Montana Today

The Montana Department of Transportation announced Thursday almost all residents at the homeless encampment under the Reserve Street Bridge have relocated, and they will close access to the property.

The Parks and Recreation Board on Tuesday placed its unanimous support behind the conceptual plans for a new multi-purpose community center proposed for McCormick Park. The facility would extend the offerings of the existing Currents Aquatic Center and cater to an audience of all ages and multiple interests, according to project proponents.

A unique hand-drawn map discovered tucked away in a Washington archive shows famous American explorer William Clark leveraged the U.S.–Indian treaty system to promote settler supremacy in the United States at the expense of Indigenous inhabitants during the early 1800s.

In a media release, the city said the program will be a better fit under the police department, given Missoula's reliance on trained law enforcement officers to respond to calls involving a mental health crisis.

Industry leaders and economists have been on something of a roadshow to cities across the state this winter with a singular message: Poor housing affordability continues to dog Montana and Montanans into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, even amid economic recovery in other areas, and when relief might come isn’t clear.

When American Prairie acquired the 73 Ranch last month, it got a wildlife rich ranch located along the Musselshell River in Garfield and Petroleum Counties. But the public will get more than 9,300 acres of public land that it has never had access to in the deal.

Members of the Jewish community are fundraising to buy back the synagogue and provide a meeting place for the faithful – something that hasn’t happened in nearly a century – and establish the first Jewish Community Center in the state and region.

After years of planning and congressional legwork, dignitaries gathered on Friday to celebrate the opening of Missoula's new veterans clinic – an $8 million project that greatly expands health care to western Montana's veterans population.

The authority is an intergovernmental partnership, with 17 counties currently participating. One of their goals is to revive the North Coast Hiawatha — a former Amtrak service that ran from Chicago to Seattle — passing through many of Montana’s largest cities, including Billings, Bozeman and Missoula. The service was discontinued in 1979.

Employees at Garden Mother in Missoula said foot traffic has doubled since the beginning of recreational marijuana sales, and what was a busy day before is now considered an easy day. The dispensary is designed to feel like a pharmacy and provides patrons with privacy.