Western Montana News

Montana Morning Headlines: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Garden City Shootout

Weather

Weather Forecast: Cooler and breezy to end the week

Positively Montana

Bitterroot Winter Special Olympics spotlights athlete, volunteer effort

Crime and Courts

Update: One dead in shooting at Town Pump on Reserve Street in Missoula

Local News

Sheriff's office seeks help finding missing 16-year-old girl

National News

VIDEO: Sen. Sheehy involved in brief struggle between police and protester

Montana Politics

UM political analyist weighs in on Bodnar's Senate run as independent

Missoula County

Missoula's commercial real estate market stabilizing after pandemic chaos

Local News

University of Montana presidential search draws 60+ candidates

Weather

Weather Forecast: Wintry system moves in

Montana News

State trust lands recreation survey now open in Montana

National News

Air Force conducts test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

Homepage Showcase

Missoula organizations team up to get students snowboarding for the first time

Montana News

Fighting staph infections: Montana microbiologist wins research awards

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Montana Matters Youth Experience Banquet

Western Montana News

Montana Morning Headlines: Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Weather

Weather Forecast: Rain showers Wednesday

News

Bodnar announces independent run for Senate

Missoula County

UM professor sees hope for Iran regime change amid ongoing war

MT Supreme Court allows ballot measure on initiative process to move forward

Western AA No. 1 Missoula Big Sky aims to build on last year's 3rd-place finish

Flathead County

Flathead National Forest announces Holland Lake wastewater system proposal

Missoula County

Hope Rescue Mission phasing out women's recovery center in Missoula

Indian Country

Fort Belknap sues U.S. government over tribal law enforcement funding

Local News

UPDATE: MTN Reporter Stuck in Dubai is now headed home

Montana News

Big Sky basketball tournaments begin Saturday; Scripps Sports to broadcast

Weather

Weather Forecast: Unsettled weather on tap midweek

Flathead County

Flathead County seeks election judges for upcoming federal elections

Montana News

World's largest acidic geyser erupts again in Yellowstone after years of silence

Western Montana News

Montana Morning Headlines: Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Missoula Women's Fair

Weather

Weather Forecast: Warm again Tuesday, Rain Showers Wednesday

Republican hopefuls seek to fill Zinke's seat in Congress

Local News

Political experts weigh the impact of Zinke's announced retirement

Montana Made

Montana Made: Timberline Clayworks

Missoula County

Controlled burn taking place near former Roseburg site in Missoula

Montana Grizzlies

Montana Grizzlies open spring drills in preparation for 2026 season

Missoula County

Missoula Reserve Street traffic diverted during self-harm crisis response

Montana News

Body of fisherman recovered in Spar Lake in northwestern Montana

Weather

Weather Forecast: Warm & pleasant start to the week, changes Wednesday

Montana News

Zinke announces he will not seek reelection

Flathead County

Man charged with deliberate homicide after shooting death in Hungry Horse

Missoula County

Cancer Support Community relocates in Missoula

Montana News

Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Billings