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Republican leaders of the House of Representatives pulled legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system from consideration on Friday due to a shortage of votes despite desperate lobbying by the White House and its allies in Congress

The Montana History Foundation announced the awarding of grants totaling $117,000 on Wednesday. One “standout” recipient, the release continued, is the Crow Language Consortium Dictionary Project in Hardin, whose goal is design, review and publish the first professionally produced Crow dictionary.

While the International Rescue Committee gave Missoula a quota of 150 refugees when it opened its office here last year, Soft Landing says that figure may be up in the air given changes taking place under the Trump administration.

After receiving more than 800 applications and conducting nearly 120 interviews, the University of Montana’s Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana has selected its fourth incoming class.

Parks and Recreation has released a draft of its South Hills Spur Recreation Management Plan, a document that looks at naming rights, preservation of fragile habitats, trail building and signage; public comment open until April 2.

Andrew Whiteley will receive $800,000 over the next five years to study small populations of trout to better understand evolutionary biology and whether gene rescue works as a tool for conservation.

Released as a result of a public records request, the fines stem from the Democratic primary in 2014, during which candidate Josh Clark filed a complaint alleging that McDermott violated several campaign finance laws.

Rivers and streams across western Montana were running high on Monday, with stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geologic Survey reporting new records for this particular day in March.

With warming temperatures and a hearty snowpack, Missoula County this week encouraged property owners to consider buying flood insurance to make the 30-day waiting period required for such insurance to take effect.

Denise Juneau, the former Superintendent of Public Instruction and Democratic candidate for Congress, moved to Missoula in January and is considering her new future, which may include applying for the job as president of the University of Montana, depending on the qualifications set by the search committee.