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Missoula Current
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![City lands $308K federal grant to study Reserve Street](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/05/Traffic.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City lands $308K federal grant to study Reserve Street
Aided by a federal grant and matching funds from the state, the City of Missoula plans to launch a study of Reserve Street and consider potential safety changes to the corridor.
![Missoula County seeking state grant to bolster wildfire response](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/08/attachment-Moose-fire.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County seeking state grant to bolster wildfire response
Missoula County plans to seek an $80,000 state grant to increase the capacity of the local fire warden during critical fire conditions, it said Tuesday.
![Ranked: Supposed Top 10 Montana cities to live in](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/08/University-of-Montana.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Ranked: Supposed Top 10 Montana cities to live in
Don't take this article to heart if your city isn't ranked towards the top, or even worse if you're hometown isn't on the list at all.
![Viewpoint: Support the Great Burn on the Lolo](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/06/Southern-Bitterroot-mountains-2_Beth-Anne-Austein-1024x768-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Support the Great Burn on the Lolo
Skip Kowalski writes, "Although most of the Great Burn has been recommended and managed as Wilderness for decades, the newly revised plans will dictate whether the opportunity to be designated as Wilderness will be preserved for the next 15 to 30 years."
![UM students model the Clark Fork River, Smurfit contamination](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/03/Smurfit.jpg?w=980&q=75)
UM students model the Clark Fork River, Smurfit contamination
University of Montana graduate students have modeled various aspects of the Clark Fork River near the Smurfit Stone mill site in hopes of getting the Environmental Protection Agency to do the same before a cleanup process is chosen.
![MRA grapples with downtown housing agreement; developers may pull plug](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-housing-development.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MRA grapples with downtown housing agreement; developers may pull plug
What was billed as an affordable downtown housing project hit a roadblock on Tuesday when the Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of commissioners failed to approve the terms of an agreement with the developer.
![County signs closing docs for Marshall; prepares for management](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Marshall-Mountain.jpg?w=980&q=75)
County signs closing docs for Marshall; prepares for management
Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday signed the closing documents for the purchase of Marshall Mountain, setting the stage for public ownership of the 480-acre park on a former ski hill northeast of the city.
![Montana Viewpoint: Bringing electoral college into the present](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/04/Jim-Elliott-headshot-2015-249x350-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Viewpoint: Bringing electoral college into the present
Jim Elliott writes, "They understood that power could be used not only to benefit the nation but also to benefit a group’s personal self-interest to the detriment of the nation."
![Missoula County expected to sign closing docs for Marshall Mountain](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-marshall-recreation.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County expected to sign closing docs for Marshall Mountain
Barring any last-second surprises, the closing documents will seal the mountain's acquisition as the region's newest public asset.
![Frontier, United increasing service to Denver; Sun Country set](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-airlines-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Frontier, United increasing service to Denver; Sun Country set
Frontier Airlines will increase its number of weekly flights from Missoula to Denver this spring, and United Airlines will also make additions in response.