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Missoula judge, public defender clash over artificial intelligence use

A dispute over the use generative artificial intelligence in Missoula's district court system boiled over last month with questions of personal bias, leading to a request for the Montana Supreme Court to weigh in. Missoula County District Court Judge John Larson rejected court submissions in multiple cases made

UPDATED: Boise State interim leader named as finalist in UM presidential search

The University of Montana and the Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education announced current interim President of Boise State University Jeremiah Shinn as a finalist in the search to replace former President Seth Bodnar on Friday. Shinn will visit campus on Monday and Tuesday, participating in an open

Forest Service confirms plans to sell 14-acre Missoula Midtown property

A 14-acre federally owned property within the heart of Missoula's Midtown neighborhood could exchange hands in the next two years, the U.S. Forest Service confirmed to the Missoulian on Wednesday. The land currently houses some of the Forest Service's Northern Region firefighting operations, historic

Missoula County deputy charged with speeding in crash that killed man set to go to trial

A Missoula County Sheriff's Office deputy is set to go to trial this week for a speeding ticket in the case of an on-duty crash that left one man dead and the deputy injured. Speeding tickets are usually simple. You go too fast, you get a ticket,

Holland Lake Lodge owner: Business unlikely to fully open this summer due to sewer issues

One of the owners of the historic Holland Lake Lodge said the business is unlikely to fully open this summer due to concerns around a planned short-term fix to its sewer system that some Swan Valley residents and others said could leak. The U.S. Forest Service-owned wastewater

'The Montana way': Missoula World War II veteran honored for service in Iwo Jima

81 years ago, teenager Ron "Rondo" Scharfe piloted a troop carrier full of Marines toward the shores of Iwo Jima amid the final stages of the Pacific Theater in World War II. But before the carrier could land, it hit an underwater obstruction, sending the ship forward. Scharfe

Behind NDAs, a shuttered mill was quietly turning into a major Montana movie studio

In May 2025, there was a surprise announcement that a shuttered plywood plant on the west side of Missoula would be transformed into a movie production studio. Around 150 of the working-class jobs that were lost when Roseburg Wood Products closed could eventually be replaced with more than 400