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In bankruptcy proceedings, the corporation just shuttered its Frenchtown linerboard plant but its decisions continue to have a big impact on the Missoula ... See all stories on this [...]...
Missoula dot Net - 2:08 a.m. - 2 clicks 
On Saturday, the team split games with Missoula. Helena won the opening game 4-3 as Theno Berbos scored the game-winning goal. Paul Hart added two goals and ... See all stories on this [...]...
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The Office of Planning and Grants reviewed 21 applications for federal grants. The council will hold the first hearing tonght on the approval of those ... See all stories on this [...]...
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After more than two hours of discussions, the Missoula City Council decided to approve an ordinance to create a bear buffer zone. ... See all stories on this [...]...
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Bears in Missoula are going to have a harder time sticking their noses into garbage. At its regular Monday meeting, the Missoula City Council adopted new ... See all stories on this [...]...
Missoula dot Net - Mon 10:45 p.m. - 5 clicks
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The Big Sky Conference has named Montana guard Anthony Johnson as its men's basketball player of the week for the second consecutive ... See all stories on this [...]...
Missoula dot Net - Mon 10:45 p.m. - 3 clicks
Orleans Online The Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Sleeping Beauty" wrapped up five-days of rehearsals on Saturday with two shows in the auditorium at École ... See all stories on this [...]...
Missoula dot Net - Mon 10:45 p.m. - 3 clicks
Former Missoula Ward Three City Council representative, Lou Ann Crowley, announced her candidacy for House District 94. That district stretches from the ... See all stories on this [...]...
Missoula dot Net - Mon 10:45 p.m. - 3 clicks
Want to spend a week this summer with some of the nation's best-known outdoor writers, practicing the craft of outdoor writing in writer-friendly Missoula? The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) will host its first Goldenrod Writing Workshop at the University of Montana in Missoula August 1-7, 2010. Open to both novice communicators and published professionals, the week-long...
New West Missoula - Mon 1:29 p.m. - 6 clicks
Want to spend a week this summer with some of the nation's best-known outdoor writers, practicing the craft of outdoor writing in writer-friendly Missoula? The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) will host its first Goldenrod Writing Workshop at the University of Montana in Missoula August 1-7, 2010. Open to both novice communicators and published professionals, the week-long...
New West Bozeman - Mon 1:29 p.m. - 7 clicks
by jhwygirl I’ve been asked about a half-dozen times in the last week, so maybe a reader knows? It’s February 9th, and Montanans have yet to hear the State of the State. That is, unless I missed it? Or can’t find it on the Governor’s website? Inquiring minds want to know. [...] ...
4&20 Blackbirds - Sun 10:24 p.m. - 15 clicks
Interesting story in this morning's Missoulian about John Barrrett and Barrett Production's quest to lower airfares in-and-out of Missoula as an economic development bid. It's a great reminder that: Markets occasionally get into trouble but that internal corrections are possible. Some of the biggest barriers to growth and development in Montana probably have virtually nothing to do with ...
Left in the West - Sun 9:24 a.m. - 3 clicks
by jhwygirl In case you were wondering where the Koopman Crazy Train and his looney litmus test all began, check out Chuck Johnson’s column on Professor Rob Natelson. Sweet! What I find most interesting about all this litmus test stuff is that Montana GOP Chair Will Deschamps seems willing to sit back and throw regular old Republicans to [...] ...
4&20 Blackbirds - Sun 8:26 a.m. - 9 clicks
by jhwygirL a hat tip to Ellen on this one…. I’m sure there are many who find this amusing or something to brag about. Montanans should be so proud. I went an checked some of Montana’s county jail rosters to see what kind of tallies we have currently on how many DUI defendants are under incarceration right [...] ...
4&20 Blackbirds - Sat 7:48 p.m. - 14 clicks
Sen. Jon Tester today announced that he hopes to make revisions to his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, legislation that has drawn widespread support, criticism and suggestions from Montanans--some of which Tester said he'd insert into the legislation. The Senator, speaking at a small press conference in Missoula, said the proposed 21 changes--some involving simple word clarifications and others ...
New West Missoula - Fri 9:44 p.m. - 13 clicks
Sen. Jon Tester today announced that he hopes to make revisions to his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, legislation that has drawn widespread support, criticism and suggestions from Montanans--some of which Tester said he'd insert into the legislation. The Senator, speaking at a small press conference in Missoula, said the proposed 21 changes--some involving simple word clarifications and others ...
New West Bozeman - Fri 9:44 p.m. - 7 clicks
by JC It was a slow afternoon at work. So I had to revise the litmus test that has been making the rounds. I’m sure that if you fill this one out and send it in, it will make much more sense to Koopman, et al. Enjoy! MCA Litmus Test ...
