Posted 6:53 PM 5/16/2012 by Mark Holyoak (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- Rescue crews are searching for a man in his 20s who jumped off the Madison Street bridge in downtown Missoula.
He landed in the Clark Fork River but did not resurface and the last time anyone saw him was approximately 200 yards downstream in the fast moving water.
Crews already launched boats and are searching the river from the Madison bridge toward the Missoula Osprey baseball stadium. Care Flight also responded and is searching by air.
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Posted 2:36 PM 5/16/2012 by Tara Oster (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- What if graduating high school meant you had to build a guitar or a computer?Some Big Sky High School seniors had to do just that.Nearly 250 students presented their senior projects Wednesday at the high school.As a requirement for graduation (More)
Posted 2:03 PM 5/16/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- A Flathead Valley law enforcement agency is training other departments to handle domestic and firearm incidents in preparation for the busy summer season.
The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is providing a handful of deputies to train seasonal National Park Service employees on (More)
Posted 1:01 PM 5/16/2012 by Mark Thorsell (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
KALISPELL- The whooping cough outbreak is continuing to grow in Western Montana with more cases reported in Flathead County and three more incidents reported in Ravalli County as of mid-day Wednesday.
Flathead City-County Health Department officials say the newly confirmed pertussis cases (More)
Posted 12:21 PM 5/16/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- Missoula law enforcement are still trying to figure out what was taken in an overnight string of burglaries in the Garden City.
The Missoula County Sheriff's Office reports that as of late Wednesday morning they had looged nine burglary reports, but Public Information Officer (More)
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Posted 11:19 AM 5/16/2012 by Mark Thorsell (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
HAMILTON- Fire officials say that this week's near record warmth across parts of western Montana is increasing the fire danger in the Bitterroot Valley.
"Fire danger indicators are at an all-time high for this time of year due to the unusually warm weather and rapid snowpack melt," said (More)