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: Featured; Holding company buys Maclay land for $22.5M; A financial holding company bought back its own loan on Tom Maclay's proposed Bitterroot Resort ski area at a sheriff's auction on Wednesday. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Asset Ho…

Blackfoot project reduces fuel for forest fires near subdivision

POTOMAC - Joe Heffner packs a chain saw, but he wields it like a gardener's shears. Walking through the woods of the Forest Park subdivision above Bear Creek Road, he cuts down Douglas fir and lodgepole pine trees seemingly at random. Then he and fellow logger Clay Beier pile the r…

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Missoula high school robotics team readies for regional competition

If Mr. T could feel pity, he'd pity the fool who tries to make more baskets than him. But Mr. T does not feel pity. He is a pitiless robot brought to life through machinery, electricity, hydraulics, rubber, metal and a laptop computer - all of it cobbled together, designed and buil…

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Oscar-inspired eats: Fava crostini and a nice Chianti cocktail

Great movies and great food are box office gold, from Forrest Gump's chocolates to "Silence of the Lambs" anti-hero Hannibal Lecter's disturbing pairing suggestion for Chianti. We've put together a selection of drinks and appetizers inspired by five Best Picture Oscar winners to he…

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2012 Elections

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February Hot Shots

Click here to see and vote on submissions for the monthly Hot Shots photo contest.
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Click here for schedule and highlights of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Booming: Over-50 Lifestyles, February edition
PHOTO GALLERY: Snowy owls

Since December, several snowy owls have gathered in a hilltop neighborhood near Polson.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Words, artwork from 17th annual contest honoring civil rights leader
Missoulian photographers' favorite photos of 2011
UPDATE 2011: Whatever happened with ... ?
2011 Grizzly football season in pictures

A collection of slideshows by the Missoulian photography staff.
Montana Economy: Outlook 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Montana vs Sam Houston State

Photo gallery of the University of Montana vs. Sam Houston State at Huntsville, Texas, Dec. 16, 2011.
Grizzly Game Day

In his element: Donny Lisowski turns the corner for the Griz

The Missoula Police Department is investigating allegations connected with a report of two sexual assaults on or near c…

Avalanche warnings are in effect for the Bridger Range in southwestern Montana and the mountains of western Montana aft…

: Democrat Gutsche of Missoula files for re-election to state PSC; Incumbent Democrat Gail Gutsche of Missoula on Tuesday filed for re-election to the state's Public Service Commission.

Montana golfer Tara Green has been named the Big Sky Conference golfer of the week after claiming medalist honors at th…

Some congressional offices and media organizations have received threatening letters containing a suspicious powdery su…

Former foreign minister Kevin Rudd says he is encouraged by support from government colleagues to challenge Prime Minis…

: Bozeman promoter under contract to buy historic Wilma Theatre; A Bozeman arts and music promoter may be the next owner of Missoula's historic Wilma Theatre.

: Oscar-inspired eats: Fava crostini and a nice Chianti cocktail; Great movies and great food are box office gold, from Forrest Gump's chocolates to "Silence of the Lambs" anti-hero Han…