4&20 Blackbirds - Fri 4:25 p.m. - 5 clicks
On January 13th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a new critical habitat designation for bull trout throughout the Northwest, including western Montana. The new draft -- offering four-to-six times more protected waters than a previous proposal--includes 21,694 miles of stream habitat and 533,426 acres of reservoirs and lakes in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada. Pro...
New West Missoula - Fri 2:46 p.m. - 8 clicks
On January 13th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a new critical habitat designation for bull trout throughout the Northwest, including western Montana. The new draft -- offering four-to-six times more protected waters than a previous proposal--includes 21,694 miles of stream habitat and 533,426 acres of reservoirs and lakes in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada. Pro...
New West Bozeman - Fri 2:46 p.m. - 10 clicks
All aboard . Roger Koopman, the former Bozeman-area legislator who left the legislature after his liberty tree was pruned too often, is launching yet another organization aimed at destroying the government (Roger had something like a half dozen PACs operating in 2008). Say hello to the Montana Conservative Alliance. From the Chronicle 's news story this morning: "Democrats don't negotiate th...
Left in the West - Fri 12:46 p.m. - 4 clicks
A piece of land near Kila that was involved in a public-private exchange with Tim Blixseth in the 1990s may again return to public ownership. The owners of Haskill Mountain Ranch have been in discussions with federal officials -- including Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont. -- regarding a possible sale of their 2,660-acre property, which is located about 20 miles west of Kalispell. Greg Carter, a par...
New West Missoula - Fri 11:40 a.m. - 3 clicks
A piece of land near Kila that was involved in a public-private exchange with Tim Blixseth in the 1990s may again return to public ownership. The owners of Haskill Mountain Ranch have been in discussions with federal officials -- including Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont. -- regarding a possible sale of their 2,660-acre property, which is located about 20 miles west of Kalispell. Greg Carter, a par...
New West Bozeman - Fri 11:40 a.m. - 3 clicks
by jhwygirl Keila Szpaller’s Missoula Red Tape has the story and the link to the SEC filing. The quick and dirty: $2.8 million in bonuses to 5 executives, including one Missoula local. The total in 2009? $8.1 million in executive bonuses. Maybe this is a question for the finance-reform knowledgeable: How does a business [...] ...
4&20 Blackbirds - Thu 7:47 p.m. - 9 clicks
Tamara "Tammy" Hall , the ultra-angry, ultra right-winger in Bozeman who pens an occasional column for the Bozeman Chronicle and is supposedly a "motivational speaker" for a living, has written a hater-piece about the Governor this week. She compares him to a rat, calling him arrogant, and using the favorite new accusation of the right wing: that he is a "celebrity" (talk about desperate). ...
Left in the West - Thu 4:26 p.m. - 6 clicks
A couple of things caught my eye today that are tenuously related, and I thought I'd share. Let's start with this post over at the Montana Main Street blog : I don't know who originally coined the axiom, "First, do no harm," but that is what the government needs to do in order to get us even close to thinking about an economic recovery. As Congress debates and the President presses for sweepi...
Left in the West - Thu 2:41 p.m. - 4 clicks
Once again the Chamber of Commerce shows that it will go to any length to put the interests of Wall Street and big banks ahead of Main Street Montana. We've already seen the Chamber funnel millions of dollars from the insurance industry into misleading anti-health reform advertisements. Now, rather than pushing for rules that will end the deceptive financial practices that have shuttered busines...
Left in the West - Thu 1:13 p.m. - 5 clicks
Roger Koopman and his friends are up to their usual tricks, this time circulating a purity test : In a repeat of 2008, former Bozeman Rep. Roger Koopman has set his sights on state Republicans who he accuses of being too liberal, or RINOs (Republicans in Name Only). Koopman, the chairman of the newly formed Montana Conservative Alliance, says his group is mailing questionnaires to every GOP can...
Left in the West - Thu 1:13 p.m. - 6 clicks
Hot damn . I missed Tyler Gernant's announcement because I was traveling but just picked up the coverage from yesterday's papers. The contender is swinging and he lands a few punches: Gernant said he wouldn't be running if the country was in the same shape it was in 2000, with a $200 billion budget surplus and a booming economy with increasing numbers of jobs. [...] While Rehberg claims that fi...
Left in the West - Thu 1:13 p.m. - 3 clicks
Scot Meader, manager of Missoula County’s fair and fairgrounds resigned today. Hopefully, this will stem the tide of complaints being leveled against him: alleged drunken groping, unethical and deceptive behavior, and a lack of being honest, ethical and forthright. But, while Meader is going to cease representing the fair he will continue to receive [...] ...
Bunk in the West - Jan 27 - 9 clicks
