Bitterroot River

Following the drowning death of a Darby man in the Bitterroot River on Wednesday, Ravalli County Undersheriff Steve Holton is asking boaters and fishermen to use caution while in and on the river.

a 74 year-old Darby man drowned on Wednesday afternoon after the boat he was in with two friends capsized and he was swept downstream.

An unidentified 74 year-old Darby man has drowned in the Bitterroot River.

The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the three year-old boy who drowned in the Bitterroot River on Friday as Tristan Iverson of Stevensville.

Montana Morning headlines from KGVO's Montana Morning show for Monday, July 28..

A three year-old Stevensville boy has drowned in the Bitterroot River.

The Ravalli County Sheriff’s Department and the Ravalli County Public Health Department want to remind all river users that the Bitterroot River is statistically one of the most dangerous rivers in Montana.

The Bitterroot River has passed it's flood stage, and is flooding some low-lying areas in both Ravalli and Missoula counties.

Recent warm temperatures are causing increasing snow melt, leading to higher water levels in area streams and rivers.

Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman issued an alert for residents to be aware that this week's warm weather may trigger flood conditions on the Bitterroot River.

On Sunday, a six year-old girl drowned in a tragic accident on the Bitterroot River, when the boat she was riding in with her father capsized.

A six-year-old girl drowned in a boating accident Sunday afternoon on the Bitterroot River. Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman said Joslyn Sage Farrell from Washington state was in a drift boat with her father and others when the boat capsized in a strong current called a hydraulic step below a diversion dam between the Woodside and Tucker Crossing Fishing Access Sites, two miles north of Corval