We find ourselves living in unprecedented circumstances with this global pandemic caused by COVID 19. As Missoula City Councilors, we are looking to the leaders and business owners in our community to take proactive steps to help us protect our citizens. As you are no doubt aware, a large percentage of the workers in the Missoula area are dependent on service sector jobs for … [Read more...] about Letters: Most of Missoula City Council asks landlords to work with renters

We grew up listening to our parents and grandparents tell stories of personal sacrifice during World War II: rationing, conserving, sharing and pulling together as families, communities and the nation to achieve victory against a common enemy. While we’ve experienced multiple wars in the subsequent decades, rarely, if ever, have we as a nation experienced sacrifice on the … [Read more...] about Missoula County commissioners: Defeating coronavirus takes resolve, community care

In late February, the Bureau of Land Management released a final resource management plan (RMP) for 650,000 acres of public lands in central Montana administered by the BLM’s Lewistown Field Office. This RMP allows 95% of this area to be developed for oil and gas and offers no conservation measures whatsoever for some of the last intact prairie grasslands in the United … [Read more...] about Voices: We must restore multiple use to public lands

Right now, a lot of us are hunkered down binge-watching Netflix, fretting over the upcoming rent payment, and wondering when public places will re-open. A drastic change like this prompts us all to crave a return to normal. But here’s the problem: there cannot be a return to normal after this. The corporate state has tipped its hand too much on this one. Don’t believe me? … [Read more...] about Voices: Coronavirus exposes capitalism’s immense contradictions

I am supporting Monica Tranel for the Public Service Commission in District# 4. As a “Nana” and a retired R.N. I care about the future we are handing down. Monica is working for a clean sustainable Energy Future. The energy grid is a Goliath monopoly where the shareholders’ interests are paramount. They are using rate-payers, us, to support their continuing dependence on the … [Read more...] about Voices: Tranel the right choice for Montana PSC and a sustainable energy future