Lolo Peak Fire

A global beer brand promoting the protection of the outdoors and the environment has honored a Missoula man for his efforts in reforestation and tree planting.

The Lolo Peak fire in 2017 was enormous and some of the impacts can still be felt.

Wildfire experts are saying the upcoming fire season will be ‘above normal’, meaning more than 300,000 acres burned, due to hotter, drier conditions through September.

The U.S. Small Business Administration if offering low interest loans to businesses in several Montana counties who suffered losses during the summer of 2016 fire season.

Popular campsite and gathering place is open again.

While Missoula was able to enjoy a few days of blue sky, the Lolo Peak Fire continued its rapid spread, crossing a few major milestones in both acres burned and total cost to fight.

Some good news for residents of Seeley Lake and those near the Lolo Peak Fire, and hundreds of residents have been allowed to retun to their homes.

The Rice Ridge Fire, now the nation's top priority wildfire, has reached 100,000 acres.

More evacuations expected.

Governor Steve Bullock has told his state budget director to ask all state agencies to submit plans for another 10 percent budget cut.

Lolo National Forest spokesman Boyd Hartwig is defending the actions taken to manage the Lolo Peak Fire when it was first reported on July 15.

Over the weekend, the total tab of fighting the Lolo Peak Fire crossed the 30 million dollar mark and likely earned a place in the Montana history books