In the rugged, remote northwest corner of Montana, the Yaak River Valley is a picture postcard of some yesteryear. Moose muse among the willows. Elk graze on the slopes. White-tailed deer browse in ...

The Yaak River flows through one of northwest Montana’s most beautiful valleys, hiding and then reappearing along the rural highway running north to south. The Yaak is small by Montana standards — a ...

"In 1949, taking a break from San Diego’s post–World War II bustle, the Knowles family went camping in Canada. Heading home through northwest Montana’s Yaak River country, they found a two-bedroom, ...

Jun. 17—Some roads remain closed in Lincoln County after heavy rainfall created conditions earlier this week in Northwest Montana. According to the Montana Department of Transportation, Yaak River ...

WATERSPORTS — For much of the year, the Yaak River in Western Montana is a smallish, trouty tributary of the Kootenai River. But as Spokane kayaker Brian Jamieson points out in this video, it’s a true ...

MISSOULA – A “hair of the bear” study has accounted for at least 42 grizzly bears in the Cabinet Mountains and Yaak River drainage regions of northwestern Montana. Research leader Kate Kendall ...

Eight wolves have a new home in the remote Yaak River drainage of northwestern Montana. But they probably won't stay there. Wildlife biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service trapped the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A 50-year-old man who was kayaking with a group on the Yaak River drowned Sunday after he fell out of his kayak, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Steven Koning was ...

A 50-year-old Idaho* man died after falling out of his kayak on the Yaak River near Troy on Sunday. Local authorities said they found the body of Steven Koning in the nearby Kootenai River near the ...

YAKT, Mont. — Officials in northwestern Montana say a 50-year-old man from Victor, Idaho, died in a kayaking accident in the Yaak River over the weekend. The kayaker, identified as Steven Koning, was ...