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Three months after deploying to Florida, Missoula County on Tuesday recognized a local incident command team for their commitment to help residents recover from Hurricane Ian.

Attorneys representing the state of Idaho have asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit from the Satanic Temple over Idaho’s abortion laws, saying the organization lacks standing to pursue the case and refuting its legal arguments.

With funding from the national opioid settlement ready for distribution, the Missoula City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the county to establish an opioid abatement region that encompasses Missoula County.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike.

Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest Delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention, announced the formation of Friends of the Montana Constitution, a Montana nonprofit and nonpartisan educational corporation.

Since Nov. 13 — the day four U of I students were found slain in an off-campus house — the Moscow Police Department has received 78 “calls for unusual circumstances” and 36 requests for welfare checks.

Citing a backlog of applications and growing pressure, the Missoula City Council on Monday agreed to implement an emergency ordinance making development projects – once approved only upon condition – a matter of right within certain zoning districts.

The university said it will rename the hardwood inside Dahlberg Arena to Robin Selvig Court – recognition for a coach who took 21 teams to the NCAA Tournament and logged 865 wins over the course of his career.

Last summer, the jet stream became a "jet wave," which helped form a "heat dome" over the Pacific Northwest. The effect was a catastrophic heat wave that killed as many as 1,400 people.

Mike Bader writes, "Ideally, opponents of the POWDR plan will congeal around a common vision for the future of the Holland Lake area. This is a rare opportunity to reduce our footprint on wild areas while maintaining quality recreation opportunities for ordinary people in a rustic setting."