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Missoula Current
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![Missoula Strikers soccer team first ever to make nationals](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-soccer.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula Strikers soccer team first ever to make nationals
A soccer team comprised of 18 boys will make history as the first Missoula soccer team to attend an elite national soccer tournament in Kansas, supporters of the program said Thursday.
![Providence, Community to build new rehab hospital in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-health-care.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Providence, Community to build new rehab hospital in Missoula
Missoula's two primary hospitals on Thursday announced their plan to join forces in building and operating a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital.
![City mulls potential use of open space funding to conserve ranch](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-open-space-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City mulls potential use of open space funding to conserve ranch
While questions remain, members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday set a public hearing over the use of funding from the open space bond to conserve more than 1,600 acres of private land northwest of the city.
![Viewpoint: Sheehy doesn’t understand value of privacy, choice](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/healthcare-e1470695772735.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Sheehy doesn’t understand value of privacy, choice
Deborah Frandsen writes, "Candidate Tim Sheehy clearly does not understand the Montana value of personal privacy. Sheehy has called abortion “murder,” and is endorsed by an extreme anti-abortion group that supports a national abortion ban."
![Viewpoint: Zinke, Rosendale support of Confederate monument shameful](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-Capitol.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Zinke, Rosendale support of Confederate monument shameful
Loren Pinski writes, "On June 22, it was reported that Ryan Zinke, Matt Rosendale and 190 House Republicans voted to reinstate a confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery."
![Griz pushing toward another season ticket record](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-IMGP8956.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Griz pushing toward another season ticket record
The Montana Grizzlies set new records for both season ticket sales and single game attendance at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in 2023, and they’re on track to do it again in ‘24.
![Montana’s controversial wolf trapping headed to trial](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-wolves.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Montana’s controversial wolf trapping headed to trial
Missoula federal district judge Donald Molloy announced that he would not consider a summary judgment ruling on whether the state of Montana was harming grizzly bears by allowing wolf trapping in areas where bears could be moving.
![Sun Country arrives Missoula as passenger growth surges](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-airlines.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sun Country arrives Missoula as passenger growth surges
Sun Country Airlines made its debut flight into Missoula on Wednesday, leaving Minneapolis and arriving before noon at the new terminal.
![Push for plastic ban, abortion rights could shape Missoula ballot](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Voter-elections.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Push for plastic ban, abortion rights could shape Missoula ballot
A push to get a ban on some plastics on the November ballot could put the City of Missoula in a pinch regarding its new fiscal budget and the cost of the election.
![Clean energy to play central role in rehab of Missoula federal building](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-federal-building-4.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Clean energy to play central role in rehab of Missoula federal building
Efforts to renovate the downtown federal building for public use is running roughly one year behind schedule, officials said Wednesday. But as the work advances, it will explore a range of grants aimed at energy efficiency.