Missoula Current

Climate Smart Missoula and its local partners this week launched a first-of-its-kind heat index and temperature map for Missoula County, revealing heat islands and their potential threat to public health.

Five conservation organizations sent a 60-day notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service if the Bitterroot National Forest doesn’t stop and reconsider how the 20-year Bitterroot Front project would affect threatened species.

The band has a devoted following that is rewarded with "a more mature take on lovin', cheatin', killin' and drinkin'," singer/guitarist Nate Hilts insists.

Jim Elliott writes, "If you travel east you will find that food plays an important part in people’s lives there, and mine is no exception, so I wanted to re-visit a joint in Wellsboro, New York that sold Texas Red Hots."

Past gravel mining resulted in two deep-water ponds covering 27 acres and 10 acres each, which could soon be open to the public.

Plans to reconfigure the downtown transportation grid won final approval from the Missoula City Council on Monday night, and while it's not a perfect project, most agreed it will go far in improving safety and access to the city's core.

David Daniels writes, "The Epstein Files deserve more than a partisan shakedown.  Releasing the files is only the first step in restoring justice in America."

The free-roaming herd dates back to the early 1900s and number between 60 and 100 animals with a range from Florence to Missoula.

Kevin Proescholdt writes, "Wilderness supporters need to voice their opposition to this ill-advised—and illegal—plan to unleash chainsaws in Wilderness with their members of Congress (202-224-3121) in order to protect the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness from this chainsaw massacre."

The pool water was too cold, police confiscated bikes while kids watched the matinee, and the preacher advised to hold your tongue! Those were the headlines in Missoula back in the summer of 1926.