Missoula Current

A lack of capacity and aging infrastructure prompted Missoula County this week to take the first step in creating a special improvement district in Lolo to address the community's water and wastewater needs.

There was quite a buzz around town last week: the energy of hundreds of friends and neighbors coming together to learn, celebrate, and take positive action during Climate Solutions Week!

Rob Natelson writes, "Because although predicting the outcome of constitutional cases is often risky, this one is almost risk-free: I-194 is not going to survive either way."

The work will include shared-use paths, turn lanes, lighting, and safer intersections and crosswalks. The project stretches from Reserve Street west to Clements Road.

The Boehmlers join other noted local conservationists who’ve been recognized, including Land Lindberg of Greenough, Bud Moore of the Swan Valley, Chuck and Mary Erickson of Piltsville and the Iverson Family of Potomac.

With Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by mail.

The proposed drawdown is intended to help facilitate downstream migration of juvenile fish until something more permanent can be installed.

Jill Bonny writes, "The Clark Fork will provide 20 transitional housing units for veterans experiencing homelessness and continue building on more than a decade of successful work helping veterans move from homelessness to stable housing."

Kiley Voss writes, "We don't need more roads. Instead, we need to protect the Roadless Rule and maintain the roads we already have."

The City Council on Monday closed a language loophole that, if not addressed, would have allowed a data center to slip in before the city had time to consider wider, long-term proposals regulating such activities.