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Missoula Current
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![Missoula police identify Johnson Street gunfire suspect](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-parks.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula police identify Johnson Street gunfire suspect
Missoula law enforcement on Tuesday identified the 28-year-old man who fired a gun near the Johnson Street shelter last weekend as Martin Pelayo-Olmedo.
![Groups sue to protect lynx from logging project near Pintler Wilderness](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/01/lynx.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Groups sue to protect lynx from logging project near Pintler Wilderness
Three organizations are suing the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest for failing to fully consider how a large logging and burning project might affect grizzly bears and Canada lynx.
![Leasing at the Villagio slowed by ‘strict’ income compliance](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-housing.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Leasing at the Villagio slowed by ‘strict’ income compliance
One of Missoula's largest income-restricted housing projects remains less than 50% full, though the city's housing officials expect full occupancy this spring.
![Viewpoint: Wannabe cowboys](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/09/letters.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Wannabe cowboys
Joan Daoust writes, "Sheehy is just another millionaire who bought a ranch 2 years ago and uses it more for self-presentation than livelihood."
![FWP reconsiders gill-netting lake trout in Swan Lake](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/02/attachment-Swan-Lake-fish.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
FWP reconsiders gill-netting lake trout in Swan Lake
After an eight-year break, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will resume efforts to shrink the invasive lake trout population in Swan Lake in order to save threatened bull trout.
![MPD responds to ‘shots fired’ near Johnson Street shelter](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/06/police-car-lights.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MPD responds to ‘shots fired’ near Johnson Street shelter
According to the department, officers arrested a 28-year-old male and detained a second male of the same age.
![Viewpoint: Trapping cruel, threatens other wildlife](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/02/attachment-trapping-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Trapping cruel, threatens other wildlife
KC York writes, "Under Montana's current trapping regulations, unlimited snares, massive leghold traps, and body crushing conibears can be set, baited, secreted, and left unattended."
![Harmon’s Histories: Family histories preserved in ‘instant’ tintype photos](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/02/attachment-Tin-Type-Photographer-Library-of-Congress-Photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: Family histories preserved in ‘instant’ tintype photos
Jim Harmon writes, "One photo, which might be of my mother at age one or two (there was nothing to identify it) is absolutely fascinating. It’s what is called a 'tin-type.'"
![Homeless numbers down in Missoula, but future funding in question](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Homeless numbers down in Missoula, but future funding in question
Work to address homelessness in Missoula has been paying off, but the funding needed to maintain a number of local programs may be difficult to find later this year, city officials said.
![Public comment periods reopened for draft wolf, grizzly plans](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-wolves.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Public comment periods reopened for draft wolf, grizzly plans
FWP said it was opening another round because the department wanted to be sure it hadn’t violated state laws requiring FWP to notify county commissioners of the opportunity to comment.