Group claims the Montana Public Service Commission is slow-walking a petition that would require the utility regulator to consider climate change in its decisions.
Following another welcome wet season, the Golden State's national parks are teeming with visitors. State reservoirs are near capacity, and snowpack is still holding out.
Sneed Collard writes, "In an era when climate change threatens our collective future, oversized vehicles move us in exactly the wrong direction on conserving our planet’s resources. Car companies and large vehicle owners know this."
A current employee at Vegas PBS has filed a discrimination complaint against the station, saying she’s risking her job because she wants to bring attention to “a culture of retaliation and racism.”
With the downtown federal building now in public ownership, city and county officials are working to firm up the administrative body that oversees the property and get a firm handle on the cost of preparing the property for public use.
An old gravel pit in a growing corner of Missoula could find new life as an economic development district, with future tax revenue going toward public infrastructure to fund jobs, housing and redevelopment.