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David Erickson

As gas prices remain high, Missoula's Mountain Line bus system wins national award

On Thursday morning, about 12 different people rode the Route 11 Mountain Line bus in Missoula from near Yoke's grocery store to Target. A young woman and her toddler laughed and made conversation with an older gentleman seated next to them. Two bearded veterans, each recognizing the others&

Program gives food stamp users more purchase power when supporting local farmers

A program that boosts local agricultural producers in Montana while also helping food stamp recipients is back for another season. That means anyone on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly food stamps) can double their purchasing power when they buy fruits and vegetables at local farmers markets, farm stands and

Katoonah Lodges: Tenants of another Missoula mobile home park unionize after rent hikes

The residents of yet another mobile home park near Missoula have formed a tenants union after their landlord, an out-of-state private equity firm, raised rents twice in the last year. The Katoonah Lodges Mobile Home Park, located off Mullan Road a couple miles west of Reserve Street, was

Sumac: New Mediterranean restaurant opens in downtown Missoula

You’ve got to do a little bit of searching to find one of the not-so-obvious entrances to downtown Missoula’s newest restaurant, but it’s worth it. Sumac, located inside the historic Florence Hotel, has an entrance in the alley and a fairly covert entry near the

'We've never seen anything like this': Groups warn of data centers at Missoula meeting

Representatives from four environmental nonprofits gave a presentation in Missoula on Tuesday night to sound the alarm bells about the harms that may come from data centers in Montana if they're allowed to consume vast quantities of electricity. "We are driving a car off a cliff,"

Cashing in: Across Montana, mobile home courts fall prey to out-of-state investors

If you live in a mobile home community in Montana, you could easily come home one day to a piece of mail informing you that the land underneath your home has been sold. And your new landlord is an out-of-state, private equity company looking to maximize profits for

Denver-based Gravity Haus to purchase, re-open Missoula's shuttered LOGE hotel

Denver-based Gravity Haus to purchase, re-open Missoula's shuttered LOGE hotel

It looks like a Denver-based hotel group called Gravity Haus has purchased the former LOGE Hotel property on West Broadway near downtown Missoula. The LOGE Missoula location and its associated Dog Wash Cafe closed abruptly in February amid financial problems at its parent company. Before it was called LOGE,