Thompson Falls catcher Melaina Goodman gets a kiss from Remington, assistant coach Randy Pirker's puppy, as senior Haley Morgan looks on during practice on March 26, 2018, in Thompson Falls, Mont. After going a year without a softball team, Pirker and head coach Jared Koskela have revived the dormant program for the 2018 season.
Kids rush onto Loyola's Rollin Field in Missoula, Mont., during the 17th annual Easter Eggstravaganza on April 15, 2017. Hundreds of kids began picking up eggs at 1 p.m. and cleared the field in about five minutes.
A member of the Missoula Fire Department works to put out the remnants of a grass fire in Missoula, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2017. The fire burned two acres before being extinguished and was caused by human activity, according to the Missoula Fire Department.
President Donald Trump arrives for his rally Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 at the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade, Mont. Trump visited Montana to campaign on behalf of state Auditor Matt Rosendale, who looked to unseat two-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
Leah Swartz walks her skis back to her bike on Going-to-the-Sun Road after skiing near Logan Pass on May 27, 2018. Snow plowing crews were about a half mile away from reaching Logan Pass as they worked to open the road for the summer.
Mark Stermitz looks out over the remains of his home in Lolo, Mont., on Sept. 14, 2017. The home burned in the Lolo Peak Fire in August 2017. Stermitz and his wife lived in the home for seven years before the blaze.
Jace Mannix kisses his sister Lane's casket during her funeral at the Christian Life Center in Missoula on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Lane, 18, was killed in a head-on crash with a semi-truck on Highway 141 near Nevada Creek Road outside of Helena last week.
Darian Cheff pulls a potato from the ground as her classmate Stella Rausch, left, watches while the group harvested the crop recently at the Kinderhaus Montessori school in Missoula, Mont. Kinderhaus, founded by Sylvia and Dale Miller in 1999, fosters an environment for children from 6 months to 8 years to play and explore their surroundings with a sense of independence.
A female black bear sleeps with it's tongue out high up in a Ponderosa Pine tree near Clark Fork School in Missoula's Rattlesnake neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.
Montana Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte appears in court to face a charge of misdemeanor assault after he was accused of attacking a reporter on the eve of his election, in Bozeman, Mont., on June 12, 2017.
Flood waters from Seeley Lake surround homes near C Street off of Boy Scout Road on May 8, 2018, in Seeley Lake, Mont. Floodwaters reached a critical state in Missoula County in spring 2018.
American Legion Commander John Angwin looks on as he sets an American flag on the fire during the annual retirement ceremony hosted by Missoula American Legion Hellgate Post 27 near Lindborg-Cregg Field on Friday, June 14, 2019, June. The American Legion post and the Missoula United Veterans Council retired over 380 flags by burning them in steel barrels.
Snoop Dogg and his Puff Puff Pass Tour performed for 5,000 fans on Dec. 7, 2016, in Missoula, Mont.
A Missoula firefighter walks around the scene of a two-vehicle accident on the corner of Burns and Phillips streets in Missoula, Mont., on March 28, 2018. The crash knocked down a power pole at the intersection and closed the streets. The occupants of both vehicles were transported to the hospital.
President Donald Trump addresses the crowd in front of around 8,000 supporters at the Minuteman Aviation Hangar on Oct. 18, 2018. Trump is the first sitting U.S. President to visit Missoula since Dwight D. Eisenhower, over 60 years ago.
The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne gestures to the sky in his signature man-sized plastic bubble, during a show at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in June of 2018 in Missoula, Mont .
A wildland firefighter takes a break amid thick smoke on site of a burn operation near the Lolo Peak Fire near Florence, Mont., on Aug. 28, 2017.
A festival patron sits in a hammock hung above the crowd during The Glitch Mob performance on June 26, 2014. The Electric Forest Festival was held at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Mich., June 26 through 29. The festival featured more than 120 artists, five music venues and more than 30,000 in attendance.
Bystanders comfort each other as one of the victims of a house fire is cared for in an ambulance. Muskegon Fire Department officials responded to a house fire on the 200 block of Orchard Avenue in Muskegon, Mich., on Feb. 6, 2015. Muskegon area firefighters rescued two victims that were trapped in the home upon arrival to the scene. The victims were both taken to the hospital, according to Muskegon Fire Department Battalion Chief Brad Vanderberg. An 83-year-old woman died as a result of the fire.
