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Driver in fatal hit-and-run near Wye to face charges, prosecutor says
The woman who hit and killed a 69-year-old man with her car Monday night near the Wye will face charges for leaving the scene of the accident, according to a Missoula County prosecutor, but the seriousness of those charges has not yet been determined.
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Montana Supreme Court: State law allows doctor-assisted suicide
HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the procedure.
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Piltzville man pleads not guilty to 11 counts of sexually abusing young boys
A Piltzville man recently accused of molesting two young boys has been charged with additional sex crimes for allegedly abusing a dozen other victims over a period of years.
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Saying goodbye: Family, friends remember Hellgate girls killed by alleged drunken driver
BONNER - Amid tears and laughter, a grief-stricken community said goodbye Thursday to two young girls killed Saturday by an allegedly drunken driver.
Dec 31, 2009 | 11:15 pm | Loading…
Golden Dragons set tone for rockin’ into 2010 at First Night Missoula
The first standing ovation at First Night Missoula 2010 belonged to the Golden Dragons. It was mostly a standing-room-only crowd at the Downtown Dance Collective around 3 p.m. when the African drumming group composed of grade-schoolers first slapped their hands on the instruments, marking th…
Dec 31, 2009 | 9:35 pm | Loading…
UPDATE 2009: Kindness helps Heather Stone reach goal to receive needed dental work
Everyone predicted it would take at least seven months to raise the $12,000 needed for Heather Stone to see a dentist for the first time in a decade. The plan was to rake leaves in as many yards and shovel as many snowy sidewalks as possible to raise the money. Then Stone, a 33-year-old Miss…
Dec 31, 2009 | 9:25 pm | Loading…
Montana Millionaire lottery selling 100 tickets a minute today
HELENA - Tickets sales for Friday's Montana Millionaire lottery drawing have skyrocketed in the last 24 hours, with sales now averaging about 100 a minute across the state, lottery officials say.
Dec 31, 2009 | 12:45 pm | Loading…
Memorial procession to school will follow Hellgate girls' basketball game on Saturday
A memorial procession will be held following the Hellgate High School freshman girls' basketball game Saturday, the team's first game since two freshmen basketball players were killed by an alleged drunken driver.
Dec 31, 2009 | 6:30 am | Loading…
Safe rides available for partygoers on New Year's Eve; Missoula police increase patrols
Mick Murray is not exactly looking forward to his Thursday night shift.
Dec 31, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…
'Treacherous' storm en route to western Montana for New Year's Day
The new year will ride in on windy, wintry weather, with several days of substantial snows topped by a glaze of freezing rain.
Dec 31, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…
Have a ball at First Night Missoula
If you're attending First Night Missoula this year, and happen into the University Center Ballroom, you may find it hard to recognize people you know. New this year on the First Night agenda is a masquerade ball, where costumes and masks are not required, but highly encouraged for that authe…
Dec 30, 2009 | 11:15 pm | Loading…
Push to shovel: Missoula increases enforcement to keep sidewalks clear
Warm up your snow shoveling muscles. 'Tis the season, and if you're not clearing your sidewalk the likelihood that you'll get charged has gone up this year. If you have a sidewalk in front of your place, you're supposed to clear it off by 9 a.m. (That's per city code 12.16.020-045.) That did…
Dec 30, 2009 | 11:15 pm | Loading…
FWP says 2009 wolf hunt 'a good day for Montana'
HAMILTON – There weren’t any biological red flags raised during Montana’s first fair-chase wolf hunt earlier this year. “Montana just pulled off a very successful hunt of a new species, especially given the level of scrutiny on the hunt,” Carolyn Sime, the statewide wolf coordinato…
Dec 30, 2009 | 1:30 pm | Loading…
Charges may not be filed against woman who hit, killed man crossing Highway 93 near Wye
Charges have not and may not be filed against a woman who struck and killed a 69-year-old man with her car on Highway 93 Monday night.
Dec 30, 2009 | 5:45 am | Loading…
Memorial service planned for two girls killed by alleged drunken driver; funds established to help families
A joint funeral service will be held Thursday for the two Hellgate High School freshmen killed Saturday by an alleged drunken driver.
Dec 30, 2009 | 5:30 am | Loading…
State Supreme Court: Missoula County jail can't suspend inmates' visits because of swine flu
HELENA - The Montana Supreme Court is barring the Missoula County jail from enforcing a policy that suspended face-to-face visits with inmates over concerns about the spread of swine flu.
Dec 30, 2009 | 5:15 am | Loading…
Open for business: Tenants moving into Missoula apartments after $150,000 vandalism spree
Tenants this month began moving their belongings into Missoula’s Garden District Apartments, repaired from flooding earlier this year. In September, a vandal unscrewed the pipes that connected kitchen and bathroom sinks to drains in one of the three buildings on the site.
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Man dies after being struck by vehicle on U.S. 93 north of Wye, severing leg
A 69-year-old man from the Evaro area was struck by a vehicle and killed on U.S. Highway 93 about three miles north of the Wye on Monday night, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.
Dec 29, 2009 | 6:45 am | Loading…
Baucus denounces as 'personal smear' video suggesting he was drunk during debate
HELENA - Sen. Max Baucus' office Monday denounced a widely viewed Internet video that suggested Baucus was drunk on the Senate floor last week, calling it an "untrue personal smear" designed to attack Democrats' health-care reform legislation.
Dec 29, 2009 | 6:30 am | Loading…
Rehberg will solicit ideas to 'fix' Tester's wilderness bill
HELENA - Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg said he wants to hear from the people left out when Democratic Sen. Jon Tester wrote legislation establishing 600,000 acres of new Montana wilderness and mandating logging on 100,000 acres of other forested land over a decade.
Dec 29, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…
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