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Erin Morey, from Bellingham, poses on her 2009 Yamaha FZ6, which she rode in the Iron Butt Association's Bun Burner Gold, on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Ferndale.

A Montana roofing contractor faces $14,000 in federal fines for repeatedly failing to provide fall protection for a worker - this time, with fatal consequences.

Giant Aldabra tortoises are a non-native species on the islands of Mauritius. The country introduced them in 2004 after losing all its large tortoises.

Police and the Missoula County sheriff's office are investigating after a man's body was found in the Clark Fork River in Missoula.

Alligator on Broadway by Ted McDermott Since March 2007, the space inside 147 West Broadway in downtown Missoula has been home to a Mexican restaurant, a catering company, a café and bakery, a bar and grill, and a chain barbecue restaurant.

The town's major water supplier has released its inaugural sustainability report that outlines the challenges facing the industry and the company's initiatives.

The driver told the patrol that his right front tire blew as he was rounding a corner about 2 miles east of Bonner around 9:15 a.m. The truck ended up on its side.

In what might appear as a strange pairing, the city of Missoula, Montana and Apple Valley, California are collaborating on how to take back their local water systems.

Missoula police received a 911 call at about 4:20 a.m. from passers-by who spotted the injured bicyclist lying on the side of the road.

A 20-year-old Stevensville man has died after driving his all-terrain vehicle through a stop sign and into the path of a full-sized pickup truck.

The talents of local youth were showcased at the Four Rivers Carson Center Friday with two public performances of "Treasure Island," which was directed and produced by the Missoula Children's Theatre traveling company.

Director Christophe Thockler has made an epic opus. The last time we caught up with Thockler, he had set 36,000 photos of melting ice to the chilling music of Ben Neill and Mimi Goese.

MISSOULA Vintage travel films, an aged piece of sweet memorabilia, songs from a bovine point of view and contemporary American Indian art make up a new episode of the popular MontanaPBS travelogue series "Backroads of Montana."

The story below was published in the Desert Trail on Saturday, May 31, 2014. Cora Heiser is correct that her job is to "protect the corporation" .

A 26-year-old Missoula man died after his vehicle hit the guardrail on a one-lane bridge and landed on its side in an irrigation ditch south of Frenchtown.

A polar bear saunters along the rocky shore of Canada's Sentry Island in the Hudson Bay, in the summer of 2013.

April in Goddamn by Kate Whittle Missoula outfit Bird's Mile Home hasn't made much of a peep these days, but it's still kicking-the core songwriters and members, Timmy Arrowtop and Keith Moore, are just often busy with work, family, other bands and, of course, making jokes on the Internet.… [ Read ... (more)

As Arctic ice - and access to seals living there - disappears, polar bears show they can adapt to a land-based diet of geese, eggs and the occasional caribou Polar bears have proven adept at finding food on land, according to new findings contradicting earlier research suggesting bears will starve without access to Arctic Sea ice.

By Michael Howell Tim Hunter Tim Hunter, former owner, with his wife Shelley, of the Bitterroot River Bed and Breakfast, was selected as the new Town Councilor for Ward 1 in Stevensville.

You may have noticed the Indy's current issue. It's our Best of Missoula special and we're proud to say it's the 20th anniversary edition.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]