Ravalli County Sheriff

Ravalli County Sheriff Holton confirmed on Thursday afternoon that a 17 year-old male from Sanders County drowned in the Clark Fork River after fleeing from law enforcement.

As temperatures rise and snow melts in western Montana, officials in Ravalli County are making preparations for possible spring flooding.

Beginning Friday, residents in Ravalli County started receiving calls from individuals claiming to be from the county sheriff’s office demanding that they pay a fine by providing their credit card information over the phone, or face arrest.

There were threats at two separate schools in Ravalli County on Monday and both were locked down for the protection of students and staff.

42 year-old Brian Weber was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Great Falls to 180 months in prison for distribution of heroin and methamphetamine by District Judge Brian Morris, in a press release from the office of Montana’s U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton is asking for the public’s help in finding an individual who is wanted for fraud and theft.

'On Monday May 21st at 5:45 AM, the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office in Hamilton received reports of a vehicle that drove into the Selway River approximately 50 miles west of Darby MT, in the backcountry of Idaho County.

35 year-old Nicholas Armidon was arrested by Ravalli County Sheriff’s deputies early Tuesday morning at the Budget Inn in Darby after they located what appeared to be a home made explosive device in his motel room.

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton says his office has trained deputies and detention officers in the use of the opiod counter drug called Narcan, the brand name for the opiod antagonist drug called Nalaxone.

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton confirmed that the Ravalli County Sheriff's Office is investigating the felony theft of two adult miniature beagle dogs that occurred in January.