Election Day for Missoula Municipal Primary, woman found in an irrigation ditch identified, Going-To-The-Sun Road Documentary| KPAX News
A 73-year-old Iowa woman died on Wednesday as a result of the 450-foot fall that happened between Big Bend and Triple Arches.| KPAX News
Crews are on the scene of a structure fire that broke out on Friday morning on Tyler Way in Lolo.| KPAX News
The Powell County Sheriff's Office has issued an emergency evacuation order for all residents living in an area located south of Helmville on Friday.| KPAX News
The Knowles Fire, east of Plains, has burned 3,790 acres and is 21% contained as of Tuesday, August 26.| KPAX News
The Granite County Commission has approved a resolution implementing Stage II Fire Restrictions due to extreme fire danger.| KPAX News
Andrew Sullivan of Marion has been charged with negligent homicide after an August 23, 2025, morning crash that killed a teenager.| KPAX News
It’s hard to believe, but school is officially back in session this week for a number of school districts in Western Montana.| KPAX News
Brandi Lindstrom lives in Lincoln and was awake with friends when a helicopter suddenly crashed in the Mid-Town Plaza parking lot right on Main Street.| KPAX News
MTN teamed up with Jefferson Graham to find some photo spots and learned how he makes his entire show with just an iPhone.| KPAX News
Employees say they had worried about the company’s direction for months before receiving confirmation on July 11, 2025.| KPAX News
A search has resumed for a Wyoming man who went missing after a boat capsized Tuesday morning on Flathead Lake.| KPAX News
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke and others removed a provision allowing the selling of public lands in Utah and Nevada from the Big Beautiful Bill.| KPAX News
The Bigfork Chamber of Commerce has partnered with wildlife experts and local businesses to launch the “Bear in Mind Business” initiative.| KPAX News
Matt Hegstad, a U.S. Army Combat veteran, plans to make his brewery a haven for all veterans and first responders looking for a place to connect.| KPAX News
The Hamilton School District recently discovered an unwanted presence in its middle school's main building.| KPAX News
Logan Pass is experiencing low water levels, resulting in a water supply that can't support the number of visitors the area receives daily.| KPAX News
The Windy Rock Fire and Devil Mountain Fire, 15 miles northeast of Drummond, have burned 1,957 acres.| KPAX News
The Ransome Fire is burning 250 acres, approximately 11 miles northwest of Libby in the Quartz Creek drainage.| KPAX News
The Knowles Fire, which is burning six miles east of Paradise, has grown to 2,075 acres and remains 0% contained.| KPAX News
A Friday morning wildfire along Interstate 90 in Missoula prompted evacuations and road closures.| KPAX News
Jeffrey Serio has been charged with Deliberate Homicide after being accused of driving over a pedestrian, causing a fatal vehicle incident on Birch Grove Road in Kalispell.| KPAX News
Kalispell's Bias Brewing is hosting a block party on Saturday to raise money for the Flathead Valley Youth Chorus.| KPAX News
The Northern Rockies Incident Command Team 9 has taken command of the fire, which has burned around 1,000 acres near Paradise.| KPAX News
The Sanders County Sheriff's Office issued pre-evacuation notices for some people living in the area of the Knowles Fire.| KPAX News
High fire danger means fires can start easily in grasses and grow quickly, especially on hot, windy days and can be difficult to control.| KPAX News
Three weeks after an Anaconda bar shooting, a daughter remembers Nancy Kelley as a devoted caregiver and lively “social butterfly.”| KPAX News
The buzzword around the national economy over the past couple of months has been uncertainty.| KPAX News
Missoula County has rolled out the draft of a letter stating the value of the U.S. Forest Service's Region 1 office in Missoula.| KPAX News
A man is recovering after a Wednesday evening crash involving a minibike in Missoula.| KPAX News
Many in Polson walked to bring awareness to the uptick in fentanyl-related deaths and advocating for those who are struggling with addiction.| KPAX News
The new trail system is located in the North Hills, which were previously inaccessible but are now available through the Bluebird Preserve.| KPAX News
Emergency crews are on the scene of an incident near the 4700 block of Graham Street in Missoula.| KPAX News
New infrared mapping shows that the Knowles Fire, six miles east of Paradise, has burned 1,812 acres.| KPAX News
The Flathead County Commission has approved a preliminary plat request for the proposed Flathead Lake Club Resort in Lakeside.| KPAX News
