Alerted by a fire alarm, a Missoula grandmother got herself and two grandchildren out of a burning home on Howell Street Sunday afternoon. She made the 911 call at 1:42 p.m. Missoula firefighters arrived at 1337 Howell St. shortly thereafter and quickly extinguished the fire in an upstairs bedroom. No one was injured, and damage was estimated at $30,000. The … [Read more...] about Missoula grandmother, 2 grandchildren escape Howell Street house fire

Missoula city firefighters responded to the second house fire of the holiday weekend on Saturday. Flames were showing through the roof of the two-story home at 2255 S. 13thSt. W. when the first engines arrived at about noon. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from two windows on the second floor as well, but everyone was out of the house and safe. Crews … [Read more...] about Missoula firefighters knock down 2nd house fire of holiday weekend

The Missoula Fire Department extinguished a structure fire late Thursday at a home on Burlington Avenue. Jeff Kroll, acting battalion chief, said crews arrived shortly after 8 p.m. and found heavy smoke pouring from the home, located at 447 Burlington. The occupants of the home made it safely from the building and watched as fire fire fighters extinguished the interior … [Read more...] about Missoula firefighters extinguish Burlington house fire Thursday night

Missoula police officers were involved in the fatal shooting of a suspect after responding to a domestic violence call at a home near Rose Park on Sunday morning. In a news release, Sgt. Travis Welsh said officers responded to the report of a "disturbance with a firearm" at a home in the 600 block of Blaine Street at about 8:30 a.m. While they were en route to the home, … [Read more...] about Missoula police: Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting

(Havre Herald) Havre High School has been canceled Tuesday because of a threat found in the boys’ bathroom. Parents received text messages at 8 p.m. Monday notifying them school will be closed. The district posted on their website some information about why: “At 5:38 PM a Havre High School staff member reported to the administration that a specific threat was written on … [Read more...] about Havre High School closed by threat on bathroom wall