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![Video: Keys on Main entertains Wilma crowd during fundraiser](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/05/attachment-Music-keys.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Video: Keys on Main entertains Wilma crowd during fundraiser
Keys on Main plays a rendition of Guns and Roses during the Ronald McDonald House fundraiser at The Wilma in Missoula on Thursday, May 9, 2024.
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Missoula’s Ronald McDonald House ‘a sunny spot on the darkest days’
While the Ronald McDonald House of Missoula has provided “hope, heroes and high-fives” to families dealing with childhood cancer and disease for nearly a decade, on Thursday night, it turned the page with a raucous night of music to raise funds for the organization.
![Viewpoint: Wilderness Act is still protecting nature, if we allow it](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/03/Absaroka-Beartooth-Wilderness.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Wilderness Act is still protecting nature, if we allow it
Kevin Proescholdt writes, "We must re-learn to practice the humility and restraint toward Wilderness that the architects of the Wilderness Act believed in 60 years ago."
![FWP euthanizes three food-conditioned black bears in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/06/FWP-Black-bear.jpg?w=980&q=75)
FWP euthanizes three food-conditioned black bears in Missoula
Wildlife biologists have euthanized three black bears that were addicted to human food, but their recent behavior showed that the Bear Smart Missoula program is having an effect.
![ER doctor charged with sexually assaulting Missoula patients](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/10/community-health-care.jpg?w=980&q=75)
ER doctor charged with sexually assaulting Missoula patients
The Missoula County Attorney's Office has filed charges against a doctor for several counts of sexual assault against patients treated at a local emergency room, and the county is encouraging others with information to contact law enforcement.
![Missoula housing strategy notches success, but work remains](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-housing.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula housing strategy notches success, but work remains
Since adopting its housing strategy in 2019, the city has helped build or preserve several hundred housing units, launched a housing trust fund and adopted a new strategy to help direct more revenue to the city's housing needs.
![City considers zoning change for Brooks/Mount properties](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/05/attachment-zoning-.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City considers zoning change for Brooks/Mount properties
While no new development is currently proposed, the City Council this week preliminary approved a zoning change and boundary line relocation for two parcels of property located at the corner of Brooks Street and Mount Avenue.
![Viewpoint: BLM public lands rule brings balance to management](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/06/attachment-open-space-trails.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: BLM public lands rule brings balance to management
Becky Edwards and Jen Clanahan write, "Recognizing that we are at a pivotal point in time where we must preserve, protect and properly manage our public lands, the new rule will bring balance to how we do that now and how we plan to pass these treasured lands to future generations."
![As budget season kicks off, Missoula Fire seeks greater funding](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/12/IMG_1549-scaled.jpg?w=980&q=75)
As budget season kicks off, Missoula Fire seeks greater funding
The Missoula Fire Department on Wednesday kicked off the city's budgeting season, where the fate of the fire levy hangs heavy over the department's new fiscal year and how it approaches staffing and equipment.
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Big Sky passenger rail group enticed by Buttigieg remarks
After a brief meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation this week, the chair of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is feeling optimistic about the realities of a restored Amtrak route across the state's southern tier.