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Missoula County to fund Wye water system report missoulacurrent.com/missoula… @missoulacurrent
Missoula County to fund Wye water system report

Missoula County to fund Wye water system report

With an eye on future growth, Missoula County this week agreed to fund a report detailing the needs and costs of expanding water services throughout the Wye.

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Hackers commandeer Missoula judge’s Facebook campaign page missoulacurrent.com/hackers-… @missoulacurrent
Hackers commandeer Missoula judge's Facebook campaign page

Hackers commandeer Missoula judge's Facebook campaign page

Missoula's reelected Justice of the Peace woke on Election Day to check her campaign page on Facebook, only to find that it was hacked, leaving her unable to administrate the site.

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Montana PSC approves NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills Corp merger missoulacurrent.com/northwes… @missoulacurrent
Montana PSC approves NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills Corp merger

Montana PSC approves NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills Corp merger

On a 3-2 vote, the Montana Public Service Commission approved the $15.4 billion NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp. merger on Tuesday.

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Forstag rides ‘blue wave’ to victory in House race missoulacurrent.com/forstag-… @missoulacurrent
Forstag rides ‘blue wave’ to victory in House race

Forstag rides ‘blue wave’ to victory in House race

Montana will send a Democrat to D.C., after two years of an all-Republican delegation and for the first time in the U.S. House since Forstag was born.

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Democrats poised to take US House majority in midterm blowout missoulacurrent.com/democrat… @missoulacurrent
Democrats poised to take US House majority in midterm blowout

Democrats poised to take US House majority in midterm blowout

Democrats are largely expected to regain control of the U.S. House once all ballots are counted in this year’s midterm elections, though it will likely take days or even weeks to know just how many...

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Historic: Voters elect first Black woman, first Black Repub govs missoulacurrent.com/voters-b… @missoulacurrent
Historic: Voters elect first Black woman, first Black Republ govs

Historic: Voters elect first Black woman, first Black Republ govs

Georgia voters elected the nation’s first Black woman governor on Tuesday while neighbors to the south in Florida became the first to elect a Black Republican governor.

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Voters say no to dark money, partisan courts; yes to ballot measures missoulacurrent.com/voters-p… @missoulacurrent
Montana voters say no to dark money, partisan courts

Montana voters say no to dark money, partisan courts

Voters across Montana passed two constitutional amendments and one ballot initiative, amending how dark money, campaigns and corporations interact in state elections.

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Missoula County ballot return rate at 65%, on pace with 2022 missoulacurrent.com/missoula… @missoulacurrent
Missoula County ballot return rate at 65%, on pace with 2022

Missoula County ballot return rate at 65%, on pace with 2022

Democrats had a candidate in every race in Missoula County, something Republicans failed to achieve.

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Viewpoint: Protect Montana farmers, beer from Mexican imports missoulacurrent.com/farmers-… @missoulacurrent
Viewpoint: Protect Montana farmers, beer from Mexican imports

Viewpoint: Protect Montana farmers, beer from Mexican imports

Jacob Bachmeier writes, Montana’s farmers are worth protecting from unfair foreign competition, and by imposing a targeted tariff on Mexican beer, we can help do just that.

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Veteran works through trauma, addiction to find housing, education missoulacurrent.com/veteran-… @missoulacurrent
Veteran works through trauma, addiction to find housing, degree

Veteran works through trauma, addiction to find housing, degree

Kristi Jackson enlisted in the Air Force in Butte in 2000. She excelled in basic training, tested high and was full of youthful motivation. But her time in the service sent her down a different path.

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Lincoln County gunfire leaves woman, officer dead; second officer wounded missoulacurrent.com/lincoln-… @missoulacurrent
Eureka gunfire leaves woman, officer dead; second officer wounded

Eureka gunfire leaves woman, officer dead; second officer wounded

A Lincoln County man was arrested late Friday night after killing a woman and shooting two officers who arrived at the scene. One of those officers, 28-year-old Ryan Terpsma, died.

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Annexation of RV park could see redevelopment, wider England Blvd. missoulacurrent.com/annexati… @missoulacurrent
Annexation of RV park could see development, wider England Blvd.

Annexation of RV park could see development, wider England Blvd.

A property owner off England Boulevard and Reserve Street is asking the city to annex the parcel in anticipation of possible redevelopment down the road.

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Montana Democratics name affordability as first legislative priority missoulacurrent.com/montana-… @missoulacurrent
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Missoula’s response to domestic violence has improved, challenges remain missoulacurrent.com/domestic… @missoulacurrent
Missoula response to domestic violence better, challenges remain

Missoula response to domestic violence better, challenges remain

The number of stalking cases reported to the Missoula Police Department has increased in each of the last three years while felony cases of partner and family-member assault continue to fluctuate,...

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Viewpoint: Yes and Yes to the Montana Plan missoulacurrent.com/viewpoin… @missoulacurrent
Viewpoint: Yes and Yes to the Montana Plan

Viewpoint: Yes and Yes to the Montana Plan

Monica Tranel writes, If you’ve had enough of money in politics, vote yes for The Montana Plan (I-194). It changes the powers Montana grants corporations so they no longer include spending in...

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As Election Day nears, Montana absentee votes exceed 225,000 missoulacurrent.com/montana-… @missoulacurrent
As Election Day nears, Montana absentee votes exceed 225,000

As Election Day nears, Montana absentee votes exceed 225,000

That number is tracking well ahead of the 2022 midterm election, when the state reported 284,000 absentee ballots were received by the day before Election Day.

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More than 1/3 of western states’ glacial cover has been lost since 1950s missoulacurrent.com/glacial-… @missoulacurrent
More than 1/3 of western states’ glacial cover lost since 1950s

More than 1/3 of western states’ glacial cover lost since 1950s

The first comprehensive inventory of the area and volume of western glaciers from Portland State University found 300 have disappeared since the mid-20th century.

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Report: FW Commission lacks transparency, public process missoulacurrent.com/fw-commi… @missoulacurrent
Report: FW Commission lacks transparency, public process

Report: FW Commission lacks transparency, public process

Footloose Montana, the Gallatin Wildlife Association and the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force released a report documenting recent incidents where the Fish and Wildlife Commission has...

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Missoula County releases data center study, considers next steps missoulacurrent.com/data-cen… @missoulacurrent
Missoula County releases data center study, considers next steps

Missoula County releases data center study, considers next steps

A study conducted by Missoula County found that data centers can have a significant impact on health, safety and the environment, and the interim zoning adopted earlier this year pausing any new...

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Missoula County reaches settlement agreement over Frenchtown mini-storage missoulacurrent.com/frenchto… @missoulacurrent

County reaches settlement agreement over Frenchtown mini-storage

Missoula County last week approved a settlement agreement with a handful residents and a developer over concerns raised around the approval of a mini-storage facility in Frenchtown.

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