Missoula News

Five people got a pretty sobering experience on Thursday night after a bachelor party got out of control in Missoula.

A former Missoula man is a Top 3 finalist in "Operation Rising Star", what some call the military's version of American Idol.

An environmental group is seeking to stop three logging projects on several thousand acres in northwest Montana, arguing that the timber sales would harm the area's fledgling grizzly bear population.

Each day, some 14,000 Americans continue to lose their health insurance and very year, 18,000 Americans die because they don't have it.

A former administrative assistant and bookkeeper for CTA Architects in Missoula has been charged with felony theft by embezzlement.

A 24-year-old Missoula man was arrested for felony drunken driving , his fifth such arrest, after he drove his car off a steep embankment along Deer Creek Road.

In polls across the country, fixing health care is right up there with fixing the economy.

The City of Missoula is looking at a variety of options for using wood chips and other wood materials from the former sawmill site next to the Osprey baseball stadium.

First, there were the Swan Valley and Condon secessionists , a group exploring a ballot initiative that would allow them to secede from Missoula to Lake County.

This year, CNN Money named Missoula as one of the top ten small places to start a small business.

First lady Nancy Schweitzer was in Missoula Wednesday helping the Montana Conservation Corps weatherize a home.

Earl Cooley, the smokejumper who took the Forest Service's first leap into a flame-riddled wilderness, died Monday in Missoula.

Western Montana voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in municipal races, varying from city council to mayor to school levies.

Mid-October's chilly temps delayed leaf collection in Missoula. The city will begin its clean up in several areas starting this week.

More than 300 farmers and ranchers from around the state are gathering in Missoula to address the most pressing issues facing agriculture.

The Missoula Health Department will be offering the H1N1 vaccine to two groups that haven't been reached yet.

Montanans take part in "The Real World" casting call. Reality television hopefuls auditioned for a chance to appear on the 24th season of MTV's "The Real World" as casting directors spent Wednesday in Missoula.

RJ Strange Owl and April Marrie stand on the sidewalk on Higgins Avenue near Warden's Market on Oct.

Originally published November 5, 2009 at 10:43 a.m., updated November 5, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. MISSOULA, Mont.

Missoula County's election brought in ballots from nearly 33% of voters according to Missoula County elections officer Vickie Zeier.