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Missoula County Orders Evacuations Due to New Fire
Residents of the Butler Creek neighborhood west of Missoula are on the move this morning after the Missoula County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order, and a warning for residents living near a new fire that's started on Butler Creek. The fire was reported early this morning. Montana DNRC is...
Extreme fire danger pushes Lolo Nat'l Forest, Missoula and Ravalli Counties into stage II restrictions
MISSOULA, Mont. - With extreme fire danger in the dry Montana heat comes restrictions to when and where people can have campfires, smoke and use torches and candles with an open flame. Effective Friday, July 19, Missoula County, Ravalli County and Lolo National Forest moved into stage II fire restrictions.
7 Events If Montana Hosted The Olympics
I can picture it now: the Olympic Torch is lit in Miles City and conveyed to Missoula by all the famous Montanans. In the most eclectic of Olympic torch bearers, we have Phil Jackson, Brent Musburger (if he's still spry enough), Dana Carvey, Brock Osweiler, the ghost of Jeannette Rankin and J.K. Simmons. Now that's what I call an opening ceremony.
Bear Creek Lolo Trails, MT – onX Public Access Project
In 2022, RMEF worked with YT Timber to conserve and open access to two parcels that made up a 1,040-acre inholding within the Lolo National Forest about 15 miles south of Missoula in western Montana. It is the last remaining and intact wildlife movement zone between the Bitterroot Mountain Range...
Montana’s Happiest City in 2024 Unseats Happy Towns of the Past
After the past few years, it might be a wonder that any city in Montana would make a list of "Happiest Cities in America." Affordable housing is scarce, expenses are high, and we even saw a catastrophic and historic 500-year flood event in 2022. Yet, there's still a lot to...
The laws of the land
This story was originally published by The Pulp at thepulp.org. It may not be republished without the express permission of The Pulp. After the death of her mother in 2019, Nicole Rieker sold the family home in Billings and was left with a modest inheritance. Rieker and her husband, Drew, both accountants in Missoula, wanted to invest some of that money in rental houses. They looked at several places before settling on a parcel of three adjacent properties: two duplexes and a small, century-old house on a large corner lot on Cooley and Milton, in Missoula’s Northside neighborhood.
Looking For Quality Of Life? Check Out This Montana Town.
The older I get, the more I realize that the secret to happiness is simply being happy. There's something to be said about surrounding yourself with people you love in a place where you love doing the things that you love. It's one of the reasons so many folks come to Montana. Here in The Treasure State, life is different than in other places and while we work hard, we also enjoy the good life.
Groups ask judge to order state officials respond to climate petition
Environmental advocates are asking state officials to consider climate change when regulating how utilities source the energy that keeps the lights on. The agency didn’t answer their requests, so now a judge will weigh in. At the district courthouse in Missoula, lawyers for the Public Service Commission and the...
Missoula planning board backs ‘town center’ subdivision at Wye
(Missoula Current) A mixed-use development planned for the Wye received an enthusiastic and unanimous recommendation for approval by members of the Consolidated Planning Board on Tuesday night. Grass Valley Gardens, which consists of 187 acres south of Highway 10, is proposed as a Planned Unit Development that looks to create...
Best of Montana Moment: Montana Valley Book Store offers readers 100,000 choices
ALBERTON, Mont. — On books and reading, writer William Faulkner had this advice -- "Read, read, read." "We read to know we are not alone," said writer C.S. Lewis. Groucho Marx put it this way: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
City may lower the penalty for some municipal code violations
(Missoula Current) The Missoula City Council could reduce the penalty for certain code violations from a criminal misdemeanor to a civic infraction in cases where a penalty isn’t already specifically under municipal law. Council member Daniel Carlino this week introduced a measure that would address violations of the city’s...
What Would You Love to See Move In This Spot in Downtown Missoula?
Walking downtown this weekend, I found myself on the corner of Higgins and Broadway where the Pink Elephant used to be. I looked inside and thought, boy, this is an excellent spot for a local business. And like all local business news, I wondered, what will go in there next?
Missoula group seeking plastic ban fundraising for signature gathering
(Missoula Current) A push to place a proposed ban on single-use plastics before Missoula voters this November must raise more than 8,400 signatures over the coming weeks. To do that, Plastic Free Missoula is looking to raise money to pay a team of signature gatherers. This week, it launched a GoFundMe account to raise $20,000. As of Tuesday morning, the effort had netted $1,775.
Montana’s Best ‘Hidden’ Bar Isn’t a Secret To the Locals
There is something special about finding a place where you can get together with your friends, have a comfortable conversation, and maybe enjoy an adult beverage. No wonder the television show Cheers was such a hit. It captured the feeling of a bar where you felt like "everyone knows your name".
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