14+ hour, 56+ min ago  (260+ words) Cracked floors, leaking ceilings, and steaming classrooms, the unfortunate reality of students attending MCPS schools. I'm a junior at Sentinel. I've been in the MCPS public school system since kindergarten and I have seen the way poor investments affect student…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (89+ words) CLINTON (KPAX) " One person died after a boat overturned Monday evening on the Clark Fork River near Clinton, the Missoula County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities said the vessel was carrying multiple people when it capsized in cold, fast-moving water. One…...

15+ hour, 18+ min ago  (568+ words) (Missoula Current) The residents of a mobile home park in Missoula brought their concerns to City Council on Monday night, seeking help in face of repeated rent hikes and what they describe as poor management by the property owner. The…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago  (652+ words) (CN) " A Montana ballot initiative aimed at keeping corporate money out of elections cleared a roadblock after the Montana Supreme Court'rejected'the attorney general's effort to disqualify it. Jeff Mangan, a former state commissioner of political practices, submitted Ballot Issue Nine,…...

14+ hour, 49+ min ago  (725+ words) (Colorado Newsline) Colorado lawmakers are advancing legislation to dramatically narrow the scope of the state's Front Range Passenger Rail District ahead of an expected vote in November to fund the long-awaited intercity line. Bill sponsor Sen. Cathy Kipp, a Fort…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago  (357+ words) (Missoula Current)The state is proposing a program to give blanket approval to subdivision septic systems, but like many things in Montana, one size doesn't fit all, according to some environmental watchdogs. William Kleindl, Montana State University aquatic system ecology…...

15+ hour ago  (430+ words) (Daily Montanan) U. S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican from Montana, is one of at least three members of Congress who responded to the shooting at the White House Press Correspondents dinner in Washington, D. C. , on Saturday, calling on lawmakers to approve plans…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago  (257+ words) The reason we are continually advised to remember history is not because "history repeats itself" but because historic events are controlled by human emotions that have not changed since the time of creation. In 1911 there were 11 meat packing companies in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (523+ words) (Missoula Current) Missoula County commissioners last week approved a request to amend the county's growth policy and rezone a parcel of vacant land off Highway 93 south of the city. Buckhouse Shoptown LLC submitted the request and plans to build a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (831+ words) (Idaho Capital Sun) Former U. S. Secretary of the Interior and Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne died Friday night after battling colon cancer, his family announced through the governor's office. Kempthorne, 74, also served as a member of the U. S. Senate and the mayor of…...