Montana Highway Patrol

Tragedy struck on Monday between Missoula and Lolo as one juvenile male was killed and two other individuals were badly injured in a two vehicle crash that occurred on icy roads.

The National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warning this evening for western Montana, and then a Winter Weather Advisory overnight into Tuesday.

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton has identified the person who was killed in last Friday’s four-vehicle crash near Florence as 61 year-old Christine Howe of Florence.

The victim in Tuesday night’s tragic fatal accident on Old Highway 10 was identified by the Missoula County Coroner’s Office as Lacie Cooper, 16.

A tragic accident late Tuesday night has resulted in the death of a 16 year-old girl

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, who was critically wounded in the line of duty on March 15, 2019, officially retired from the Montana Highway Patrol on Monday, surrounded by family, colleagues and friends.

Missoula County Commissioners Josh Slotnick, Dave Strohmaier and Juanita Vero have set aside Friday, May 22 as ‘Trooper Wade Palmer Day’ in Missoula County.

50 year-old Larry Denison is in the Missoula County Jail charged with three felonies and several misdemeanor and moving offenses after a traffic stop initiated by the Montana Highway Patrol on Friday evening.

A 29-year-old Florida man who was pulled over in a speed stop on a Montana interstate faces a federal drug charge after authorities say a trooper found 78 pounds of methamphetamine in his rental vehicle.

The Montana Highway Patrol’s Project Zero campaign has been pushing the goal of zero deaths on Montana’s highways for several years, but the number of highway fatalities has been holding steady for the past three years.

The Montana Highway Patrol is warning drivers in Missoula and Billings about call centers who are posing as local tow truck companies.

A recent Facebook post from the Montana Highway Patrol highlights the importance of drivers slowing down and moving over when emergency vehicles are deployed at an accident scene or during a traffic stop.