St. Regis News

A volunteer fire department resolved its grievances with the Montana Highway Patrol that ensures firefighters will keep responding to crashes on two main highways in western Montana.

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More than 60 volunteers with two western Montana volunteer fire departments will stop responding to highway emergencies west of Missoula until the Montana Highway Patrol agrees to treat the volunteers more courteously, the chiefs of both departments said.