Archive for the ‘All News & Opinion’ Category
Missoula Story of the Week: Dangerous Spring Runoff Waters
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, warm weather and a fast runoff have created high, unpredictable river levels.... more
City Council Member Has Long Road to U.S. House
By ERIK ANDERSON - City Councilman Dave Strohmaier wants to be Montana’s next congressman, without having to run against his hometown of Missoula.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Orange Street Food Farm
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most interesting or unusual story in Missoula. This week, Orange Street Food Farm got a new door, courtesy of a minivan.... more
Coal Trains Cause Concern for Missoula Citizens
By MARK BOATMAN - As more coal trains run through Missoula from the Powder River Basin, some citizens are voicing concern over increased pollution and noise.... more
Homeword Aims to Change the Image of Affordable Housing
By ANDREW FISHER - Homeword, a Missoula non-profit, wants to change the image of affordable housing by creating sustainable, community-oriented buildings.... more
Video: Nonprofits, University Offer Options to Reduce Drunk Driving
By GRADY HIGGINS and MATT HUDSON - Volunteers and student-supported services are working to reduce drunk driving and make the late-night streets of Missoula safer.... more
Local Vitamin Manufacturer Reaches Global Markets
By JON TWEETEN - In an inconspicuous building on Third Street, Nutritional Laboratories International makes supplements and vitamins that are sold all over the world.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Missoula Under National Scrutiny
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the national investigation of the handling of local sexual assault cases.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Pertussis Outbreak in the Bitterroot
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the pertussis outbreak in Ravalli County that's forced school closures.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: UM Football Harassment Complaint
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the federal harassment complaint lodged against the UM football team.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Medical Marijuana Arrests
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the federal arrests of several Montana medical marijuana providers.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: University of Montana Athletics
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the dismissal of UM football coach Robin Pflugrad and AD Jim O'Day.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Info Needed on Burglaries
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of the past week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the recent burglaries in downtown Missoula that need info from the public.... more
Big Business in the Other Valley
By ELKE GOVERTSEN - It's not Silicon Valley, but Missoula is a valley of innovation, hard work, and big ideas. It's the Other Valley - you know, the one with no traffic.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: House Fire Victims Need Support
By TOM DIDDEL - A house fire engulfed a home in Target Range Thursday morning and took the life of an 11-year-old boy. A donation fund has been set up to help the family.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Wolf Hunting in Montana
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's wolf hunting in Montana and the controversy that surrounds it.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Montana Judge Richard Cebull
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's Montana judge Richard Cebull's inflammatory email about President Obama.... more
A UM College Degree: Worth an Extra $20,000 a Year
By AARON TRAYLOR - A new Pew Research study indicates that a college degree is worth an extra $20K a year. Wish you'd stayed in school? Wish you'd dropped out?... more
Missoula Story of the Week: The Foresters’ Ball
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the UM Foresters' Ball and President Engstrom's call for changes to the fundraiser.... more
Skiers worship “epic” powder Sunday on Lolo Pass, Whitefish Mountain
By PAUL QUENEAU - Lolo Pass, Whitefish Mountain and several other locations are busy marking one of the great powder days of recent times.... more
Missoula and Surrounding Valleys Anticipate a New Storm
By PAUL QUENEAU - A winter storm is expected to hit the Missoula, Bitterroot, Mission, and Flathead valleys with high winds and heavy mountain snow on Wednesday.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Bitterroot Ski Resort
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula. This week, it's the proposed Bitterroot Ski Resort and the upcoming auction of Maclay Ranch.... more
Greenwashing Light Bulbs
By PAUL WHEATON - The object propelling the greatest greenwashing scheme of all time is the CFL.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: UM Assault Investigations
By TOM DIDDEL - A recap of this week's most talked-about story in Missoula.... more
ESPN Radio Comes to the Montana Radio Company
Good news, sports fans! The Montana Radio Company announces the addition of ESPN Montana at 97.5 FM to their network of stations.... more
The Facebook IPO: What’s Not to Dislike?
By BOB WIRE - If there’s anything Americans love to hate, it’s a snotty young billionaire.... more
Missoula Story of the Week: DUI Trouble in Missoula
By TOM DIDDEL - The recent arrest of a Missoula mother for driving while intoxicated with her six-year-old son is just another incident in a long string of horrific stories highlighting Montana’s DUI problems... more
Missoula Story of the Week: Frosters Anonymous
By TOM DIDDEL - As Missoula finally felt the snowy touch of Old Man Winter’s wrinkly fingers last week, a new internet craze, coined “Frosting,” was spawned.... more
Bob Wire’s State of the Union
By BOB WIRE - As is my tradition, I have put together a translation of the President's State of the Union Speech. What follows is its true meaning, stripped of all euphemism, double-talk, and Capitol-speak.... more
Snowstorm Message from Mayor Engen
NEWS RELEASE - In light of this week's snowstorm, Mayor John Engen released this statement this morning. It includes information about snow plowing, road closures, and more.... more
The Big Snow Cometh: Schools Closed, 30 inches at Lost Trail
By PAUL QUENEAU - Missoula awoke this morning a foot of snow and flakes still falling. Here are the latest snowfall reports from around Western Montana.... more
The Big Storm: A Foot of Snow in Town by Friday?
By PAUL QUENEAU - It appears that winter might make up for lost time. The National Weather Service is calling for two inches overnight Tuesday followed by as much a foot in the valley by Thursday morning.... more
I’ll Take a Pass. No. Really. I’ll Take a Pass, PLEASE?
By W.T. FUCHS - Local skier Jim Sylvester became a household name in Missoula overnight. He was on the front page of the paper yesterday, mad as hell for being denied a Snowbowl ski pass.... more
Warhol’s 15 Minutes: Long Before ‘The Bachelor’ Hot Mess
By W.T. FUCHS - My man Andy Warhol once said that “in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” After watching ABC’s The Bachelor last night, I have to think he was a damned prophet.... more
Just Say No to a New Years Resolution
By W.T. FUCHS. Olive drops. Ball drops. Panty drops. You name it, New Year's celebrations are a night of shedding - mostly inhibitions and troubles from the preceding year. But mostly, New Year's eve is a disa... more
The Crucible that is Griz Nation
By W.T. FUCHS - When newspapers hit porches Friday morning, no doubt most in Missoula sat rapt over coffee, poring over sobering headlines: "3 UM Football Players Allegedly Involved in Sex Assault on Campus."... more
Living Laboratory: State Arboretum at the University of Montana
On April 4, 1991, the Montana legislature and the Board of Regents designated the arboretum at the University of Montana. Today, three stories of plants reach to the ceiling of the University Center.... more
As Long as it’s Not Pajama Jeans…
By W.T. FUCHS - A man visiting Missoula entered K-Mart on Brooks Street and asked to settle up on a list of late-pay layaways. We hear he did decline to pay for a few items.... more
Missoula Police Department Patrols for Holiday DUI
Missoula Police Department officers will conduct DUI Saturation Patrols during the holidays, from Dec. 15 through Jan. 1. The goal is to reduce or eliminate impaired driving during the holiday season, with the ... more