Jacob Owens
Reporter at KECI-TV (Missoula, MT)
Reporter at KTVM-TV (Butte, MT)
MMJ for NBC Montana (Local Newsboy), UMT ‘23🐻 Formerly @MontanaKaimin, Intern @Babylondublin1 @TucsonSentinel and @KHNews✏️
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2 days ago |
nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens
BROWNING, Mont. — Rhonda Grant-Connelly is the woman behind Blackfeet MMIP, a grassroots effort on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to bring missing and murdered Indigenous people home. Grant-Connelly’s nonprofit helps families search for missing loved ones and collaborates with other organizations to help families with meals and gas money, while they seek answers.
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2 days ago |
nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens
MISSOULA, Mont. — Providers from the Western Montana Clinic are speaking out after Missoula’s Providence St. Patrick Hospital announced its maternity center will close Oct. 10. Staff within the clinic, which is attached to St. Patrick Hospital's main campus, said the change came as a “shock.”Western Montana Clinic’s group of five OB-GYNs and two nurse practitioners who work in the Family Maternity Center will not lose their jobs.
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3 days ago |
nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens
PLAINS, Mont. — Crews battled the Banana Lake north of Plains as the blaze reached 913 acres as of Tuesday morning. The fire, which began Saturday, sits 4 miles north of Plains near Highway 28. The cause remains unknown. The Banana Lake Fire is one of western Montana’s major blazes early in the state’s fire season. “Progress has been really good.
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4 days ago |
nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens
MISSOULA, Mont. — Donors trickled into the University of Montana's Adams Center Monday for a TroyStrong blood drive. The process and life-saving aim are the same as any other blood drive, but this particular drive is inspired by a boy named Troy who owes his life to blood donated nearly eight years ago. “We had never donated blood prior. We always thought someone else will do it, there’s a lot of people in this world, somebody's doing it, doesn’t have to be me,” Wes Ross, Troy’s dad, said.
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1 week ago |
nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens
MISSOULA, Mont. — A former Missoula County corrections officer will likely avoid jail time after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an inmate. Former corrections officer Justin Christopher Andrews is not expected to spend time behind bars after a judge suspended his sentences at Wednesday's sentencing hearing.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — ASUM Transportation at the University of Montana is reducing its bus routes from five to two at the end of this week, but one affected line could see a new Mountain Line route by early next year. https://t.co/Y8bQKZOtP4
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte announced his veto of a bipartisan bill earlier this week, which would have phased out the use of Styrofoam in Montana's “food-related businesses”. The governor took to social media Monday evening with this message. https://t.co/naaeXkluuz
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Associated Students of the University of Montana is projecting more than a $100,000 deficit by the end of this fiscal year in June. https://t.co/DwNuCkVxFN