Kent Luetzen

The University of Montana’s total enrollment is down again this year. It’s the eighth year in a row Montana has seen less students than the previous school year, thus causing less revenue, the streamlining of staff and the cutting of programs.

A Mineral County man has been charged with assault of a minor for slamming a child to the ground during the national anthem at the county fairgrounds. The 13-year-old boy was flown to Spokane after receiving temporal skull fractures in the incident.

Nearly a year after historic flooding in Missoula, residents in the Orchard Homes area are again preparing to deal with rising waters. Water levels are still low, although some residents are already pumping water out of their basements and filling sandbags.

The suspect in a series of shootings on Friday that left one man dead and three more people injured, including Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, made his initial appearance in Missoula County Justice Court on Monday afternoon. Bond for Johnathan Bertsch was set at $2 million.