Missoula Current
Griz football season ticket renewals now open
The Griz set two single-game attendance records and surpassed 27,000 fans in one game for the first time in school history (27,178 vs. Montana State) in 2023.
Cutting red tape: City looks to streamline tourist home registration
Several members of the Missoula City Council are looking to streamline the process to make it easier for business operators to comply with city regulations – and be able to do so in a reasonable amount of time.
Montana Viewpoint: Acting like a nation
Jim Elliott writes, "Congress is not a playground... The juveniles holding office need to know that, even if they can’t understand it."
Viewpoint: Historic election for Montana’s judiciary
Judge Jerry Lynch writes, "Montana voters should expect to be pummeled with negative advertising in support of extremists candidates who act like politicians, not judges."
Tester urges USPS to reconsider moving Missoula facility
Sen. Jon Tester on Monday urged the postmaster general to reconsider any thoughts of moving the Processing and Distribution Center from Missoula to Spokane.
Missoula County supports grant for Mullan Road reconstruction
Safety concerns on a stretch of Mullan Road has prompted the Montana Department of Transportation to seek a federal grant to fund improvements, and it has the support of Missoula County.
Missoula ‘mitigates’ urban deer population; other cities cull
FWP receives 5 to 10 calls a day in the late summer about everything from dead deer to vehicle incidents to deer eating vegetation.
Viewpoint: The people win a big one
Jim Nelson writes, "They don’t like the idea of direct lawmaking by us, because ours is a power over which they have virtually no control."
Viewpoint: Montana doesn’t want rich establishment politicians
We do not need rich establishment politicians spoon feeding us our choices for Federal or State offices. We want fair and honest elections, not selections.
Harmon’s Histories: Family history tells of early logging, adventures
Jim Harmon writes, "My hope in sharing this story is to encourage all of you to document your family’s stories before those stories are lost to time."