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A new plan to modify and manage the trails along the Mount Jumbo Saddle might help habitat but some legacy users aren’t happy, saying they were left out of the discussion.

The Giffords gun safety organization has sued the National Rifle Association and the campaigns of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, alleging the gun rights group used shell corporations to improperly aid the Republican lawmakers in 2018.

Artificial light disrupts the natural day and night rhythm that governs wildlife behavior resulting in effects on animals such as birds that naturally use the stars to migrate, predators who use the cover of night to hunt, as well as nocturnal wildlife.

With Dori Brownlow stepping down, the county will expand the duties of Emily Brock, a former Missoula City Council member who was hired to head the redevelopment of the county fairgrounds.

Lawmakers on the House Taxation committee took their first look at a bill Thursday that would change the way Montana’s renewable energy tax credit works. 

David James writes, "Essentially, nothing in the First Amendment addresses issues such as having the state mandate people in their jurisdiction wear masks when in public."

Jim Elliott writes, "An administration that refuses to mount a national defense to a national pandemic that respects no state borders cannot, with any credibility, decide that it can then act unilaterally to police the people of the individual states of the union."

The Lolo National Forest on Thursday said 300 lightning strikes were tracked across the Missoula and Ninemile ranger districts during Wednesday evening's weather, resulting in two small fires.

As dozens of Missoulians spent their Monday afternoon engaging in a conversation about the state of mental health in the city, the irony was not lost on those with an eye on community care.

It’s been six weeks since Montana began working to distribute $1.25 billion in federal COVID-19 aid, but only 2.5% of the money is out the door – and businesses and others are asking why things aren’t moving more quickly.