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After 28 years on the job and staring down his 69th birthday, Steve "Manny" Minez is calling it good, ending an historic run with Mountain Line that has taken him across the city more times than he can count.

More than 2,000 pounds of red apples grown on the nation's largest contiguous orchard in Washington arrived at the Montana Food Bank Network's warehouse in Missoula on Wednesday, where they'll be divided and shipped across the state to combat hunger.

In less than a whirlwind that harkened back to a lighter time, the Missoula City Council on Monday night approved a number of items agreed to during last week's committee meetings before embarking on thoughts and fond commemorations.

Laura Ward, the Lolo National Forest's Fire Management Officer, was recently named Forest Service Fire Management Officer of the Year by a national committee and was honored in a ceremony here in Missoula.

Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday announced plans to implement a ban on mining in the Paradise Valley, saying that while resource extraction plays a role in the state's economy, it is not suited for the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park.

As the Saturn probe starts its 'Grand Finale,' a University of Montana scientist who is a Cassini team member describes the amazing discoveries it made about the ringed planet and its many moons.

Twenty-four teachers from Missoula to West Yellowstone buckled down before computers and occasional puzzles on Sunday to gain the skills needed to bring computer science into the classroom, starting with children as young as 5 years old.

Watching a Crow hand-game tournament at Crow Agency, the mechanics of the game seemed less important with each passing minute. What mattered was the spectacle—the teams in their elaborate, mostly handmade outfits, the constant yelling and chanting, the beating of drums and the shaking of rattles, and the furious, frantic, highly theatrical gesticulations of the players themselves.

The research and discoveries of University of Montana biology professor Doug Emlen are the focus of a new hourlong BBC documentary, “Nature’s Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers.”

The new downtown plaza has already been coined the “MAP,” a catchy little acronym for the Missoula Art Park; hundreds turned out on Friday evening to celebrate the park's grand opening - one that included walking trees, welded bicycles and a general nod to Earth Day.