The Senate voted 36-to-14 Monday to advance a bill that would set up a memorial highway through the Blackfeet Reservation in honor of the tribe’s late chief, Earl Old Person.
Citing a need to secure a domestic supply of lithium for electric car batteries, the Biden Administration has pledged $700 million for a planned lithium mine on the habitat of an endangered Nevada wildflower.
An effort to create a master plan guiding the future and placemaking of the Midtown district will include a process backers say is new to Missoula's planning efforts, one intended to reach a wider number of voices.
The bill would impose yearly fees on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles when a Montana resident registers or updates their registration in order to offset state losses in gas tax revenue.
A parcel of city-owned land off Scott Street in Missoula went before the planning board this week, which recommended the City Council approve a rezone request needed to allow the project to build at the density sought in a number of plans for the area.
While airport officials had a hunch over the last few months, they made it official on Wednesday, saying construction of Phase 1 of the new passenger terminal was delivered under budget.
While the pandemic kept a lid on air travel in early 2022, Missoula Montana Airport saw a sharp increase in passengers during the fall, and it expects 2023 to be a record year.