News Staff The Helena Police Department responded to a total of 30 complaints regarding fireworks from Saturday to Tuesday during the July 4 holiday. One of the complaints resulted in a citation Tuesday following reports of “fireworks being thrown from a vehicle, according to a news release. Fireworks are prohibited within Helena city limits. -0-
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the Helena man who drowned at Hauser Lake over the Fourth of July weekend. According to an update on Wednesday, Wayne Harris, 58, was test driving a jet ski Sunday when he fell into the water near the 3700 block of Bay View Road. … Read more
Fourth of July fun on the water turned fatal for a 58-year-old Helena man. Police say the man died Sunday after he, a woman and pet dog fell off a jet ski into Hauser Lake near the Causeway. Search and rescue members recovered the man’s body, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Sheriff … Read more
A Lincoln man has pleaded guilty to felony child sexual assault. Jared Wade Moles was originally charged with statutory rape alongside felony sexual assault after he was accused of touching a teenage girl intimately while she slept during a camping trip at Canyon Ferry Reservoir about two years ago. The 15-year-old girls mother reported the … Read more
UPDATE: HAMILTON – The Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office reports a man died in a Tuesday morning plane crash in Hamilton. The pilot was the only person onboard the World War II vintage P-40 aircraft a news release states. Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton says the plane reportedly went down on Stock Farm Club property shortly … Read more
The three-day trial for Helena resident Tori Nathaniel Hamlin ended with the jury finding him guilty on all five counts of child sexual assault. Sentencing for the now 23 year old has been set for July 14 in Lewis and Clark County. Hamlin was arrested when he was 20 years old in 2021 on suspicion … Read more
GREAT FALLS – The building on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Seventh Street in Great Falls will now be home to a new boutique hotel. There was a grand opening held over the weekend [june 24] for the Gibson hotel. The project began in 2019, but faced many delays due to COVID and … Read more
GREAT FALLS – Some Great Falls residents are concerned after ‘hate’ literature was distributed during the city’s Juneteenth celebrations last weekend. The Electric City’s festivities were marred by the controversial propaganda, police are calling divisive. The messages posted in Gibson Park were taken down by city employees. Organizers believe a small minority is behind the … Read more
Saturday [June 24] marked the first day for 4th of July fireworks sales in Montana and stands in Lewis and Clark County are getting ready to open. Officials are reminding Independence day celebrants that fireworks are prohibited on BLM and Forest Service Lands, and in the City of Helena as well. Fireworks are legal on … Read more
UPDATE – Cleanup will take months following the Saturday collapse of a railroad trestle near Reed Point that sent 10 train cars crashing into the Yellowstone River. It isn’t clear yet if the derailment caused the bridge to collapse, or the other way around, officials said. Sixteen train cars derailed, including 10 that dropped into … Read more