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The attorney for a Missoula man charged with stabbing a Dixon man to death in December says he plans to argue his client suffers from a mental disease or defect.

On May 20, Steve Zetterberg leaned back in a chair and propped his boots on what used to be the receptionist's desk at Highway Technologies' Missoula branch office.

As the Missoulian puts it, “There's rotten cellphone service, there's nonexistent cellphone service, and then there's what's happening just a few miles east of Ovando.” Which is exactly nothing, because a 195-foot-tall cell phone tower near this tiny western Montana town has never connected a call to anybody.

The company that owns the former Kmart building in Missoula plans to raze it and construct buildings to house a Cabela's Outpost and a Kohl's Department Store.

The flames engulfed the bus near Williston on Sunday night. Company spokesman Kevin Pursey tells The Associated Press the 20 people on board got off safely, though the bus likely is destroyed.

GCS today announced a new webinar series focused on developing solutions to the challenges of Geospatial Big Data by leveraging the fusion of location analytics, mobile platforms and cloud technologies.

Authorities in northwestern Montana say the abduction of a 2-year-old girl that triggered an Amber Alert ended Sunday morning when the girl was found unharmed.

The Montana Highway Patrol tells the Missoulian the crash occurred about 9:40 p.m. Friday on the Eastside Highway near Bell Crossing.

Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado is urging the U.S. Forest Service to make sure a contract dispute doesn't ground large air tankers used to fight wildfires.

May 12, 1875 from The Weekly Missoulian: "The Flatheads under a military escort had pitched their tents on their old stamping ground, and buffalo robes and pemmican were in active demand, and business was consequently brisk." May 13, 1887from The Missoulian: When there is reported killing of deer by Flatheads up the LoLo Valley, Major Ronan is ... (more)

The first annual Salish Kootenai College powwow kicked off with jamming drums and superb dancers this past weekend at the SKC Joe McDonald Health and Athletic Center.

A U.S. Department of Justice report, made public May 15, says the Missoula, Mont., police department does a lousy job in dealing with reports of sexual assault, reporting that police practices even discouraged rape victims from cooperating with law enforcement.

Clinic hit with lawsuits by Jessica Mayrer Since February, six Partnership Health Center staffers have filed lawsuits alleging a range of grievances against the Missoula clinic including harassment, wrongful discharge and that management required employees to perform tasks without pay.

Revisiting the Moon-Randolph strategic plan by Alex Sakariassen About six months ago, Matthew LaRubbio and Meredith Turner were driving through a snowstorm in Oregon when they got word that they'd be the next caretakers of the Moon-Randolph Homestead in Missoula's North Hills.

Federal Defenders of Montana goes on the offensive by Jamie Rogers On Friday, May 10, John Rhodes, a public defender who works in the Federal Defenders of Montana's Missoula office, stood outside the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse holding a sign that read, 'What about the Sixth Amendment right to counsel?' Another ... (more)

Here in Missoula, a town dominated by the presence of the university, graduation day is a big deal.

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement agreement with the Missoula Police Department after a yearlong investigation into how the department responds to reports of sexual assault.

A liquidation sale is under way at the Vann's store in Missoula as the new owners of the company prepare to close that store and move its headquarters to Bozeman.

Since February, six Partnership Health Center staffers have filed lawsuits alleging a range of grievances against the Missoula clinic including harassment, wrongful discharge and that management required employees to perform tasks without pay.