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City takes steps toward redeveloping J-Street shelter property
WEB3 days ago · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) Roughly one year after the City Council passed a resolution calling for the redevelopment of the Johnson Street shelter property, the effort took its big first step forward this week. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency on Monday released a request for proposals, seeking a qualified consulting firm to begin ...
Storm downs trees, damages homes, cuts power in Missoula
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Days of triple-digit temperatures and an incoming front set the stage for Wednesday night's thunderstorm. NOAA recorded wind speeds of 109 miles per hour atop Mount Sentinel. In the valley, stiff and gusting winds tore down trees, damaged homes and cut power to thousands of residents. Some neighborhoods were littered with storm debris.
Missoula airport lands $3.4M to complete terminal expansion
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) As Missoula Montana Airport navigates a record summer, it's also welcoming $3.4 million in additional federal funding to close out one of its major projects. Sen. Jon Tester last week announced the funding in the latest allocation from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The airport received $6 million earlier ...
Transportation committee looks prioritize projects, seek funding
WEB4 days ago · The funding has included $25 million for the Downtown Safety and Mobility Project, $24 million to address the Highway 200 corridor through East Missoula, and roughly $10 million to transform a stretch of South Avenue into a “complete street.”. Now, the Transportation Technical Advisory Committee is looking to prioritize future projects as ...
Missoula adopts clean power program with NW Energy
WEBDec 11, 2023 · In April 2019, both the city and county adopted a goal of 100% clean electricity by 2030. The Montana Public Service Commission then directed NorthWetern Energy to initiate a stakeholder process to explore a green tariff as part of a settlement agreement. The push to create and adopt the tariff was later memorialized with NorthWestern in 2020.
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WEBJudge: Jury must decide PADI liability in Glacier drowning case. Missoula County District Judge Leslie Halligan this week denied a diving association’s claim that it shouldn’t be included as a defendant in a lawsuit resulting from the November 2020 drowning death of Linnea Mills. Laura Lundquist. 2 years ago.
Missoula airport lands $6M infrastructure grant for terminal work
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · On Thursday, Sen. Jon Tester said the Missoula airport would receive $6 million for its terminal project with funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “Missoula’s airport has seen an incredible increase in customers that can drive up costs and make air travel harder on Montana — something that this expansion ...
In their own words: Meet Missoula’s 4 candidates for mayor and …
WEBAug 9, 2021 · Missoula Current Published: August 9, 2021. The four mayoral candidates vying to move on to November's General Election faced off on Monday in their first virtual debate, where all agreed on funding the police, the need to build more housing and work to address homelessness. But their viewpoints often …
City Council incumbents win reelection; one race to recount
WEBNov 8, 2023 · The tightest race among incumbents seeking reelection was in Ward 6, where Sandra Vasecka was behind Sean Patrick McCoy by five votes. She won her last election by 12 votes in 2019, prompting a recount. The other close race for City Council was between newcomers Bob Campbell and Lynn Wood Fields, both looking to represent Ward 5.