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Missoula County added more than 8,100 residents over the past seven years, maintaining its place as Montana's second most populous county, according to U.S. Census estimates released last week. Yet while Missoula County grew at 7.4 percent from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017, Gallatin County's population surged 20...

Stripping cigarettes of all or most of their addictive power could lead 5 million adults to quit smoking within a year of the plan going into place and another 8 million to quit within five years, according to an analysis published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

While Jesus and redemption lie at the heart of Don Evans' work, the Union Gospel Mission found itself playing a more prominent and secular role in serving the city's homeless population this winter – forming new partnerships along the way.

Julie Barrett was one of the lucky ones to find stable housing through a federal rental-assistance program that has brought a little extra funding to Missoula. But dozens of others remain on the waiting list, unable to find housing despite their voucher.

RiverStone Health, in conjunction with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, has confirmed the first pediatric death of the 2017-2018 influenza season in Montana. In a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, RiverStone Health said the school-age child was a Yellowstone County resident. RiverStone, the Yellowstone public health agency, did not identify or give the age of the child.

The Missoula Lady Bruins shut out Bozeman 2-0 for the second day in a row to win the Montana Amateur Hockey Association State Championship tournament on Sunday in Bozeman.

With so much coverage of last week’s grisly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., students, parents and others are struggling to cope. Christine Sylvest, a child psychologist in Rockville, Md., has a unique perspective. She grew up in Coral Springs, Fla., and...

The latest bout of cold weather has left the Poverello Center well over capacity, forcing the organization to prepare a cap on the number of residents it houses on any given night for the first time in history. It also has launched an urgent call for community support.

A lock down was ordered at Sentinel High School on Wednesday morning after graffiti was found on a bathroom wall indicating an undisclosed threat, according to school administrators. Student says an "active shooter" announcement was made.

The Missoula Redevelopment Agency on Thursday selected Dick Anderson Construction to manage work ahead of this spring's groundbreaking for a new city park in an underserved Midtown neighborhood.