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While Zimmerman Trail has reopened to all traffic after chip sealing and striping was completed, there's another project nearby that could slow traffic this week.

The Montana Department of Transportation have message boards off Rimrock Road and on Highway 3 that are letting travelers know Zimmerman Trail will be closed from Friday, June 7 until Thursday, June 13.

It’s an ignominious landmark, but certainly positive and noteworthy. Q2 reports that, for the first time in a decade, the state of Montana has gone 30 days without a fatal crash– not since Feb. 26– according to a Thursday press release...

The Montana Department of Transportation issued numerous reports of hazardous driving conditions late Sunday in eastern Montana. On US-191, areas of the road were closed due to zero visibility, heavy snowfall, high winds and ice with major drifting...

To better facilitate access in and out of Seeley Lake due to fire activity, the Montana Department of Transportation has suspended the chip seal project until the fire danger has passed.

It was a brutal morning for Montana law enforcement after a father and son killed a Broadwater County Sheriff's deputy and ended up in a firefight with Missoula County deputies and the Montana Highway Patrol.

The Montana Department of Transportation’s Traffic and Safety Bureau conducted a traffic study in 2016 in Billings between 27th Street and 18th Street along Montana Avenue, after businesses in the area expressed concerns, including pedestrian safety and the speed of vehicles in the area, given that the stretch of road has no traffic signals or stop signs...

So far, the Missoula area has experienced a dry fall, lots of snow over Christmas and into January, and with the advent of February, freezing valley rain and heavy mountain snow.

According to testimony by Montana Department of Transportation Director Mike Tooley before the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee, Senate Republican leaders said the MDT and Governor Bullock knew there was a serious budget shortfall ‘before it became a crisis.

Monday morning's commute had a little bit of everything, snow, freezing rain and several slide-offs and crashes, even a snow slide on I-90, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.