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Now that recreational marijuana is legal, MHP Public Information Officer Sergeant Jay Nelson specifically addressed the subject of driving while high.

According to AAA, in 2020, nearly 40,000 people died in the U.S. in traffic crashes, the most since 2007, and the numbers coming from 2021 are expected to be even worse.

Over the past 3 years, Trooper Palmer has become a local celebrity. His rehabilitation from the shooting has been inspirational for all of us in western Montana.

The Missoula County Sheriff's Office reported an incident that occurred Tuesday night that involved several law enforcement agencies that led to a high speed chase and a police vehicle being struck by a train with no injuries.

Once a year at the start of each winter driving season, KGVO presents a startling 2015 video in which Montana Highway Patrol Troopers Wade Palmer and T.J. Templeton place their lives at risk to save a woman and child during a multiple vehicle accident on icy I-90 near Frenchtown.

This reporter ran into heroic Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer and his wife Lindsay just after the Grizzly football game at Washington Grizzly Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

To help keep children safer when they enter and exit school buses, more lights and signage have been added to the buses, according to Montana Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Jay Nelson.

There were fewer crashes statewide in Montana in 2020 than in 2019, but more people died in those crashes.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Amanda Villa received the agency’s highest award, the Medal of Valor on Monday, after rescuing several firefighters from a downed helicopter during the Deep Creek Canyon fire near Townsend.

At The Brewhouse in Helena on Thursday, Montana Highway Patrol Sergeant Zach Freeman was awarded as the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Exchange Club.