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A cold Montana night, a complex system: Man dies after years spent searching for a home

There have been at least 144 Missoula community members who have died while living homeless since the beginning of 2020, according to lists compiled by the Poverello Center homeless shelter. There were many more before that. And on a cold night late last fall, a 79-year-old man named

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

On the front porch of his home, John Meyer told the Exponent why he moved to Montana in 1999. “I came for the mountains and stayed for the people,” he said. Meyer is running for mayor in Bozeman’s upcoming election. A first-generation college graduate, he holds an undergraduate

WARD initiative seeks to address housing crisis

In the early 1980s, a landslide caused a breach in the Mystic Lake Dam south of Bozeman. The eventual collapse of the dam triggered a water crisis in the community that led to the development of a city water adequacy policy, according to Shawn Kohtz, the City of Bozeman’s

Hear from Bozeman's candidates for City Commission

The candidates running for the two empty City Commission seats are Trevor Nameniuk, Roger Blank, Emma Bode, Emily Talago, Eli Anselmi and Alison Sweeney. Read on to hear their responses to the Exponent’s 2025 candidate questionnaire. Candidates were given three weeks to respond to the questionnaire and were given

Bikefill bike park approaches $1.8 million fundraising goal

Bikefill bike park approaches $1.8 million fundraising goal

The Bikefill Bike Park project, spearheaded by Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT), is almost fully funded after fifteen years of dreaming. A contractor for the project will be selected on Oct. 17 and construction is slated to begin in spring 2026. Located between the old Bozeman landfill and Snowfill Park,

Graduate union raises concerns regarding compensation, housing

Graduate union raises concerns regarding compensation, housing

Graduate assistants (GAs) at MSU are raising concerns about low pay, lack of health insurance and housing costs that they say are driving graduate students to the breaking point. With contract negotiations underway between the University and the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) — the campus union representing GAs — leaders say real

Tenants rally for ownership of two Bozeman mobile home parks

State and local leaders joined the residents of two Bozeman mobile home parks to urge the current owner to sell them the land they are currently renting. The land was listed for sale in July Tenants of these parks say that resident ownership is the only way to ensure long-