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Missoula man sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping teenagers

A Missoula judge sentenced a 20-year-old Missoula man to 20 years in the Montana State Prison on Thursday for raping several teenagers over the span of six years. Dawson Barry Simmons initially faced 11 sexual intercourse without consent charges in two separate cases when he was 17 and

Clinton man arrested in 2 unsolved 1990s Missoula homicides

Law enforcement arrested a 69-year-old Clinton man Monday afternoon on suspicion of homicide related to the killing of two elderly Missoula women more than 35 years ago. Nickie Dean Gardiner was booked for deliberate homicide and currently sits in the Missoula County Detention Center on a $5 million

'Marvelous blessings:' LDS officials break ground for Missoula temple

Construction for a Missoula temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints broke ground with a ceremony in Lower Miller Creek on Saturday morning, featuring national and local LDS church officials. The temple, the first in western Montana, holds a higher spiritual meaning to church members than

'Remarkable': Swan Lake Trading Post celebrates 100-year anniversary

SWAN LAKE — In 1926 the settlement of Swan Lake was little more than a rustic outpost. It had no electricity and present-day Highway 83 turned into a lightly used dirt trail up the densely forested Swan Valley into Condon. The town's log post office and trading post

Future uncertain for Seeley Swan Medical Center with ongoing deficit

SEELEY LAKE — Officials managing the Seeley Swan Hospital District are searching for answers to keep the local clinic running after its medical provider shared that it can no longer financially cover the clinic's operational shortfalls. Partnership Health Center (PHC) has operated the clinic since 2014, but the nonprofit

Montana dispensary files lawsuit over Missoula license dispute

A Montana dispensary alleges it was swindled out of a permit to operate a Missoula location in 2025 and called for the city to remedy the dispute, according to a lawsuit filed in Missoula County District Court earlier this month. Cannabis company Grizzly Pine LLC and the property owner of

Council approves land sale for 'monumental' $100 million Missoula Midtown development

A massive $100 million development near Southgate Mall will move forward after Missoula City Council sold 15 acres of land to a private developer to build hundreds of market-rate homes late Monday night. The Midtown Commons development could begin breaking ground as soon as this summer, with a plan