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Missoula Current
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![Harmon’s Histories: Reminiscing about old-time radio personalities](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Publicity-photo-KOB-Radio-staff-1972.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: Reminiscing about old-time radio personalities
My two years at KOB radio in Albuquerque (1970-1972) hold a lot of memories. Tom Dunn did the morning show (with me in the newsroom). His 5:30 a.m. opening monologues were works of art. Sometimes, they started with Tom mumbling and shuffling papers, as if he was getting ready but wasn’t yet on the air. Eventually, he’d get to the point and you’d realize it was a completely prepared shtick.
![Second-half surge lifts Griz pas D-II Ferris State](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Foootball-0.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Second-half surge lifts Griz pas D-II Ferris State
Montana overcame a stop-start offensive performance that only registered 189 yards of total offense but adjusted enough at halftime enough to score two touchdowns in the third quarter that proved to be the game-winners.
![Fuel-break projects proliferate in northern national forests](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/04/Lolo-Forest.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fuel-break projects proliferate in northern national forests
The Northern Region of the U.S. Forest Service is using new authority and funding to propose logging projects across seven national forests in Montana and Idaho, but some see it as another way to shortcut public involvement.
![Missoula County, city concerned over lack of shelter funding for late 2024](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/11/homeless-shelter-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County, city concerned over lack of shelter funding for late 2024
Missoula County this week approved a $900,000 contribution to help fund the operation and management of the Johnson Street shelter through next October, when the money runs out.
![Viewpoint: Missoula’s lands management needs work, oversight](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/03/Mount-Jumbo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Missoula’s lands management needs work, oversight
Richard Manning writes, "At the very least, the lands’ management needs to be forcibly amputated from the parks department and entrusted to a separate, stand-alone entity run by restoration ecologists."
![Council tables proposal for rotating homeless camps in city neighborhoods](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Council tables proposal for rotating homeless camps in city neighborhoods
A proposal to place rotating homeless camps in each of Missoula's six voting wards was tabled in committee on Wednesday, even after an amendment that removed parks and rights-of-way as potential locations.
![Taxes and spending: City Council debates, kills housing trust fund proposal](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/03/White-Pine-area.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Taxes and spending: City Council debates, kills housing trust fund proposal
One month removed from passing a budget that included a tax increase of 9.7%, members of the City Council on Wednesday considered a new spending proposal that would require the city to place $200,000 more each year into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
![Viewpoint: Loyalty to impeached president, accused felon](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/02/david-james.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Loyalty to impeached president, accused felon
David James writes "Republican loyalty is to a twice impeached, four-time accused felon, accused of business fraud in New York, illegally keeping classified documents in Florida, election interference in Georgia, and organizing the overthrow of a federal election in Washington DC."
![Pedestrian pronounced dead in vehicle collision near Poverello](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-development-broadway.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Pedestrian pronounced dead in vehicle collision near Poverello
A 33 year-old man was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle, the Missoula Police Department said Thursday morning.
![DEQ requires test of Holland Lake Lodge wastewater lagoon](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/01/attachment-Holland-Lake.jpg?w=980&q=75)
DEQ requires test of Holland Lake Lodge wastewater lagoon
The wastewater treatment system at Holland Lake Lodge may be insufficient for current use, let alone for a possible lodge expansion, and multiple government divisions may have failed to take note.