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Missoula Current
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![Viewpoint: Are presidents – not just Trump – above the law?](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/10/Trump6.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Are presidents – not just Trump – above the law?
David James writes, "To grant immunity, the Supreme Court would have to decide that all presidents are above the law. Not just Trump."
![Missoula courthouse, others receive bomb threats](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-courthouse.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula courthouse, others receive bomb threats
The Missoula County Courthouses was among several across the state and nation on Thursday to receive a bomb threat.
![Restoration plans look to bring 1910 Penwell Building back to grandeur](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/01/attachment-Penwell-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Restoration plans look to bring 1910 Penwell Building back to grandeur
A building constructed south of the river in Missoula to accommodate growth in the railroad could get a facelift in the coming year, restoring it to its original appearance when it opened in 1910.
![Building permits down in Missoula as housing pressure grows](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/02/attachment-Construction.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Building permits down in Missoula as housing pressure grows
While interest rates are slowly ticking down, the number of building permits issued in Missoula in Fiscal Year 2024 remains sluggish when compared to years past, even as housing remains in demand across the city.
![Viewpoint: Grizzlies don’t need a ride](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/07/Grizzly.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Grizzlies don’t need a ride
Mike Bader writes, "Trucking grizzly bears is a cynical ploy that does not have the bears’ best interests at heart. Nor is it likely to succeed."
![2023 closes with high temperatures, little snow; repeat in 2024](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/01/snowbowl-inversion-scaled.jpg?w=980&q=75)
2023 closes with high temperatures, little snow; repeat in 2024
As of Jan. 1, Montana’s mountains were holding only about half of the snowpack they normally receive by now, and some held even less.
![Sleep through the New Year? Local bands greet 2024 at the Top Hat](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/01/attachment-Transcendendal-Express2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sleep through the New Year? Local bands greet 2024 at the Top Hat
The Top Hat brought two bands from Missoula together for an evening of music, dance and revelry to ring in the New Year.
![Viewpoint: Knee-capping the jury in Montana](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/healthcare-e1470695772735.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Knee-capping the jury in Montana
Jim Nelson writes, "Besides being deprived of the money that will make the rest of your life more bearable and less stressful, you are being deprived of two constitutionally protected rights."
![Bus route, time set for UM Griz football team sendoff](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/01/attachment-Griz-football.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bus route, time set for UM Griz football team sendoff
The Grizzlies will depart from the University Center on the UM campus on Wednesday, January 3, at 12:45 p.m. The team busses will then travel through downtown Missoula via Broadway on its way to the airport.
![MPD seeks help in location missing, endangered woman](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/01/attachment-Eva.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MPD seeks help in location missing, endangered woman
The Missoula Police Department is urgently seeking the public's assistance in locating a 43-year-old missing and endangered person, Eva Masin.