1. Rescue teams fail to find any remains after hair is found (Williston Herald)
Thu, 08 May 2008 19:59:25 GMT: A tip from paddlefishermen that possibly human hair had been discovered led to the deployment of the McKenzie County Dive Team Wednesday at the Old Railroad Bridge near Fairview, Mont. but no human remains were found.

2. Popularity of Cody Fire School grows (Cody Enterprise)
Tue, 06 May 2008 14:16:35 GMT: The Cody Fire School is more popular than ever. About 650 people were expected to attend the event last weekend. Last year’s school attracted about 500 people.

3. Training for swift-water rescue (Ravalli Republic)
Fri, 02 May 2008 03:10:53 GMT: VICTOR - While the Bitterroot River may seem placid and free flowing, experts classify it as one of the most dangerous rivers in the state because of its constant state of change due to fluctuations in water flow, strong currents and the obstacles of downed trees both above and below the surface.

4. UM student rescued after falling 30 feet (The Montana Standard)
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:09:39 GMT: HELENA — A University of Montana student spent a few miserable hours in wintry conditions Friday night as search and rescue volunteers tried to get him off a rocky talus slope up Hardy Creek, south of Cascade.

5. Associate professor works with K-9's to recover cadavers (Daily Vidette)
Thu, 01 May 2008 03:18:56 GMT: Joan Brehm is an associate professor in the sociology department at Illinois State University, along with being a member of the not-for-profit organization, Illinois Search Dogs Inc. (ISD.) This volunteer program specializes in the training of K-9's to specialize in the event of locating lost people, dead or alive.

6. UM student hospitalized after cliff fall (Billings Gazette)
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:21:05 GMT: GREAT FALLS - A University of Montana student who was injured Friday while hiking near Hardy Creek was removed from a ledge by search and rescue crews at about 11 that night and was taken to Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle said Saturday.

7. UM student hospitalized after cliff fall Posted on April 26 (Missoulian)
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:50:06 GMT: GREAT FALLS - A University of Montana student who was injured Friday while hiking near Hardy Creek was removed from a ledge by search and rescue crews at about 11 p.m. Friday and was taken to Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Cheryl Liedle said Saturday.

8. Southwest Montana Snapshots (The Montana Standard)
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:29:05 GMT: Tech band sets spring concert The Montana Tech Band’s free, public Spring Concert, “Marches Musicals Rhapsodies,” starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Montana Tech auditorium.

9. UM student injured in hiking fall, hospitalized in Great Falls (KPAX Missoula)
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:46:44 GMT: Associated Press - April 26, 2008 1:34 PM ET GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A University of Montana student, injured yesterday while hiking near Hardy Creek, was taken off a ledge by search and...

10. Hiker survives 30 foot fall near Hardy Creek (Great Falls Tribune)
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:04:30 GMT: Members of search and rescue teams from two counties were tending to a hiker Friday night who fell off a mountainside near Hardy Creek earlier in the day, said Cascade County Sheriff David Castle.