The Jenny Fire and the Point Six Fire are burning in the Rattlesnake Wilderness area near Snowbowl near Missoula.| KPAX News
United States Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, the keynote speaker at Tuesday’s panel, spoke on a variety of topics.| KPAX News
Erratic driver strikes and kills pedestrian in Kalispell, Missoula’s Wastewater Treatment Facility is struggling to fill key jobs, and Home Resource offers a summer program for Indigenous youth.| KPAX News
Church on the Move, in Plains, offered free backpacks and school supplies to all Sanders County children.| KPAX News
The Missoula primary elections are coming up on September 9th, with the Missoula County Elections Office mailing more than 47,000 primary ballots right now to voters who live within city limits.| KPAX News
A local Missoula coffee shop has such long lines for its lotus drink, they had to find a bigger space to accommodate all the traffic.| KPAX News
The Congressional Western Caucus's annual policy summit continued on Wednesday with Congressman Ryan Zinke taking part in a panel discussion.| KPAX News
Several wildfires are burning across the Missoula Valley Wednesday August 20th following Tuesday's thunderstorms.| KPAX News
The Knowles fire burning east of Plains has grown to 2,000 acres with 0 percent containment on Wednesday.| KPAX News
Crews are continuing to make progress fighting on the Mile Marker 91 and Little Seepay Fires.| KPAX News
A project years in the making is inching closer to the finish line as Columbia Falls looks to build its first skate park.| KPAX News
The search continues for a 58-year-old man who went missing last week after a boat capsized on Flathead Lake.| KPAX News
Man indicted on federal charges for the death of Jadie Butterfly, forecast predicts positive shift in Flathead Lake levels, and City Council approved the sale of the Riverfront Triangle Fox Site.| KPAX News
This year’s crop is a mixed bag as some orchards survived damaging winds and heavy rains to start July while others weren’t so lucky.| KPAX News
The Missoula Parking Commission gave an informational presentation on Wednesday about why they want to expand their boundaries to the Hip Strip.| KPAX News
Around 200 personnel are assigned to the fire, including seven crews with four engines, four water tenders, two helicopters, two dozers, and two skidgens.| KPAX News
The Missoula Fire Department plans to construct a sixth fire station somewhere between South Third and Russell streets.| KPAX News
The Missoula County Clerk and Treasurer’s Office is warning residents of several scams related to property tax payments that are making the rounds.| KPAX News
A Montana-made film will be showcased at the Wachholz College Center's McClaren Hall each Wednesday for the next seven weeks.| KPAX News
Flathead Electric Cooperative has scheduled a planned power outage on Tuesday, July 22.| KPAX News
New mapping shows the human-caused Deer Fire has burned 75 acres southeast of Missoula.| KPAX News
Recently started human-caused fires have prompted the Bitterroot National Forest to issue a warning about abandoned campfires.| KPAX News
It may sound and look like chaos, but beneath the noise and sawdust are bears, moose, Bigfoot, and much more, all to support families battling childhood cancer.| KPAX News
A Mother-Daughter duo who run the Lazy Sousa Ranch, Massive cleanup efforts on the Missoula Marathon route as the race is next Sunday, and a planned power outage in Lakeside| KPAX News
SPARK! Arts held its summer Ignite conference at the UM School of Education, offering professional development in arts-integrated teaching methods for elementary and middle school educators.| KPAX News
Retired smokejumpers honored Don MacKey with a special flight over his Blodgett Canyon memorial during the 85th anniversary reunion in Missoula.| KPAX News
The Missoula Pride Parade and Block Party returned downtown for a fourth year on Saturday.| KPAX News
The alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road will be closing at 8 p.m. on Friday due to heavy rain and predicted snow.| KPAX News
Volunteers spent their weekend making sure hometown runners and those visiting the Garden City alike will have a pristine running environment.| KPAX News
The sound of drums filled the air at Caras Park on Friday, celebrating Two Spirit Pride with the Two Spirit Pow Wow. And besides Pride, there was also the celebration of existence.| KPAX News
Memorial Day weekend is here and you can now start your summer right at Whitefish Mountain Resort.| KPAX News
Law enforcement and first responders are preparing for a busy season on Montana roads as traffic is expected to increase significantly across the state.| KPAX News
