Dave Stalling

Dave Stalling writes, "Elder also seems to have changed his views to appeal more to the right. He’s refused interviews with some local media, but met privately with “Patriots of Montana,” an extreme right-wing group that perpetuates long-debunked conspiracy theories."

David Stalling writes, "It’s a strange sign of our times when an elitist like Donald Trump, Jr., from New York City, tells us Montanans what to believe and value while claiming that life-long Montana farmers like Sen. Jon Tester don’t share our beliefs and values."  

A large lunch crowd gathered at The Old Post Thursday afternoon for a last meal, last drink and to bid farewell, following a surprise announcement that the downtown Missoula bar and restaurant was shutting its doors for good at day's end.

After delaying action two weeks ago to consider the concerns of lakeside residents, Missoula County commissioners voted Tuesday to support removal of an illegal dam on Elbow Lake, on the Clearwater River south of Seeley Lake.

Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday approved an application for federal funding to restore barracks used during World War II to imprison American citizens of Japanese and Italian descent.

With a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has launched a multi-year effort to update floodplain maps and assess levees along the Clark Fork and Bitterroot rivers and Rock Creek.

In honor of her brother, Patricia Donlin recently donated $1 million to the nonprofit Carousel for Missoula to help ensure it keeps on running far into the future. 

Jenny Zaso's connection to the land and its conservation began as a child growing up on a dairy farm in western New York. The pastures were conservation lands managed by a local land trust, providing for her family and its dairy herd but also for the community and its interest in preserving open, agricultural ground.

The Missoula Women, Infants and Children program, administered through the City-County Health Department, is accepting new clients who need assistance with dietary needs, nutritional education, breastfeeding support and other services. 

Much has been written about the healing power of words. For Stephen Hayhurst, writing down his story helped save his life. Hayhurst is one of many who have benefited from a weekly writing workshop at the Poverello Center, conducted by Barry Maxwell, a graduate student in the creative writing program at the University of Montana.