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BIPOC members working with Missoula leaders to explore issues of race, inequity

By Alex MitchellSeptember 18, 2020

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In June, LEARN Missoula emerged as a predominantly BIPOC group created by the Missoula City Council after concerns were issued on matters of race, inequity and oppression. Members of LEARN have now updated their proposal and will present it to the City Council this month. LEARN stands for Listening, Engaging, Action, Reflection Network, which spells out the core of what the … [Read more...] about BIPOC members working with Missoula leaders to explore issues of race, inequity

UM scientists study visitation in Glacier park to mitigate environmental damage

By Maren Siu (KPAX)September 18, 2020

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(KPAX) Social scientists at the University of Montana and Glacier National Park are studying the impacts of drastic increases of visitation to Glacier National Park. Jennifer Thomsen, associate professor with the University of Montana, told MTN that the park is already seeing some trails being widened and vegetation trampled because of the tourism increase. "If we just … [Read more...] about UM scientists study visitation in Glacier park to mitigate environmental damage

COVID exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures

By Markian Hawryluk, Katheryn Houghton and Michelle Andrews (Kaiser Health News)September 17, 2020

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(KHN) The staff at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is accustomed to the number of patients tripling or even quadrupling each summer when wealthy Manhattanites flee the city for the Hamptons. But this year, the COVID pandemic has upended everything. The 125-bed hospital on the southern coast of Long Island has seen a huge upswing in demand for obstetrics and delivery … [Read more...] about COVID exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures

After more than 25 years, Ravalli County moving on runway expansion

By Dennis Bragg (KPAX)September 15, 2020

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https://youtu.be/cRNsl3eXk08 (KPAX) HAMILTON — A project first envisioned in the closing years of the 20th Century is finally moving forward, as Ravalli County commissioners accept the final $12 million in grant funding for expansion of the county airport. The idea of extending the main runway at the Ravalli County Airport east of Hamilton has been actively pursued since … [Read more...] about After more than 25 years, Ravalli County moving on runway expansion

Mansfield Library places historic Montana literary journal online

By UM News ServiceSeptember 14, 2020

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One-hundred years ago, H. G. Merriam, chair of the University of Montana’s English department, launched a journal “to serve as an outlet for the very living literary interest that is on the campus of The State University.” Its editorial board consisted of the students enrolled in his new undergraduate creative writing course. By the 1930s that journal, The Frontier and … [Read more...] about Mansfield Library places historic Montana literary journal online

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