Jessica Abell

The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible child abduction that occurred this afternoon in the Hamilton area, according to a statement released on Friday night.

Officials from Hamilton's Rocky Mountain Laboratories appeared at a Ravalli County Board of Health meeting this week after the recent arrest and investigation of two scientists at the lab and two potential exposure incidents regarding Crimean Congo-hemorrhagic fever raised questions among community members.

A 24-year-old Hamilton man has been accused of trying to gouge out another man's eyes during a bar fight in Hamilton on Tuesday night.

A Corvallis man is facing felony charges related to the sexual abuse of children after allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to an undercover FBI account.

The Chicks perform at Zootown Festival on Saturday, June 20.

The Chicks perform at Zootown Festival on Saturday, June 20.

The Chicks perform at Zootown Festival on Saturday, June 20.

Several animals seized during a Corvallis animal cruelty investigation are now available for adoption at the Bitter Root Humane Association in Hamilton and Humane Society of Western Montana in Missoula.

A 78-year-old Hamilton man found deceased in the Bitterroot River near Woodside Cutoff on Wednesday, June 24 has been identified.

Objectives Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in approximately 1% of individuals with new-onset diabetes, increasing to 3% among those aged ≥60 years with weight loss. UK clinical guidelines recommend abdominal imaging to rule out pancreatic cancer in this high-risk group. In June 2025, National Health Service (NHS) England launched a case-finding pilot to test approaches to improve primary care referrals for imaging in these patients and improve the quality of body weight and diabetes-related data recorded in electronic healthcare records (EHRs). This study reports referral and imaging rates among the eligible group and the availability of body weight and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurements in people with diabetes, providing baseline data prior to implementation of the NHS England pilot.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Primary care. The database of 8 million patients from 781 general practices from the Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre.Participants Adults diagnosed with diabetes between 2015 and 2021.Outcome measures Proportions of eligible individuals who received a referral and imaging within 12 months before or after diabetes diagnosis and the number of body weight and HbA1c measurements recorded for individuals with diabetes.Results Among 180 815 individuals diagnosed with diabetes, 92 210 (51.0%) were aged ≥60 years (median age 71, 46% women). Overall, 152 300 (84.2%) had at least one body weight and 161 631 (89.4%) had at least one HbA1c measurement recorded in EHRs. Among the 1411 patients with new-onset diabetes and weight loss, 372 (26.4%) had a referral, 141 (10.0%) imaging and 40 (2.8%) had pancreatic cancer recorded.Conclusions This study demonstrated potential underutilisation of referral guidance and under-referral among the eligible population. The findings provide baseline data to support the launch of the NHS England pilot. Further research is needed to better understand current practice and support the implementation of cancer referral guidelines.Data may be obtained from a third party and are not publicly available. No data were generated by this research. Data used in this study are available from theOxford Clinical Informatics Digital Hub (ORCHID). Access requires approval by the Primary Care Hosted Research Datasets Independent Scientific Committee (PrimDISC). Information on the application process is available at .