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LDS church announces groundbreaking for 19,000-square-foot temple in Missoula

A new 19,000-square-foot temple under development by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planned to break ground in June, the church announced Monday afternoon. The new Missoula Montana Temple will be built in the Lower Miller Creek neighborhood as a part of a

Missoula judge, public defender clash over artificial intelligence use

A dispute over the use generative artificial intelligence in Missoula's district court system boiled over last month with questions of personal bias, leading to a request for the Montana Supreme Court to weigh in. Missoula County District Court Judge John Larson rejected court submissions in multiple cases made

Read Tranel's case to the Montana Supreme Court, and the final ruling

Tranel's motion to disqualify Larson Montana Supreme Court ruling against Tranel

Forest Service confirms plans to sell 14-acre Missoula Midtown property

A 14-acre federally owned property within the heart of Missoula's Midtown neighborhood could exchange hands in the next two years, the U.S. Forest Service confirmed to the Missoulian on Wednesday. The land currently houses some of the Forest Service's Northern Region firefighting operations, historic

Blue Mountain Clinic: Attack on abortion provider 'never acceptable'

A Missoula clinic denounced a recent assault on a local abortion provider by an Anaconda man who admitted to law enforcement he planned to kill the doctor and his wife. Blue Mountain Clinic, an abortion provider first established in 1977, said in a statement on social media on Wednesday that

Holland Lake Lodge owner: Business unlikely to fully open this summer due to sewer issues

One of the owners of the historic Holland Lake Lodge said the business is unlikely to fully open this summer due to concerns around a planned short-term fix to its sewer system that some Swan Valley residents and others said could leak. The U.S. Forest Service-owned wastewater

City subsidizing landlords under Missoula pilot program to house homeless

A pilot program administered by the City of Missoula aims to get more homeless people into housing by providing landlords financial compensation for renting out their market-rate units. The Landlord Engagement Pilot Program is meant to strengthen tenant and landlord relationships while incentivizing landlords to rent to more at-