Montana Today

HELENA - The U.S. Department of Interior released its first investigative report from the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The 106-page initial report provides the most comprehensive official government accounting to date, although incomplete, of the boarding school system including locations, the number of students that attended such schools, and burial sites for … [Read more...] about Federal report provides comprehensive look at Indian Boarding Schools

A fatal May bicycle accident in Missoula has members of the City Council and the public calling for increased investment in safer multi-model transportation options, and one group even wants the city to seek a public vote on a general obligation bond to fund sidewalks. Members of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board have penned a letter to city leaders asking them to … [Read more...] about Missoula’s multi-modal transportation needs linger; bonds could come

Looking to add another piece to its crisis intervention efforts and reduce use of the jail, Missoula County this week placed its support behind a grant application that would fund a crisis receiving center. The Strategic Alliance for Improved Behavioral Health is leading the effort and now has the county's backing. It's seeking a grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation … [Read more...] about Missoula County backs efforts to launch crisis receiving center

Since the start of the pandemic, tourists have surged into Montana, bringing dollars but also environmental damage and crowding. Now that the floodgates have opened, tourism experts are struggling with how to dial back the crush. On Monday, City Club Missoula hosted a panel discussion on “Destination Stewardship: How can we keep from “loving Montana to death?” The four guests … [Read more...] about Tourism promoters now searching for solutions to tourist crowding

Bend, Oregon, is in the middle of nowhere—two-and-a-half hours from Eugene over a mountain pass that can be treacherous even in springtime. And that’s what people like about it. “People were already coming here in hordes, and then it just exploded in the pandemic,” said Lynne McConnell, the city’s housing director. “More would be coming if we had housing to accommodate … [Read more...] about Kalispell one of the fast-growing cities after COVID