as ‘Trooper Wade Palmer Day’ in Missoula County.

Attorney General Tim Fox recently appeared on KGVO’s Talk Back show and he shared a story about a large drug bust that occurred last month in Stillwater County.