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MONTANA - Temperatures were again colder than normal today across Montana with 50s and lower 60s. Skies were partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and mountain snow

Winds knocked down several trees this week in the Lolo Pass area, blocking winter trails.NBC Montana spoke to a member of the Missoula Snowgoers Snowmobile Asso

“One of the bigger concerns,” said NWS Meteorologist Logan Torgerson, “will be the snow falling on warm roads, melting and freezing overnight.”

Historian Quintard Taylor worked on a comprehensive history of Black people in the Pacific Northwest, from early days to housing, newspapers, jobs, law, and politics.

“One of the bigger concerns,” said NWS Meteorologist Logan Torgerson, “will be the snow falling on warm roads, melting and freezing overnight.”

“One of the bigger concerns,” said NWS Meteorologist Logan Torgerson, “will be the snow falling on warm roads, melting and freezing overnight.”

Lolo National Forest is accepting public comment on their Preliminary Draft of Revised Forest Plan.The land management plan is being revised for the first time

The trail, a zigzag that drapes repeatedly across the ridge and the border between the two states about 47 miles west of Missoula, used to be a marquee backcountry ride for mountain bikers. That ended in 2012 when the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, which controls the Idaho side of the trail, approved a new travel management plan that barred bicycles from its portion of the trail.

Fresh snow is driving skiers to Lolo Pass on the Montana-Idaho state line.Officials at the visitor center say they're seeing a growing number of people making t