suicide

Montana leads the nation in its per-capita suicide rate and the numbers in Missoula County spiked up 75 percent in 2016, now local agencies are joining forces to fight back.

2016 isn't even over yet, but the number of suicides in Missoula County may have already hit a record high, with a jump of at least 75 percent over 2015 numbers.

The body of an unidentified man was discovered by a hiker on Tuesday morning along a path near Yellowstone Kelly’s grave on the rims.  The Gazette reports that the man walking the path reported finding the body hanging from a tree at about 6:45 a...

Billings Police responded to a home on Orchard Lane after a woman called police on Tuesday reporting that her son was suicidal.  When police arrived they found the woman had exited the home. Officers tried to contact the man by cellphone, then heard a gunshot...

The University of Montana campus is still reeling from the untimely death of an 18 year old student that fell from the Miller Hall Building on Saturday.

***A personal story*** As is my custom while preparing my Montana Morning news program, I was listening to the police scanner early in the morning last week, when I heard the 9-1-1 operator issue a call saying a person was threatening to take their own life...

The pressure of aging with the addition of health problems of middle-aged men in the Rocky Mountain region is leading to an alarmingly increased rate of suicide.

A Yellowstone Country group committed to preventing suicides in Montana plans to discuss how to work with Billings School District 2 to make sure suicide prevention training is offered and is, in fact, taking place.

We need to establish carry zones in communities so citizens can respond in an emergency.

The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy and celebration, but for many people they are anything but joyful.