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Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., introduced his first bill Thursday, to restrict the ability of federal security agencies to secretly collect phone records and other personal data on U.S. citizens.

An 8-year-old western Montana boy who spent about an hour buried in the snow after a deadly avalanche roared into his backyard says he tried to "lick and bite" his way out before becoming tired and falling asleep.

The City of Missoula's decision to appeal a court order that it pay property owners about $157,000 for illegally taking private land to widen a road has increased the legal costs it has to reimburse to the plaintiffs to just over $180,000.

Some 136 Montana high school sophomores and juniors interested in careers in health care will get a closer look at their options at a special one-week summer program to be held at four college campuses in the state this summer.

Last night Umphrey's McGee kicked off a tour focusing on the Western States at The Wilma Theatre in Missoula, MT.

In the midst of chaos, humanity reigned in the lower Rattlesnake Valley last Friday.

Kickstarting startups by Jimmy Tobias Tyler Weber can track the beginnings of his business to a high-intensity, three-day gathering of marketing gurus, tech wizards and entrepreneurial go-getters last January.

Classic underground comics shed light on Missoula then and now by Josh Wagner On a recent afternoon, I was sitting across from local artist Dirk Lee in Butterfly Herbs listening to his stories about Missoula's arts scene in the 1970sspecifically about underground comic books-when a gentleman with bright eyes and a wide ... (more)

A Missoula man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent endangerment after prosecutors say he jumped off a bridge over the Clark Fork River and landed on another man, causing serious injuries.

The boys of Greensky Bluegrass have expanded their fan base exponentially since their earliest beginnings in 2000 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Missoula County authorities have released the name of a disabled transient whose body was found in the snow near the railroad tracks in Missoula.

The families of Missoula's avalanche victims and the county sheriff say they're grateful for the community's continuing support after last week's snow slide that buried three people and led to the death of one woman.

"This film's been germinating for 40 years since the book was published," director Alex Smith told a packed house at the Roxy Theater in Missoula for Montana's premiere of its very own "Winter in the Blood" film last Saturday.

A SkyWest Airlines airplane headed for Salt Lake City slid off the main runway at Missoula International Airport in Montana on Tuesday morning, as freezing rain and icy roads were reported in the area.

If People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had their way you would. They've launched a campaign to show the world how stupid they can be - I mean, to rename fish as "sea kittens."

A milk bank that provides a clearinghouse for women who want to donate breast milk and those who need breast milk for their babies recently opened in Missoula and operates under the guidelines of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.

Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast... Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is ... (more)

A woman who was rescued about three hours after her house was destroyed by an avalanche in Missoula, Mont., has died at a hospital.

Montana officials have closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 from St. Regis to the Idaho state line because of the threat of an avalanche.

Three Montana Residents Swallowed by an Avalanche. The Heroic Thing a Group of Volunteers Did May Have Been the Difference Between Life and Death.