Early numbers aren’t promising for 2018. Dr. Will Stratford of Missoula says he knows of 11 suicides that occurred during just one week so far this year.
The 53 black and green and white U.S. flags flying in front of the Garden City Funeral home in Missoula, have left many commuters wondering what they represent.
On this date in 1913 Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine was on a ship traveling from Antwerp, Belgium to Harwick, England when he simply disappeared.
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 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.