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DLI says the number of new apprentices has been growing for years: 183 in 2018, 286 in 2019, 381 in 2020 and 631 in 2021. They say they recorded 515 new apprentices and 41 new employer sponsors just in the first half of 2022.

Martin Kidston/Missoula Current Frustrations over the slow increase in costs and the taxes that pay for them made their way to Missoula County on Thursday as commissioners opened their budget hearing, starting with fees paid into the county's special districts...

An effort by the city and county of Missoula to secure federal funding through a grant application to pay for non-motorized projects in the greater Mullan area wasn't successful, the county said on Thursday.

Missoula County backed a request from local housing advocates on Thursday and submitted a letter to the Montana Department of Commerce asking it to change its policies around funding home rehabilitation projects for qualified properties.

The largest utility company in Montana submitted a request to the state’s Public Service Commission for a “substantial” rate increase for residential electric and natural gas.

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority – along with the county – would first like to explore the issue a little deeper and the role the Bitterroot line may or may not play in the future.

Anticipating future growth in the recreational marijuana industry, the Missoula City Council on Monday adopted new language around licensing and regulating local cannabis businesses.

If approved by the Montana Public Service Commission, an immediate interim rate increase would begin on Oct. 1 and raise residential electric rates by 15.9% and natural gas rates by 2.3%.

An industrial and housing development planned on 160 acres south of the Wye was cleared for development last week after Missoula County commissioners approved the proposal with a number of conditions.

Shattering expectations as recession fears grow, the U.S. economy added a whopping 528,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%.