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Citing the potential for spring flooding, Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday signed an emergency proclamation, positioning the county to issue certain orders and tap into additional resources if needed.

This Thursday, on the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I, the Montana Historical Society will present “What Can We Learn from World War I?” at 6:30 p.m. at MHS. Historian Martha Kohl, who headed a yearlong effort to create a new website—“Montana and the Great War”—and senior archivist Rich Aarstad will present the program and debut the site.

Recent snowmelt is softening some roads on the Lolo National Forest, and forest managers are advising the public to use caution and avoid saturated road beds to avoid damaging the roads and soils.

A Native American tribe in Montana and a coalition of conservation groups have sued the Trump administration for lifting a moratorium on coal leases on public land without consulting tribal leaders and conducting a full environmental review.

In a strategic letter issued to the City Council, Mayor John Engen outlined both the mission and vision for the city, one where “all people can live and celebrate meaningful, purposeful and fulfilling lives” through recreation, cultural and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Regina McIntyre Early, an Army nurse who served in four hospitals in France during World War I, was an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in northwestern Montana. McIntyre Early was likely the first female veteran of WWI who was an enrolled member of an American Indian tribe in Montana. She'll be honored at a new memorial in Billings.

While it's common for most matches in Missoula's Big Brothers Big Sisters program to last around 22 months, a 10-year partnership is something rare, giving Celine Herbenson and Heather Phillips reason to celebrate.

Michael Fletcher, whose most recent job was superintending a maximum-security juvenile detention facility in Nevada, will replace Warden Leroy Kirkegard at the Montana State Prison in April.

Bob Ream, a pioneering wildlife biologist whose study of the first wolves that wandered across the Canadian border into northwest Montana laid the groundwork for the species’ recovery, died this week at age 80.

Missoula County commissioners remain hopeful that a proposed increase to the state gas tax will pass the Legislature this session, helping soften funding cuts at the federal level.