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke opposed public land sales, Bigfork initiated a program to reduce human-bear conflicts, and a Safe Haven Baby Box opened in Lockwood for anonymous newborn surrenders.| KPAX News
The decision will allow the existing activities of Holland Lake Lodge to continue with no change to the authorized facilities or footprint.| KPAX News
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes hosted a meeting in Drummond, to talk about the Milltown Water Right.| KPAX News
While Missoula Parks and Recreation replaced older signs on the North Hills in 2024, this year's effort renewed each of the 65 signs on Mount Jumbo.| KPAX News
A man and woman from Pablo who admitted to trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine were sentenced in federal court.| KPAX News
A Field of Honor is on display this Memorial Weekend at Glacier High School honoring our veterans, including those who made the ultimate sacrifice.| KPAX News
Kalispell has grown nearly 25% since 2020, adding more residents than any Montana city. Whitefish and Columbia Falls also saw growth.| KPAX News
The Missoula City Council gave the project a go-ahead this week by awarding a $477,000 construction bid.| KPAX News
Missoula's teams are on fire, burning up the competition in an intense firefighting skills competition.| KPAX News
The Flathead City-County Health Department reports a measles case has been confirmed in a Flathead County adult.| KPAX News
A woman has been convicted of four felony counts of sex trafficking and one felony count of labor trafficking in Missoula.| KPAX News
Congress is considering a federal budget that would cut roughly $880 billion from Medicaid over 10 years.| KPAX News
A project years in the making has reached the finish line as Columbia Falls first skatepark is officially open.| KPAX News
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce is asking residents and business owners if they've been impacted by tariffs.| KPAX News
A man who barricaded himself in a home at Hollywood Trailer Park has been taken into custody on Wednesday.| KPAX News
A Thompson Falls man accused of falsifying time and attendance records admitted to the charges on Monday.| KPAX News
The freezing temperatures in Missoula make it challenging to garden. MTN spoke with Caras Nursery for some tips for those itching to get started.| KPAX News
The Kyiyo Pow Wow is one of the longest-running student-led pow wows in the country since beginning in 1968.| KPAX News
City officials have placed the cost of Missoula's housing sprint at around $400,000.| KPAX News
Ahead of the busy float season, Flathead Rivers Alliance is looking for volunteer river ambassadors and citizen scientists.| KPAX News
Hundreds gathered for an Earth Day celebration in Kalispell Saturday put on by the Flathead chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby.| KPAX News
Keep scrolling to learn what pronking is and about Pronking Pastures animal sanctuary in the Ninemile.| KPAX News
It may not feel like winter is still here in the Missoula Valley, but it is up on the mountain passes, as they experience closures nearly every week.| KPAX News
The Flathead Avalanche Center in Hungry Horse has issued a backcountry avalanche warning for Flathead and Lincoln counties from Saturday, March 22, to Sunday, March 23, 7:00 a.m.| KPAX News
Among the people enjoying the fresh snow was the non-profit DREAM Adaptive, which removes barriers for people with disabilities.| KPAX News
DREAM Adaptive Recreation works closely with people with disabilities in Northwest Montana to make outdoor activities more accessible.| KPAX News
The film 'She Cried That Day' puts the spotlight on MMIP, an issue that can tear families apart but will never truly break them down.| KPAX News
The University of Montana reports spring 2025 enrollment is up by 4.3%, continuing a recent growth trend.| KPAX News
FSK is owned by Megan Matthews, a former chef at the popular Missoula restaurant Burns Street Bistro which closed in 2023.| KPAX News
Crews responded to an explosion and fire hit the Weyerhaeuser MDF plant in Columbia Falls on Wednesday.| KPAX News
Crews responded to a fire at a restaurant on Nucleus Avenue in Columbia Falls on Wednesday evening.| KPAX News
A person wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for a federal probation violation was arrested Wednesday afternoon following a standoff in Whitefish.| KPAX News
A traffic stop turned dangerous late on February 14 when a Polson Police Officer was fired upon while trying to pull over a speeding vehicle on U.S. Highway 93.| KPAX News