Montana Highway Patrol

From Missoula to Butte to Bozeman to Billings, the Montana Highway Patrol was very busy with crashes and slide-offs Wednesday morning.

Just before the first plunge began, about 20 bags of ice were added to the pool.

The Montana Department of Transportation has announced plans to add a law enforcement office to the new rest area in Three Forks. It will be the first of its kind in the state.

There were fewer crashes statewide in Montana in 2020 than in 2019, but more people died in those crashes.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Amanda Villa received the agency’s highest award, the Medal of Valor on Monday, after rescuing several firefighters from a downed helicopter during the Deep Creek Canyon fire near Townsend.

From grass fires to fireworks complaints, police and fire departments were busy across Montana over the 4th of July weekend.

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper had to be airlifted to Billings Clinic after "multiple blood clots were found in his legs, groin, and lungs, according to the @MTHwyPatrol Twitter Page

The Montana Department of Justice has released dramatic dashcam video taken just moments after a DNRC helicopter crash that occurred last week.

The suspects led multiple law enforcement agencies on a high speed pursuit that ended Friday night near West Yellowstone.

First off, is that bullet hole in the windshield, or did he just poke a hole through it so he could see better? Either way, the Montana Highway Patrol says "don't be this guy."

Residents in a neighborhood just north of West Park Promenade posted on Twitter that they heard "quite a few shots" early on Sunday (3/22), after an apparent shooting on 17th Street West.

Just after 12 noon today (Saturday 2/27), Montana Highway Patrol reported a "pileup crash" on I-90 Westbound between milemarker 450 and 455, according to the @MTHwyPatrol Twitter page.