MISSOULA- Drivers will complain, but a new University of Montana study says higher gas prices this summer will probably have a minimal impact on the state's tourism industry.
Prices are already topping $3.76 a gallon average across Montana, and appear to be headed to $4 a gallon, or above,... more »
WEST GLACIER- Development and population around national parks have skyrocketed, but not at Glacier National Park.
A Montana State University (MSU) study shows that Glacier National Park (GNP) is one of the most pristine and untouched parks in the nation.
Glacier Outdoor Center and Glacier Raft Company Co-owner... more »
MISSOULA- An engineering group says the High Pressure Sodium lamps on the downtown Missoula streets produce low quality lighting.
The WGM Group presented its findings of their lighting study to the Public Works Committee on how to improve lighting in the downtown area.
The WGM Group's president said... more »
MISSOULA- Missoula's major southern corridor has a history of major crashes, so Missoula City Council members asked the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) to study some of the reasons for the wrecks in hopes of making some improvements.
MDT hired consultants with Robert Peccia & Associates (RPA) to conduct... more »
Homeowners in the Flathead Valley could find out if their property is at risk of flooding by early 2013. FEMA wants to study nine areas around the valley that could flood or is no longer at risk of flooding.
Certain areas around the Flathead, Whitefish, and Stillwater rivers will... more »
KALISPELL- Flathead City-County Health Department officials are offering re-assurances to owners of water wells, after a new study suggests a higher level of pollution in some water sources.
The recent study released by the University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station analyzed samples of 17-shallow wells, less than 31-feet... more »
BOZEMAN - A new University of Washington study is taking aim at the Montana Meth Project, saying the project hasn't affected drug use during its five-year campaign. But the Executive Director of the Meth Project says the study's conclusions are unfounded.
"In 2005, Montana had one of the... more »
MISSOULA - It's a disease you hear a lot about around Labor Day during the Jerry Lewis telethon. ALS, or Lou Gherig's disease, is an incurable, muscle wasting disease that's still as mysterious as it is deadly.
But researchers in Missoula were selected to team up with an elite... more »
