Florence News

With the continuing collapse of the US economy, the first victims of a depressed labor force are those with "disabilities," and older workers.

A Former Florence School Board Trustee has been accused of embezzling more than $230,000 from a prominent Montana architecture firm while being employed as their bookkeeper.

There were a few mayoral races and several city council races in the Bitterroot which were on the table Tuesday.

Fire units from Lolo, Missoula and Florence spent Friday afternoon trying to save a new home which was engulfed in flames off of U.S. Highway 12.

Firefighters were wrapping up a house fire just west of Lolo off Highway 12 on Friday evening.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Failure of Montana resort may fuel sprawl in Bitterroot Valley Conservation groups that hailed the foreclosure on Tom Maclay's proposed Bitterroot Resort in Montana may have cheered too soon, as now the 3,000-acre ranch--one of the largest intact parcels between Lolo and Florence--could now sprout ...

The National Rifle Association says Americans usually buy about 7 billion rounds of ammo a year.

A southern Alberta agricultural technology has wowed officials of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.

The fires burning Western Montana are putting a hit on the area's air quality. Health officials report that as of 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, the air quality was moderate or worse in Missoula County.

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation crews from the Missoula office were busy Tuesday night responding to a series of wildland fires which broke out after a thunderstorm moved across the area.

A wildfire has broken out in the mountains east of Florence. The blaze is reportedly burning about five acres off of Lower Woodchuck Road.

Six fire departments battled a storage unit fire early Tuesday morning. Dispatchers received a report at around 3:45 a.m. of "flames visible" at All Star Self Storage, which is located on Harlequin Court just off of Expressway Boulevard.

Six fire departments battled a storage unit fire early Tuesday morning. Dispatchers received a report at around 3:45 a.m. of "flames visible" at All Star Self Storage, which is located on Harlequin Court just off of Expressway Boulevard.

Former Ravalli County Sheriff, Perry Johnson is the new Undersheriff, replacing Kevin McConnell who resigned.

Sunday night's severe weather that rolled across parts of Western Montana on Sunday evening have fire officials on their toes, looking for any new wildfire starts.

A horse corral was destroyed by strong winds at a home between Stevensville and Florence.

Back in the 1980's, the wood products industry represented more than 30 percent of Missoula County's economy...but that number has now fallen to around 12 percent.

Residents living in the Florence and Stevensville area may have noticed smoke in the mountains Wednesday afternoon.

HAMILTON - The Ravalli County sheriff says a shooting death early Tuesday near Stevensville was a suicide.

The two men who are accused in the brutal murders of three women at a Florence hair salon are set to be arraigned on the latest set of charges from federal prosecutors.