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Missoula Current
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Montana Viewpoint: The happy face of history
Jim Elliott writes, "America was built on a principle yet to be fully realized, but forever striving, to fulfill the dream of the equality of humankind."
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Obituary: Dawn Marie Knie (Schaan)
Dawn Marie Knie (Schaan), 58, passed away in the comfort of her home with her husband Keven and beloved cat Buzz by her side on 12/5/2023.
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Harmon’s Histories: Happy New Year! Keep that window cracked open at night!
Happy New Year! As we all hope 2024 will be a better year than 2023, we look back at similar hopes 100 years ago. The editor of The Madisonian newspaper (Virginia City) at the end of 1923 wrote: “The old year fades away and the God of time ushers in the infant of 1924. The years come, and they go, and are seen no more, but they leave a heritage that even time itself can not efface.”
![Climate Connections: Why 2024 is the year for local climate action](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-climate1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Climate Connections: Why 2024 is the year for local climate action
Shanti Devins writes, "The global actions agreed upon are frustratingly inadequate compared to what we need to be doing to reach our climate goals."
![Do It Best to open new Midtown store in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-IMG_0978.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Do It Best to open new Midtown store in Missoula
A member-owned home improvement store plans to open its first Missoula location in the coming months, bringing new garden and hardware options to the Midtown district.
![Camera traps advance UM study on wildlife and urbanization](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-wildlife-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Camera traps advance UM study on wildlife and urbanization
Urbanization is changing Missoula’s wildlife, including which mammal species are thriving among the city's residents and which may be most negatively impacted by human development.
![Viewpoint: Nez Perce-Clearwater forest plan shortsighted](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-Flathead-forest.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Nez Perce-Clearwater forest plan shortsighted
Advocates write, "The draft decision by the NPCNF supervisor removes 32,000 acres of recommended Wilderness from the Great Burn."
![City names Jodi Pilgrim new head of Missoula Parking Commission](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-Jodi-Pilgrim-parking.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City names Jodi Pilgrim new head of Missoula Parking Commission
The Missoula Parking Commission closed an open position this week by naming one of its own to serve as the new parking services director.
![Photos of the new Butterfly House in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-Small-Postman-Neotropical-Southern-Mexico-Central-and-South-America.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Photos of the new Butterfly House in Missoula
After years of planning and millions of dollars raised in fundraising, the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium opened this month.
![Viewpoint: Consider mountain goats in forest planning](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-goat.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Consider mountain goats in forest planning
Bruce Smith writes, "Perhaps no other large mammal is as emblematic as the mountain goat of truly wild lands—lands featuring the rare character defined in the 1964 National Wilderness Act."