MISSOULA, Mont. — NBC Montana is making a weekly fishing report, with help from a local expert, on how to capitalize on the spring Skwala hatch. Skwalas are big, dark-colored stoneflies that show up ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bitterroot River closure has been lifted after power lines have been removed from the water. The power lines had been in the water since the storm that hit Missoula on July 24.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have decided on the 16-member Bitterroot River Recreation Committee tasked with developing recommendations on how fishing should be managed on the upper ...

Michael Howell Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist Jason Lindstrom recently gave Bitterroot ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. After a round of cooler temperatures and rain in recent weeks in much of southwest Montana, state ...