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City takes steps toward redeveloping J-Street shelter property
WEB4 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 ...
Missoula City Council declines all but one budget amendment
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) With the budget deadline looming, the Missoula City Council on Wednesday spent nearly five hours deliberating proposed cuts and additions to the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. From defunding a range of homeless services to funding an incentive for sustainable building, all but one effort failed to pass and some ...
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.
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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.
Mayor proposes 5.9% tax increase, or 11% when added to fire levy
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Davis said inflation was posing challenges to the city's finances. Mayor Andrea Davis's budget calls for a tax increase of 5.96%, or 11.08% when added to the fire levy approved by voters at the request of the city in June. A home with an assessed value of $450,000 – roughly the median price – would see a city-tax increase of $307 a year.
Missoula County preparing assets, bracing for active fire season
WEBApr 23, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) With snowpack running well behind the seasonal average, Missoula County is racing to gather its resources ahead of what's anticipated to be an active wildfire season. On Tuesday, county officials reviewed seasonal snowfall averages, going back to 2016 and 2017, the latter being one of …
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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