Missoula County

Missoula County plans to seek a share of funding tied to the Federal Lands Access Program to create a new path to a popular recreation site, overlay several rural roads and replace a bridge leading to National Forest lands.

Missoula County will consider new zoning that would place certain rules on rural marijuana dispensaries and cultivators, including the distance between each storefront and the amount of energy they use.

Missoula County will receive a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service to mitigate the risk of wildfire in the urban interface.

Missoula County could sport a new domain name with a .gov account under new rules permitted by the federal government aimed at tightening cybersecurity, officials said Tuesday.

Missoula County on Tuesday approved $50,000 in funding to aid a number of rural projects – including a community garden and skate park – recommended by the Parks and trails Advisory Board.

Various owners including MLH Montana, WestRock, International Paper Company and M2Green Redevelopment, owe a total of about $750,000 in back taxes on the Smurfit property. One hasn't paid since 2011.

Commissioner Josh Slotnick said the issue could have been avoided had he and others made it clearer that he had recused himself from any discussion or review around Corner Farm Village going back to last year, when he submitted a conflict-of-interest form.

The new main will supply an 18-unit residential building planned on Highway 200 – a location that once was slated to provide up to 59 housing units but has caused disagreement in recent years on how it should be developed.

The developers behind a project that will include both industrial and residential offerings near the Wye are set to begin the project's first phase, they said his week.

Jean Curtiss writes, "I am not questioning the decision but rather the lack of transparency by Commissioner Slotnick and the rest of the Board. We deserve better."