clark fork river

Checota says the 10-story hotel and 6,000-capacity civic event center could set the tone for further development on the riverfront.

Cook says areas called “slickens” are a known source of metal contaminants.

Ravalli County Sheriff Holton confirmed on Thursday afternoon that a 17 year-old male from Sanders County drowned in the Clark Fork River after fleeing from law enforcement.

In eastern Montana, a flood watch was issued for the Little Bighorn River near Hardin. Up to six inches of snow was forecast near Wibaux.

Missoula County Sheriff’s deputies pulled an unidentified body from the Clark Fork River on Thursday afternoon.

Continuous rain in the Clark Fork basin could cause the river to rise by as much as a foot and a half to about the nine foot level by Wednesday evening.

After a boater went missing last weekend on the Clark Fork River between Clinton and Turah, sheriff’s office officials are asking boaters to think twice before tackling the still swollen and fast moving river.

After several long weeks away from their homes, over 60 families displaced by the Clark Fork River flood of 2018 may be allowed to return home sometime next week, conditions permitting.

Director of the Missoula County Office of Emergency management, Adriane Beck, sounded a hopeful note after the long Memorial Day weekend.

While the floods of 2018 have hit and retreated from their highest levels in a hundred years, another danger buried for over half a century near the former Smurfit mill site sits waiting.