accidents

If you’re reading this while behind the wheel, either get off the road immediately or put your device down.

Halloween has become a time for setting up gory scenes in your front yard and taking tours of scary haunted houses full of actors drenched in fake blood. Gone are the days of simply hanging a paper skeleton on your front door and carving a few smirking pumpkins. It’s getting scary out there. Especia…

If you’re heading out on the road this month for a vacation, you need to be extra careful.

Some people call them elk. Other people - usually drivers in Montana- call them dang right dangerous.
The deer and elk that occasionally pick the worst times to cross the highway are still milling about. In fact, the time to expect an elk from a herd such as the one seen last week south of Stevensvil…

You are driving along, watching out for the "other guy," when suddenly a deer leaps out in front of your car.
If you live in western Montana, this has probably happened to you. Nobody has ever explained to me the attraction of deer and elk to auto headlights...

Anybody who’s walked and worn headphones at the same time knows that listening to tunes reduces your awarness of what is going on around you.