Philipsburg News

Robbers hit and shot at a lotto office collector late Saturday in one of more than twelve armed robberies since last week Tuesday, police said.

Unofficial election results are in for some Southwest Montana counties. In Dillon, incumbent Mayor Marty Malesich came out the winner with 443 votes.

Participants added umbrellas to their costumes during a rainy Harvest Fest parade in Philipsburg on Saturday.

It has been seven months since a fire ripped through several businesses and claimed 30 jobs in Whitehall.

Western Montanans woke up to record low temps on Saturday morning, but that didn't stop some hardy souls from heading out to Downtown Missoula for the annual UM Homecoming parade.

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HELENA, Mont. - Strong winds increased fire activity in Montana over the weekend, but the National Weather Service said a cold front expected Tuesday afternoon could bring rain and even snow to higher elevations.

The Table Mountain fire near Georgetown Lake spewed a large amount of smoke into the air Wednesday.

A new legislator is headed to the Montana House of Representatives. Multimedia Watch The Video Philipsburg businessman Jim Jenner has been tapped to fill the spot vacated by former Representative Dan Villa.

Posted: Monday, 31 August 2009 5:37PM Update on fires in Western Montana Amanda Burkhart Cool weekend weather calmed some fires burning in Western Montana, but officials are keeping an eye out for new fires caused by lightening strikes.

Philipsburg businessman Jim Jenner has been selected to fill a legislative seat vacated by former state Rep.

DILLON, MONT., The lightning-caused Sand Basin Fire burning 23 miles southwest of Philipsburg grew to 180 acres with recent increased temperatures and lower humidity.

The Sand Basin Fire started by lightning on Aug. 22. It has burned about 33 acres in the Sapphires Wilderness Study area 23 miles southwest of Philipsburg, MT.

A lightning-caused fire has burned about 15 acres west of Philipsburg. The Sand Basin Fire is located about two miles from the Sand Basin Road and 25 miles west of Philipsburg in the roadless Sapphires Wilderness Study Area, according to a news release from the Dillon Interagency Dispatch Center.

An opinion is expected to be released Tuesday on whether a recent vote selecting three candidates for former representative Dan Villa's seat was in accordance with party rules and state law.

When you just need a place to stay on your way to somewhere else, finding a comfortable bed and a clean room may be all that's required.

Most of the Down Street jetty has already taken shape. The jetty, next to Sea Palace, will help to even out the flow of cruise passengers into town, especially when the larger cruise ships such as the behemoth Oasis of the Seas starts calling here in December.

Abandoned and lonely, this old hydroelectric plant has sat untouched for nearly two decades.

Gunmen killed well-known Indian businessman Haresh 'Danny' Dayalani at his Cole Bay home Tuesday night in an apparent ambush, police said.

St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation board members dismissed President Kendall Dupersoy on Friday, but he is not going quietly.