Missoula’s City Club monthly meeting focused on the sensitive subject of suicide, entitled 'Help and Hope: Missoula’s Collective Approach to Preventing Suicide'.
All this week at the National Guard Armory, first responders have been participating in Crisis Intervention Training to help them hone their skills by simulating difficult situations that may involve persons suffering from mental illness or substance disorders.
Early numbers aren’t promising for 2018. Dr. Will Stratford of Missoula says he knows of 11 suicides that occurred during just one week so far this year.
A 50 year-old Nevada man is being held in the Missoula County Jail on a $1.5 million fugitive warrant out of Elko, Nevada on nine counts of sexual abuse of children.
The National Stepping Up Summit provides a platform for local county leaders to work towards reducing the number of people with mental illnesses in jails.