A picture shared this week on social media of a barbed wire fence strung across a popular river in Montana was generating passionate comments. Like it or not, fences over rivers on private property are not illegal.
Though the worst of the Missoula County flooding this year is likely over, National Weather Service Hydrologist Ray Nickless says he believes the swollen rivers this year may have created conditions where flooding is perennial in Missoula.
At a moving ceremony in Missoula on Thursday afternoon, 53 Green Star flags were retired to commemorate the 53 local veterans who took their own lives in 2017.
It’s Veterans Day and RIVER (the Rural Institute for Veterans Education and Research) is hoping to say thank you to Montana Vets by offering a host of free services and opportunities.
The Missoula Police Department has received some calls this week complaining about people jumping into the river from city bridges. Officials say it's not illegal.