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Missoula Current
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![Code reform in Missoula to consider costs, development patterns](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/04/housing-construction.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Code reform in Missoula to consider costs, development patterns
Changes in state law and Missoula's own effort to reform its zoning and development codes are expected to result in a number of early changes to local regulations that could help expedite the review and development of housing and other projects.
![J-Street neighborhood voices thoughts, concerns over homeless shelter](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Shelter-Security.jpg?w=980&q=75)
J-Street neighborhood voices thoughts, concerns over homeless shelter
The open house served as a forum for the neighborhood to contribute their voices to the shelter’s future and seek solutions.
![The big fizzle: 2023 fire season around Missoula winding down](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-Sunset-Big-Knife-Fire-smoke-.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The big fizzle: 2023 fire season around Missoula winding down
While one should never say never, fire officials are feeling optimistic that the end of the 2023 fire season may be at hand.
![Missoula County considers user status to address cyber security](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/08/county.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County considers user status to address cyber security
County employees who are gone for more than three weeks or moved on to another job could be listed as an inactive account user under a proposed new policy.
![Viewpoint: Northern Rockies ecosystem project needed today](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/04/show-mission-mountains.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Northern Rockies ecosystem project needed today
Dominick DellaSala writes, "Congress should pass this bold act to protect the five-state region critical to iconic grizzlies and wolves and the region’s future."
![Missoula County joins others in seeking opinion on state mills](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/11/housing-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County joins others in seeking opinion on state mills
Missoula County on Tuesday placed its official support behind an effort lead by Beaverhead County that's challenging the state's “consistent” levying of certain mills despite a provision in Montana law that requires a reduction in mills when taxable values increase.
![MSO Music: Lindsey Stirling a dancing phenom with violin](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Lindsey-Stirling6.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MSO Music: Lindsey Stirling a dancing phenom with violin
William Munoz writes, "Stirling has taken playing the violin to another level. If you are thinking classical violin or bluegrass fiddle, you will be disappointed. You don't play intense and rapid notes and dance with the physical movement that she does."
![Viewpoint: Homeless, city, county violating right to clean environment](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/10/homeless-main.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Homeless, city, county violating right to clean environment
Liz Heaney writes, "There is no accountability for drug users, drunks, crime or trash. What are the homeless contributing to Missoula?"
![Final oil lease retired in the Badger Two Medicine area](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Badger-Two-Medicine_Kiyo-Crag-Lake_Glacier-Two-Medicine-Alliance-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Final oil lease retired in the Badger Two Medicine area
A court settlement has eliminated the last federal oil-and-gas lease that threatened to mar the Badger-Two Medicine wild lands of the northern Rocky Mountain Front.
![Popular downtown Catalyst Cafe to close in November](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/Downtown2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Popular downtown Catalyst Cafe to close in November
The cafe has operated at the Florence on Higgins Avenue for more than three decades. Keast and O'Bryne have owned the business for the past 13 years.