Joshua Murdock

Sikorsky Sky Crane and Black Hawk helicopters pull water from the Clark Fork River in Clinton to drop on the Miller Peak Fire on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

Miller Peak Fire Helicopter Operations Sikorsky Sky Crane and Black Hawk helicopters pull water from the Clark Fork River in Clinton to drop on the Miller Peak Fire on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

UCI Elite Men cross-country race at Missoula XC, June 10, 2023. MTCX Skis, Bikes & Events, a Missoula-based organizer of cycling and Nordic

UCI Elite Men cross-country race at Missoula XC, June 10, 2023. MTCX Skis, Bikes & Events, a Missoula-based organizer of cycling and Nordic

Researchers want to understand whether, and for how long, smoke exposure harms the epigenetic material in sperm — the DNA information the cells carry — among male wildland firefighters.

Snowy Road Conditions Nov. 9, 2022 A few inches of early-season snow the morning of Nov. 9, 2022, turned roads in and around Missoula into

A few inches of early-season snow the morning of Nov. 9, 2022, turned roads in and around Missoula into a slick, white mess for drivers. (Video by Joshua Murdock of the Missoulian and Kia Gardner of Lee Enterprises)

Lucy Millar, center, of Missoula races in the Junior Women's 17–18 event at the Pan-American Cyclocross Championships in Missoula on Nov. 3, 2024. Millar placed 15th in the same event

Drone footage of the men's Pan American Cyclocross Championships in Missoula on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023.

Slackliners from around Montana and the West descended upon the East Fork Lolo Creek valley Sept. 8–9 to walk highlines: lines of 1-inch webbing