Local News

More personnel are leaving the firelines as the fight against the Rumsey Gulch Forest Fire near Philipsburg winds down.

The number of people on the firelines dropped below 80 Thursday and the final news release on the fire will be issued Friday, March 17

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It's been one of the most heated controversies in Missoula over the past few years, where the new Missoula College should be located. UM officials have steadfastly maintained that the South Campus, the current location of the UM Golf Course, was the sole choice. Not anymore.

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Tom George Vineyard, 38, made an appearance via video in Missoula Justice Court from the Missoula County Jail on Thursday afternoon before Judge Karen Orzech.

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The Missoula County Sheriff's Department is asking the public to help find the perpetrator of a grocery store theft that occurred on Sunday May 12 at Bronc's Grocery in Frenchtown.

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The Bitter Root Back Country Horsemen will have their annual Wilderness Skills Weekend Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, at the Charles Waters Campground up Bass Creek.

The free event is open to the public and sessions will run from 9 a

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The Pharaohplex Theater, between Hamilton and Corvallis, has been busy in the projection booths while the final film projectors are being removed and replaced with digital projectors.

As owner Joe McLean noted on his theater's website,

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The past will be real again at the Ravalli County Museum Thursday, May 16, and Friday, May 17.

Thursday evening, a free public performance of the epic Old English poem "Beowulf" will be presented by Dave Caserio

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During Wednesday's news conference with the Department of Justice, the subject of the Missoula County Attorney's lack of cooperation with the various investigations came up yet again.

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The Sun has been active the past few days, and if you were lucky (like Mike Daniels), you saw some Northern Lights early last week. More aurora over the Bitterroot Valley may be coming our way in the coming days or weeks

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At around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 a vehicle crashed into the side of Danny Blower's Insurance Agency in Missoula.

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