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Missoula Current
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![Climate Connections: Guide to climate-friendly holidays](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-Climate.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Climate Connections: Guide to climate-friendly holidays
Abby Huseth writes, "With this shift in perspective, I’m looking forward to this season as a time to re-set and recommit to building a livable and vibrant future for my family, community, and world. I hope you’ll join me! "
![Mayor Hess bids farewell to City Council, praises Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/07/City-Council.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Mayor Hess bids farewell to City Council, praises Missoula
In what would be the last City Council meeting of his tenure as mayor, Jordan Hess praised Missoula's city employees, its innovation and the accomplishments it has notched over the last decade, most of which he spent as one of Missoula top elected leaders.
![Viewpoint: Close Yellowstone bison hunting area](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/03/BisonHunt1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Close Yellowstone bison hunting area
Mike Garrity writes, "Since Governor Gianforte refused to set a quota last year for how many Yellowstone bison can be killed, more than 1,100 bison didn't make it more than a few feet past the firing line before being gunned down."
![Tears in our beer: Climate change could hurt beer drinkers](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-beer-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tears in our beer: Climate change could hurt beer drinkers
In the journal article published in September, Nature Communications said it forecasts a decline in hop yield ranging from 4% to 18%, while the alpha content could plummet by as much as 31% in the same time period.
![Harmon’s Histories: A Thanksgiving bear hunting tale for the ages](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-Clipping-1-Missoula-Weekly-Gazette-December-3-1890.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: A Thanksgiving bear hunting tale for the ages
A single gun shot dropped the bear, but only momentarily. It quickly rose and charged the hunter. Astonishingly, the hunter dropped his gun and “rushed upon the bear with nothing for protection except a red sash which held up his trousers.”
![Commenters protest grizzly-shooting rule, lack of FWP notification](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/07/Grizzly.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Commenters protest grizzly-shooting rule, lack of FWP notification
Montanans recently weighed in on whether Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks should allow livestock producers to shoot grizzly bears that threaten livestock on public-land leases, and some complained that few people were aware of the meeting where they could provide comment.
![Colorado judge won’t bar Trump for ballot despite insurrection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Trump.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Colorado judge won’t bar Trump for ballot despite insurrection
A Colorado judge has ordered the state’s top elections official to place former President Donald Trump on the 2024 primary ballot, rejecting a lawsuit from a group of voters who argued the Republican frontrunner is constitutionally ineligible to hold office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause.
![Sex trafficking children lands Missoula man in prison for 12 years](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/07/prisoner-jail.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sex trafficking children lands Missoula man in prison for 12 years
A Missoula man will spend the next 12 years in prison for paying teenage girls as young as 14 years-old to have intercourse, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday.
![Missoula celebrates Peter Christian’s broadcasting career](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/11/attachment-Peter-Chrstian.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula celebrates Peter Christian’s broadcasting career
The Voice of the Griz, host of KGVO's Talk Back and all-around legendary broadcaster Peter Christian celebrated his retirement on Thursday night.
![Getting old, guys? Community Medical rolls out new prostate treatment](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/10/community-health-care.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Getting old, guys? Community Medical rolls out new prostate treatment
Aquablation therapy used to treat lower urinary tract symptoms due to an enlarged prostate is now being offered in Missoula, Community Medical Center said this week.