HAMILTON, Mont. — Smoke has descended into the Bitterroot Valley from fires in other regions. Air quality has been downgraded from good to moderate. Moderate means air quality could be "aggravating" ...

You don't need to drive to Glacier National Park to see the Rocky Mountains of Montana at their best. Take a right turn at Lolo, the first Montana city when driving U.S. 12 east into Montana from ...

The historic Darby Ranger Station in Darby, Mont., is not far from Trapper Peak, at 10,157 feet the high point of the main Bitterroot Range in Montana, and Lake Como, the showcase recreation site of ...

LOCHSA LODGE, Idaho - On Sept. 19, 1805, after slogging for over a week across the rugged mountains of the Bitterroot Range, Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal, "Set out this morning a little after ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The explorers returned to the Bitterroot Valley on June 30, 1806, after having spent the winter ...

RICK AND SUSIE GRAETZ University of Montana Department of Geography Though its length is short in comparison to other major Montana rivers, the landscape the Bitterroot River flows through is long in ...