Missoula County on Tuesday approved an agreement with two limited liability companies to exchange land in a failed subdivision near the base of Grant Creek.
32 year-old Staryal Dedrick Johnston, the man accused of strangling his wife to death in front of his children early in September, appeared in Missoula District Court before Judge Shane Vannatta for his official arraignment on a charge of deliberate homicide.
A judge in Montana known for approving a search warrant for the Unabomber’s cabin and presiding over his first few court appearances in 1996 has retired.