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HELENA, Mont. — Less than 5% of cattle born in Montana are processed in the state. Sarah and Joshua Christenson pride themselves on being part of the local food economy. As co-owners of a 117-year-old ranch in western Montana, their days are spent mending fence poles, herding cattle and, increasingly, driving trailers of cows across the state to available butchers.

Missoula food group, area ranchers look to alleviate beef-processing bottleneck

MISSOULA, MT — UPDATE: NorthWestern Energy reports power is now fully restored after an outage in Missoula Tuesday morning. The company's outage map initially showed 1,623 customers were without power in the Miller Creek area. That number jumped to more than 1,900 after repairs were made. The outage primarily...

Power fully restored to customers in Missoula

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula will hold its 26th annual Forestry Day on April 29 this year. The Society of American Foresters and UM Woodsmen's Team are bringing the competition for this family-oriented event. A beer garden and food trucks will be on site. Events...

Fort Missoula announces plans for annual Forestry Day

MISSOULA, Mont. — Home Resource in Missoula, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The non-profit is a thrift store that accepts donated building materials, most of which are used. NBC Montana spent time at the store, where we met its executive director, Kelli Hess. The items, said Kelli...

Home Resource at 20, continuing mission to re-use, revamp and renew

Spring has officially arrived, and with the transition of the season, western Montana can experience a wide range of weather conditions. Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs researched western Montana’s climatology regarding the spring equinox and breaks it down in the video above. As the equinox’s specific date changes from year to...

3D Weather: Spring equinox climatology, important dates ahead

Great Falls, MT

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks State Trails Advisory Committee will meet this Wednesday and Thursday in Great Falls. The group will review recreational trail grant applications and discuss project inspections, along with reviewing Montana trail stewardship grant application scores and discussing project impacts. The...

State Trails Advisory Committee to meet in Great Falls

MISSOULA, Mont. — The number of geese and swans spotted at Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area started to pick up over the weekend, though numbers remain far below average for this time of year. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks posted the following update on Sunday: "Activity starting to pick...

Geese begin to arrive by the thousands at Freezout Lake

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula Public Health is partnering with Safe Kids Missoula for Poison Prevention Week. This year Poison Prevention week runs from March 19 through 25. The partnership helps educate the public on poison prevention and safe practices. For more information click here. Missoula Public health released the...

Missoula Public health parting up with Safe Kids Missoula for Poison prevention week

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Salt Lake City, UT

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A non-profit organization with ties to Utah is making a difference for children from Ukraine. Birds for Sofia connects those children, who have rare genetic diseases, with life-saving treatment that they otherwise might not get. “We [are] overwhelmed with applications,” said Natalia Miller, a...

Utahns making a difference for Ukrainian children during difficult time

Saint Ignatius, MT

MISSOULA, Mont. — The St. Ignatius Police Department is inviting the public and first responders to a training on Wednesday on how to interact with someone struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts. QPR stands for "question, persuade, and refer." It hopes to provide innovative, practical, and prevention training. This...

Public, first responders invited to QPR training in St. Ignatius

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Poverello Center in Missoula is hosting a neighborhood meeting on Zoom this Monday. Items on the agenda include updates to the center, the emergency winter shelter and homeless outreach team. The meeting will also address any questions or concerns from participants. The meeting starts at...

Poverello Center to host neighborhood meeting Monday

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Poverello Center hosted a monthly neighborhood meeting with city officials on Monday night to answer questions and give updates. The Johnson Street emergency winter shelter in Missoula is slated to close on April 10. The shelter is funded with federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars,...

Poverello Center discusses emergency shelter closure in neighborhood meeting

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World and Middle Kids will play in Missoula on July 11 as part of their Amplified Echoes Tour. The concert takes place at Big Sky Brewing. Ticket information can be found here.

Jimmy Eat World, Manchester Orchestra, Middle Kids to play in Missoula this July

MISSOULA, Mont. — For today’s motivation topic, we’re going to be talking about something that may sound strange. I want you to take some time to be selfish. Now, while the word selfish may not sound right, what I really mean is finding some time for yourself, better known as “me time.”

Motivate Your Monday: Find time for yourself

MISSOULA, Mont. — Larry Pirnie's iconic Montana artwork fills Missoula's airport and First Security Bank. "People often don't know that this is a mare, and she's called The Leader," said Geoff Peddicord of First Security Bank, referring to a painting. Pirnie's art sets the mood at the Depot Restaurant.

Larry Pirnie shares background behind his iconic artwork

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missoula filmmaker’s new short documentary highlights the plight of northern white rhinos, which are down to only two animals remaining on Earth. Ami Vitale is a world-renowned photographer and filmmaker who has documented the journey of endangered northern white rhinos for the last 14 years.

Local filmmaker enters endangered white rhino documentary in wildlife film festival

MISSOULA, Mont. — More bands are announcing concert dates in the Treasure State this summer and fall. Three Doors Down will make a stop in Great Falls on July 23 for their Away from the Sun Tour. Special guest, Candlebox will join them. VIP packages are on sale on...

More bands announce concert dates in Montana

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UM study finds humans cause more destructive wildfires in West

MISSOULA, Mont. — A new study from the University of Montana and partners found humans cause more destructive wildfires in the West. The study shows humans...

UM study finds humans cause more destructive wildfires in West

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