Lewis And Clark County, MT

A 46-year-old Helena man was arrested on suspicion of strangling his partner. Joshua Allen Breezley is charged with felony strangulation of a partner or family member, felony assault with a weapon, misdemeanor partner or family member assault (first offense) and misdemeanor violation of a no-contact order. On June 7, law...

Variants of the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease have been detected in Lewis and Clark County, and local health care providers and public health officials are calling for more residents to get vaccinated. According to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' Infectious Disease Information System,...

A former Helena resident accused of coercing underage girls in Montana to send him sexually explicit images of themselves over the internet pleaded guilty Wednesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana. Joshua Dean Fish, 27, of Gilbert, Arizona, pleaded guilty to...

HELENA, Mont. -- Lots of helping hands and thousands of dollars in donations are all part of the massive response for dozens of neglected horses seized from a ranch in the northern part of the Helena Valley. Most of the donations for the horses have actually come from outside Lewis...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A geological engineering student from Montana Tech will discuss karst landscape at Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. The dissolving of bedrock creates karst landscapes, with sinkholes, caves and springs. Cort Walsh will give a free talk in the amphitheater at 8 p.m. Friday. This is the...

The Lewis and Clark County Historical Society and the Helena/Lewis and Clark County Heritage Tourism program have resumed sponsoring historic walking tours on Sundays at 4 p.m. for only $5/person; children are free. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water. Tour guides are vaccinated and masks are optional. This summer’s...

The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office is reporting that all 58 of the horses it seized from a north Helena Valley quarter horse outfit June 1 have received a preliminary examination. The horses are being held at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds in Helena. According to Sheriff Leo...

HELENA, Mont. — Lewis and Clark County officials released the name of a 17-year-old boy who died while swimming at Canyon Ferry Reservoir east of Helena over the weekend. Sheriff Leo Dutton says Elias Bowe of Helena died Saturday. Bowe and others were swimming in a day-use area when the...

A 24-year-old Helena man has been accused of threatening violence against several people to cover up his involvement in a vehicle crash. Derik Leslie Miller is charged with a single count of felony intimidation. On June 4, a Lewis and Clark County sheriff's deputy took a report of a stolen...

HELENA, Mont. — Lewis and Clark County officials say a 17-year-old Helena High School student drowned over the weekend at Canyon Ferry Reservoir east of Helena. Sheriff Leo Dutton says the boy and other teens were swimming at a day use area Saturday afternoon when the current became too strong for him to get back to shore.

The Helena High School student who died while swimming at Canyon Ferry Reservoir Saturday has been identified as Elias Bowe, 17, of Helena. The boy and other teens were swimming at the Crittenden day use area on the northwest side of the reservoir when the current became too strong for him to get back to shore, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said. The boy was reportedly not a strong swimmer, he said.

A District Court judge on Monday extended a temporary order blocking the implementation of a campus carry law passed by legislators earlier this year. Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike McMahon issued the order after a hearing earlier that morning in which the Montana Board of Regents argued for the injunction to remain in place through the duration of the case.