Missoula Current

Three months after deploying to Florida, Missoula County on Tuesday recognized a local incident command team for their commitment to help residents recover from Hurricane Ian.

With funding from the national opioid settlement ready for distribution, the Missoula City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the county to establish an opioid abatement region that encompasses Missoula County.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike.

Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest Delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention, announced the formation of Friends of the Montana Constitution, a Montana nonprofit and nonpartisan educational corporation.

Since Nov. 13 — the day four U of I students were found slain in an off-campus house — the Moscow Police Department has received 78 “calls for unusual circumstances” and 36 requests for welfare checks.

Citing a backlog of applications and growing pressure, the Missoula City Council on Monday agreed to implement an emergency ordinance making development projects – once approved only upon condition – a matter of right within certain zoning districts.

The university said it will rename the hardwood inside Dahlberg Arena to Robin Selvig Court – recognition for a coach who took 21 teams to the NCAA Tournament and logged 865 wins over the course of his career.

Mike Bader writes, "Ideally, opponents of the POWDR plan will congeal around a common vision for the future of the Holland Lake area. This is a rare opportunity to reduce our footprint on wild areas while maintaining quality recreation opportunities for ordinary people in a rustic setting."

The surge in river usage that started in 2020 with the pandemic was accompanied by increasing use of the Blackfoot’s upper reaches, which have traditionally been used only by anglers and outfitters.

In order for the expanded bear buffer zone to work, officials say the city will need to hire more animal control officers to patrol and give warnings and citations to people who break the rules.