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Missoula Current
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![Large Missoula County employer, Pyramid lumber, to close](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/11/Pyramid-lumber-wood.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Large Missoula County employer, Pyramid lumber, to close
One of Missoula County's last remaining lumber mills on Thursday evening announced its plans to close, ending a run that began in 1949.
![MRA to fund survey on Midtown property ahead of purchase](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-midtown-development.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MRA to fund survey on Midtown property ahead of purchase
Citing a range of possibilities and a unique opportunity, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency on Thursday approved a request to fund due diligence on a vacant 10-acre property in the Midtown district.
![City Council holds ban on camp sweeps during hazardous weather](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/11/Frosted-blankets-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City Council holds ban on camp sweeps during hazardous weather
Members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday held one councilor's proposal to ban sweeps of homeless camps when weather conditions are deemed hazardous.
![Judge: USFWS must analyze how illegal roads affects grizzlies, bull trout](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/12/BLM-Road.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Judge: USFWS must analyze how illegal roads affects grizzlies, bull trout
Missoula federal Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto issued a ruling mostly in favor of two conservation groups who had sued for a second time over the way the Flathead Forest’s 2018 management plan changed how the forest dealt with old roads in grizzly bear and bull trout country.
![Viewpoint: America on trial with Trump](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/10/Trump10.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: America on trial with Trump
David James writes, "The Supreme Court is also on trial. Their recent decision has left the door open for another Jefferson Davis to become President. Will that person be Donald Trump?"
![Tester, senate committee exploring housing solutions](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/04/housing-northside.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tester, senate committee exploring housing solutions
Sen. Jon Tester this week addressed policy experts during a hearing in the Senate Banking Committee on ways the government can cost-effectively address rising housing costs and the supply issues that are helping drive it.
![City eyes Midtown parcel for possible purchase; housing and retail](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-development-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City eyes Midtown parcel for possible purchase; housing and retail
After years of waiting for the private market to redevelop 10 prime acres of real estate near Southgate Mall, the city may look at buying the property and redeveloping it on its own.
![Int’l Commission to probe selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Lake-Koocanusa.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Int’l Commission to probe selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa
The governments of Canada and the United States have finally agreed to ask an international commission to investigate the coal-mining pollution in the Elk and Kootenai/Kootenay rivers and Lake Koocanusa
![Viewpoint: Healthcare, Medicaid and homelessness](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-Lara-Salizar.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Healthcare, Medicaid and homelessness
Lara Salizar writes, "Providing Medicaid coverage and comprehensive healthcare is a strategic investment in the strength and resilience of communities."
![East Missoula corridor project lands $24M in funding](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/02/east-missoula.jpg?w=980&q=75)
East Missoula corridor project lands $24M in funding
Plans to improve the Highway 200 corridor through East Missoula have been long in the making but funding announced on Tuesday will move the project forward.