Rebecca Velde's two-story home in West Riverside, Mont,. burns on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The home was declared a total loss after firefighters worked in triple-digit temperatures to extinguish the blaze.
Paul Simon, 75, plays for a sold out crowd at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field in Missoula, Mont., on June 21, 2017.
The Higgins Avenue Bridge is seen from above on April 5, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. The bridge will undergo a big redesign in 2020, and the width will increase by a total of 8 feet, 6 inches. “The Higgins Bridge, unlike the other bridges, you could argue is the center of the downtown area in Missoula,” said Ed Toavs of the Montana Department of Transportation.
Members of the Missoula County Search and Rescue pull up to the boat ramp near Ogren Park after pulling a boy from the Clark Fork River on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The teenager, who was being sought by police, jumped in the river, according to law enforcement. The 16-year-old boy from Sanders County was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital.
Michael Bell, 6, holds a photo of himself and Michigan State Police Officer Kevin Sanders while wearing his hat during the Shop with a Cop event. Ten police departments gathered to take 20 children Christmas shopping during the annual Shop with a Cop event in Muskegon, Mich., on Dec. 11, 2014.
Kathy Graham holds their dog Frank on their front porch as sandbag hold back flood waters from the nearby Clearwater River south of Seeley Lake, Mont., in spring 2018. Around 20-30 structures south of town were affected by flooding of the Clearwater River, Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott said.
Runners from the Color Me Rad 5k, dance and throw handfuls of colored corn starch after finishing their lap around the course. The event was held at a local farmer's land on May 3, 2013, outside of Missoula, Mont.
Alex Alviar is an instructor at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo and teaches poetry in the classroom for the Missoula Writers Collaborative. He's also a graphics facilitator and took a lead role this summer in developing designs to brand the endcap logos on new interstate bridges at the mouth of the Blackfoot River.
Marta Hernandez helps Luca Bauer with reading in the kindergarten through first grade classroom at the Missoula International School in December 2015. The school plans to build a new campus on the former ProBuild property, a four-acre site on 800 S. Third St. W.
A surfer enjoys 10-foot waves off Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon, Mich., on Nov. 6, 2014.
Neighbors and volunteers sift through the remnants of Fred Allendorf and Michel Colville's home that was destroyed by an avalanche at the base of Mount Jumbo in Missoula, Mont. The avalanche rocked the Rattlesnake neighborhood, killed one person and buried three on March 1, 2014.
Carla Thurin, takes a moment with her son Preston Thurin, after he graduated from Pine Bluffs High School on Sunday afternoon. Thurin and 18 other high school seniors turned their tassels in the Pine Bluffs High School gymnasium on May 17, 2015.
Laramie County firefighters responded to a large structure fire at 2525 County Road 124-A north of Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 13, 2015. "Wyoming Air National Guard was first on scene and reported that it was a fully engulfed structure with a propane tank. They began cooling the propane tank immediately and waited for other crews to arrive," LCFD2 public information officer Lori Hogan said. The home was declared a total loss.
A patron of the Clark Fork River enjoys a small picnic while reading a newspaper at the Kona Bridge Fishing Access Site on April 26, 2018, in Missoula, Mont.
Danny Beck of the Missoula Fire Department hooks up the car that ended up in the Clark Fork River on July 26, 2017, after a short police chase in Missoula, Mont. The driver, Cory Kendall, swam from the south side of the river just downriver from the Russell Street Bridge.
Kelsie Simkins, 5, plays with model hand grenades at the Air Force explosive ordnance disposal exhibit during Military Appreciation Celebration in the state parking lot on May 31, 2015 in Cheyenne, Wyo. The event featured several performances and demonstrations, along with a variety of military vehicles on display.
Thomas French carries a kayak to his car after buying it from the Used Outdoor Gear Sale in the University Center on the University of Montana campus on April 11, 2018.
Kat Metzger holds the Budweiser Clydesdales as spectators take pictures of the horses before a parade on July 2, 2014 in Muskegon, Mich.