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Clearwater gravel pit neighbors lose state SupCo appeal
WEBAug 22, 2024 · But the Supreme Court’s ruling centers on a technicality, and the justices didn’t deal with the merits of the case. Writing for the Supreme Court, Justice Judith Baker said the plaintiffs, Protect the Clearwater, should have filed for an injunction to stop the gravel pit using the process outlined in the Montana Environmental Policy Act, which is the law the plaintiff is using in a ...
Council members explain their vote on FY25 city budget
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Members of the Missoula City Council. (Martin Kidston/Missoula Current file) (Missoula Current) The Missoula City Council on Monday night voted 8-4 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which includes a tax increase of 5.8%, or roughly 11% when the fire levy is included. The council also approved levying 2 emergency mills to fund the Johnson ...
Andrea Davis wins race for Missoula’s mayor - Missoula Current
WEBNov 8, 2023 · Davis, who heads a housing nonprofit and owns several rental homes in Missoula, took a solid lead after the first batch of returns were released late Tuesday night and held it for the remainder of the count. Davis secured 14,736 votes to Mike Nugent's 9,674, earning her roughly 59% of the vote. Of the …
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 ...
Missoula County pulls road levy from ballot, citing taxes
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) While the Missoula City Council levied 2 mills to fund homeless services this week, Missoula County on Wednesday said it plans to pull its infrastructure levy from the November ballot, citing concerns over ever-rising taxes. Earlier this month, commissioners announced plans to place the levy on the ballot for ...
City sets cost of implementing crisis camping ordinance at $1M
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The city early this summer adopted its ordinance on crisis camping, establishing a new policy that regulates the time, manner and place in which sheltering in parks and on public property is permissible. City officials said roughly $359,000 was budgeted for the program in the current fiscal year.
Construction of $5M fairgrounds' grandstands set to begin
WEBJan 10, 2024 · The new facility was named Clouse-Bauer Arena last summer after the fairgrounds campaign teamed up with Doug and Adam Bauer. The two own Missoula Concrete and Construction and agreed to provide the concrete risers for the grandstands as an in-kind donation. That portion of the project is valued at around $750,000 and earned the Bauer's naming ...
County names Therriault as interim Health Department director
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) With the acting director set to leave his job at the end of February, Missoula County commissioners on Thursday named an interim director to oversee the Health Department while the search for a permanent replacement begins. Commissioners appointed Shannon Therriault …
Budget: County looks to hold tax increase below inflation rate
WEBAug 2, 2024 · Martin Kidston. (Missoula Current) While the state hasn't released this year's appraisal values, Missoula County is looking to hold any tax increase in the new fiscal year under the rate of inflation, or less than 3.4%. Officials on Thursday released the county's base budget, one that only included expenses and not incoming revenue.