Missoula Fire crews knocked down an apartment fire Sunday afternoon. Sergeant Gordon Schmill with the Missoula Sheriff's Department told NBC Montana no one was inside the apartment at the time and no one was injured, but 2 cats and an iguana died

A person who threatens a school may be charged with intimidation or assault, according to school resource officer Clint Anderson. Anderson has worked with the Bozeman Police Department for the last 10 years. He told NBC Montana felony intimidation carries a maximum of 10 years in jail and up to a $50,000 fine or both.

Some folks near the West Fork fire burning near Libby can go back home.

Authorities say a man was killed when he backed his car off a steep cliff on a dirt mountain road in western Montana. The 32-year-old Lolo man, whose name has not been released, backed off of the Forest Service road near Clinton east of Missoula early Wednesday morning. A 44-year-old East Helena man who was a passenger was hospitalized.

The Pondera County sheriff issued mandatory evacuation orders to residents near the Swift Reservoir in northern Montana due to increased activity on the Strawberry Fire Monday night. Four or five ranch owners and the dam keeper's residence are said to be under evacuation order. There are also pre-evacuation warnings in place for homes along Swift Dam Road toward Dupuyer.

Kalispell: Flathead County Sheriff's Office on Monday released the names of two women, who were killed in a two-car head-on crash on Highway 2 over the weekend. The crash occurred Sunday at about 11:50 a.m. Just north of Glacier International Airport.

Great Falls: Montana man is charged with deliberate homicide after a fight in Great Falls that left a man brain dead. Darionn Tyler Douglas was charged Friday with deliberate homicide or an alternative charge of felony negligent homicide

The Lolo Peak fire burning in Missoula and Ravalli counties grew a little bit Thursday and stands at a little over 49,100 acres burned. The blaze remains 35% contained.

The Rice Ridge fire near Seeley Lake has grown to over 122,800 acres burned. A community meeting to discuss the fire at 6 p.m. on Friday in the Ovando Elementary School Gym at 108 Birch Street.

The Highway 200 Complex fires near Thompson Falls and Plains consumed nearly 19,000 acres

Darionn Tyler Douglas was charged with deliberate homicide, or alternatively negligent homicide, in Great Falls. The person that Douglas is accused of assaulting earlier this week has been declared legally dead, deemed brain-dead yesterday

Missoula: received the following press release from The Missoula Police Department at 8:30 a.m. Friday. As of late afternoon on Thursday, investigators with the Missoula Police Department have connected a video that surfaced on Facebook, to the baseball bat assault that took place in the 600 block of Cregg Lane this past Tuesday Evening

Air quality alerts issued for several Montana counties

More than 1 million acres have burned in Montana this summer; state fire fund drained

Missoula: Northbound Reserve Street was closed at South Avenue in Missoula for several hours Thursday morning because of a crash involving a pedestrian.

Billions of dead trees force US fire crews to shift tactics

Some mandatory evacuations lifted for Alice Creek fire

The Highway 200 Complex is burning at more than 9,633 acres along the Highway 200 corridor and sits at zero percent containment.

Over 100,000 acres. Needs more coverage. Rice Ridge Fire now top priority fire in nation

First personnel assigned to 4,993-acre Moose Peak fire, now managed alongside West Fork fire

Transition team to take control of Liberty Fire until new crew arrives

#AliceCreekFire: 21,393 acres. Personnel-251, Crews-4, Engines-21, Skidgens-3, Dozers-4, Helicopters- 4

Rice Ridge fire: consumed 48,530 acres, with the last infrared flight estimate placing the fire at 101,424 acres

Missoula: Multiple agencies are responding to reports of a house fire with explosions. The home is on the 5500 block of Monty Lane, between Highway 93 South and the Bitterroot River, in Lolo

Superior: The Sunrise fire 11 miles southeast of Superior added around 150 acres in the 46 Creek and the upper end of Quartz Creek. The growth prompted the Mineral County Sheriff's Office to issue a Stage 2 evacuation warning for the area

Missoula: The Lolo Peak fire is burning at 42,687 acres and sits at 31 percent containment. The Missoula County Sheriff's Office issued new evacuation warnings along the Highway 12 corridor because of the Lolo Peak Fire.

A wildfire first reported on the Custer Gallatin National Forest, west of Volborg, Wednesday morning is now estimated at 40,000 acres and continuing to spread quickly to the northwest

Butte, Montana shooting at 519 W Galena St: 1 injured

Empty streets and montana guard check points. #RiceRidgeFire SeeleyLake

United Way of Missoula County is setting up a special fund drive to help out victims of the Rice Ridge Fire.