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Missoula Current
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![Low winter moisture puts Clark Fork, Blackfoot rivers at half flow](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-Grant-Creek.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Low winter moisture puts Clark Fork, Blackfoot rivers at half flow
The US National Resources Conservation Service released its final monthly water supply outlook report, which confirmed that much of western Montana is still looking dry, in spite of the moisture and cool weather that accompanied May.
![Harmon’s Histories: Folk sensation 3 Young Men from Montana grabbed headlines in 1960s](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-1962-three-young-men-from-montana.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: Folk sensation 3 Young Men from Montana grabbed headlines in 1960s
Growing up in Libby, the Riddle kids were older than I was, by a decade or more, so I never really knew them. But the world would soon come to know Dick Riddle through record albums by his folk group Three Young Men, later renamed, Three Young Men From Montana. In the early 1960s, the group recorded albums for “Columbia Records, appeared on the Johnny Carson Show nine times and became a regular act on the musical variety television show Hootenanny,” according to press releases at the time.
![Federal railroad officials in Missoula boost hopes of Hiawatha line](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-amtrak.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Federal railroad officials in Missoula boost hopes of Hiawatha line
While restoration of the North Coast Hiawatha across Montana's southern tier will be included in a list of preferred passenger rail routes to Congress later this year, it still faces a series of additional steps as the process advances.
![Viewpoint: New homeowner stressed by property taxes](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/dollars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: New homeowner stressed by property taxes
Kat Cowley writes, "We support the Montana Housing Fairness Credit, which is a tax credit targeted to residential homeowners and renters who are facing high property taxes as a share of their income."
![‘Interested parties’ could save Seeley Lake mill, but time is running out](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/11/Pyramid-lumber-wood.jpg?w=980&q=75)
‘Interested parties’ could save Seeley Lake mill, but time is running out
Nearly four months after Pyramid Mountain Lumber announced its plans to end operations and close its gates, Missoula Economic Partnership remains hopeful that a buyer will emerge before the mill is dismantled.
![Montana DEQ director moves over to lead transportation department](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/10/attachment-transportation.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana DEQ director moves over to lead transportation department
Governor Greg Gianforte announced that Director Chris Dorrington would be leaving the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to become the new director of the Montana Department of Transportation.
![Missoula DNRC greenhouse adds vital forest seedling capacity](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-forest-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula DNRC greenhouse adds vital forest seedling capacity
Thanks to recent funding, the Missoula Office of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has upped its capacity to provide native pine seedlings to a wide variety of federal, state, tribal and private reforestation projects around the region.
![Viewpoint: Border solutions within reach without MAGA obstructionists](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/02/attachment-Border.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Border solutions within reach without MAGA obstructionists
Jerome Walker writes, "Trump, badly needing a campaign issue, instead ordered his MAGA followers to kill the plan and blame Biden. In November, let’s send politicians to Washington who will solve problems, not just obstruct solutions."
![Despite outburst, City Council advances mayor’s urban camping strategy](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Despite outburst, City Council advances mayor’s urban camping strategy
The mayor's effort to strike a balance in dealing with homeless camping in Missoula's public spaces, address safety and provide shelter to those in need left one council member erupting into an outburst and quitting the meeting while nine other council members eventually voted to move the issue to further discussion and a vote.
![Bond for Missoula workforce housing project wins initial approval](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/03/White-Pine-area.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bond for Missoula workforce housing project wins initial approval
A bond needed to cover infrastructure costs in a workforce housing project won initial approval from members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday, clearing one of the last remaining hurdles.