City and County Government
Missoula Police Department Chief Mark Muir talks today with a Missoula City Council committee about how police handle rape investigations.
Reporter Betsy Cohen will be reporting live into a feed on Missoulian.com. It’s called “Scribble,” and if you head to our main page, it should be listed as the main story of the day.
We’re using #Missoularapes [...]
Do you know what the down side is of living in Missoula?
There isn’t one anymore. Not for me.
Well, I exaggerate, but today, Allegiant announced, finally, finally, that it’s at long, long last, flying to the San Francisco Bay Area.
That’s great news. It means direct flights, and it means cheap flights.
My family lives there, and so [...]
The Missoula Police Department is reviewing an estimated 50 sexual assaults from the last two years to collect data and make sure the cases were properly closed.
The department re-opened two cases as of the latest report and gives a full account Wednesday to the Missoula City Council Public Safety and Health Committee. Chief Mark Muir [...]
I am waiting to hear back from seven people, so I thought I’d report a couple things here in the meantime.
1. Do you remember the latest story I wrote about the North Missoula Community Development Corporation? And Councilman Bob Jaffe’s idea to help them out? Well, it involves forgiving a $400,000 loan the city made [...]
So I’ve written some stories about paying for sidewalks, and one idea is a local option gas tax, but it requires Missoula County commissioners to put the matter on the ballot, AND I hadn’t talked with those folks yet, so today, I did, and some questions came up about what the law allows and requires, [...]
Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken wants to ask questions about how the Missoula Police Department treats victims of alleged rape given recent complaints from two women. That story here.
In the story, Councilman Dick Haines wonders if police are somehow hamstrung when it comes to cases tied to the University of Montana.
Haines likened UM calling a judge to [...]
If you’ve ever paid too much for a sidewalk in Missoula, you should head to the Public Works Committee meeting 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Council Chambers. (Time will be confirmed this evening.)
Councilwoman Marilyn Marler is going to share some ideas a subcommittee came up with to make the pricey but popular walking paths [...]
Here’s three fun pieces of information for you:
1. Councilwoman Marilyn Marler is shooting to be the next president of the Missoula City Council. Councilman Ed Childers, also of Ward 6, is the current president, but Monday we’ll see if the Council gives Marler a turn.
“My biggest hope is that I can foster better communication among [...]
Why? Not because I want the day off, although I do like me my days off.
Saturdays, I have time to hang out a little more with the newspaper, not just slam it down with my coffee. And today, we had a bunch of awesome stories.
If you haven’t caught up yet and you don’t have lunch [...]
Happy New Year!
I was going to be done sharing tidbits about my colleagues with you by now since the holidays are over, but I happen to have a picture of Kathleen Kimble in a really cute, sparkly hat, so indulge me for just another.
Kathleen, or K2, is one of those people who really cares about [...]
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