(KPAX) A Missoula police officer was involved in a shooting incident Monday afternoon, but specifics on what exactly happened have not been released. In a press release sent to the media late Monday night, Sergeant Travis Welsh says at approximately 4:40 p.m., Missoula police officers responded to a report of suspicious activity in a dirt lot at the intersection of North 2nd … [Read more...] about Missoula police involved in Labor Day shooting

(KPAX) The U.S. Forest Service confirms with KPAX News one of the nine killed in Sunday morning’s mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, was a former tour guide at the Smokejumper Visitor Center in Missoula. According to USFS Northern Regional press officer Dan Hottle, Megan Betts received the six-week internship through the Student Conservation Association. She was in Montana from … [Read more...] about Mass shooting victim was intern, tour guide at Missoula Smokejumper Center

(KPAX) There's encouraging news to report on the two surviving victims of a March crime spree in Missoula where two people died and a Montana Highway Patrol trooper was shot in the head. Below is a statement from both families released Wednesday afternoon on behalf of the Montana Department of Justice: Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer continues to make progress … [Read more...] about Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Palmer undergoes surgery, remains nonverbal

(KPAX) A Hamilton man charged with striking and killing a 9-year-old Ravalli County boy Sunday afternoon made his first court appearance Monday afternoon in Ravalli County Justice Court. Joseph John McNamara, 59, is charged with negligent homicide and failure to remain at an accident scene. According to charging documents, Ravalli county dispatch received a report Sunday … [Read more...] about Court documents reveal details of hit-and-run crash that killed 9-year-old Hamilton boy

https://youtu.be/fIdcdCnEBms (KPAX) The winner on the men’s side of the 2019 Missoula Marathon is a familiar face. For the second year in a row, Mark Messmer has won the full Missoula Marathon. Messmer crossed the finish line with a time of 2:24:01, the second-best time ever for the full marathon. 2019 Missoula Half Marathon Winners On the women’s side, Kayla … [Read more...] about Mark Messmer, Kayla Brown win Missoula Marathon