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Missoula residents will see some smoke rising Wednesday from prescribed burns on national forests on either side of the valley. The Missoula Ranger District plans to ignite prescribed burns on 80 acres in Butler Creek and another 80 acres on Blue Mountain.

Amid freshly tilled soil and the emergence of spring vegetables, Garden City Harvest celebrated its foray into the future on Tuesday, one that will enable the organization to consolidate its services and offer its programming throughout the year.

Much has been written about the African and Middle Eastern refugees who have resettled in Missoula in the past year, welcomed by many and looked at with fear and disdain by many others. Now, some of those refugees will be using video cameras to tell their own stories of what it means to resettle so far from home, and to share with the rest of us their perceptions of their new surroundings.

The City-County Health Department will receive $10,000 from the Montana Department of Health and Human Services to manage costs associated with Missoula's growing refugee population.

While state legislators walked away from the recent session praising themselves for balancing the budget and holding the line on bonding, the consequences of their votes will soon trickle down to local governments, which could face millions of dollars in lost funding.

Mayoral hopeful Lisa Triepke launched her candidacy for the city's highest office on Tuesday, suggesting that local taxes were out of control and the administration of Missoula Mayor John Engen lacked transparency, with too many decisions being made “behind closed doors.”

You think living in downtown Billings is uneventful? Not when a cow is on the loose, chased by a posse of local cowgirls and cowboys.

A Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday that while whitebark pine trees are warranted for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted within its authority to make other species a priority given its limited funds.

Hundreds of protesters flocked through downtown Missoula to challenge President Donald Trump's war on the environment and his denial of climate change as part of the national Peoples Climate March, held Saturday in cities across the country.

Alyssa Milano, best known for her roles on Melrose Place and Who's the Boss, met an entourage of Democratic supporters on Thursday at the University of Montana, where she spent a portion of the morning stumping for U.S. House candidate Rob Quist.