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Missoula, Montana is located in Missoula County. Zip codes in Missoula, MT include 59807, 59801, and 59808. The median home price in Missoula is $230,000. More Missoula information.

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2 hrs ago | The Missoula Independent Online

Missoula bound

Five Sasquatch bands you don't have to miss by Dameon Matule Follow the Clark Fork west into Washington state's Columbia River and you'll come to the one of the most stunning amphitheaters in North America: The Gorge.

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2 hrs ago | The Missoula Independent Online

Growth industry

City's poplar grove could be a model for managing waste by Jessica Mayrer On a recent sunny afternoon, Missoula Wastewater Treatment Facility Superintendent Starr Sullivan walks through a poplar grove that's dotted with deer scat, mossy patches and the shadows of birds flitting above.

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5 hrs ago | The Missoula Independent Online

Surfer Blood

by Brooks Johnson Surfer Blood really is a band for Missoula 20-somethings like myself—and not just because I happened to be re-watching 'Twin Peaks' when their breakthrough first album, Astro Coast, came out in 2010 with a great track called 'Twin Peaks.' Rather, the band is a good fit because it represents the line between restless youth and getting up early every morning to make coffee for the suits.… [ Read more ]

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Wed May 22, 2013

WBNS

Mental health defense planned in stabbing death

The attorney for a Missoula man charged with stabbing a Dixon man to death in December says he plans to argue his client suffers from a mental disease or defect.

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The Missoula Independent Online

Highway Technologies run off the road; estimated 80 jobs lost

On May 20, Steve Zetterberg leaned back in a chair and propped his boots on what used to be the receptionist's desk at Highway Technologies' Missoula branch office.

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Cortez Journal News

A rather large lawn ornament

As the Missoulian puts it, “There's rotten cellphone service, there's nonexistent cellphone service, and then there's what's happening just a few miles east of Ovando.” Which is exactly nothing, because a 195-foot-tall cell phone tower near this tiny western Montana town has never connected a call to anybody.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Flathead Beacon

Cabela's, Kohl's Planned for Missoula

The company that owns the former Kmart building in Missoula plans to raze it and construct buildings to house a Cabela's Outpost and a Kohl's Department Store.

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KFYR-AM Bismarck

Bus catches fire in ND; all passengers are safe

The flames engulfed the bus near Williston on Sunday night. Company spokesman Kevin Pursey tells The Associated Press the 20 people on board got off safely, though the bus likely is destroyed.

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Freshnews

GCS Launches 'Geospatial Big Data' Webinar Series

GCS today announced a new webinar series focused on developing solutions to the challenges of Geospatial Big Data by leveraging the fusion of location analytics, mobile platforms and cloud technologies.

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Mon May 20, 2013

KFBB

Police: Abducted 2-year-old girl found unharmed

Authorities in northwestern Montana say the abduction of a 2-year-old girl that triggered an Amber Alert ended Sunday morning when the girl was found unharmed.

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Sat May 18, 2013

KFBB

Hamilton woman killed in rollover crash

The Montana Highway Patrol tells the Missoulian the crash occurred about 9:40 p.m. Friday on the Eastside Highway near Bell Crossing.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Udall tells USFS to override air tanker protest

Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado is urging the U.S. Forest Service to make sure a contract dispute doesn't ground large air tankers used to fight wildfires.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Char-Koosta News

This week in tribal history

May 12, 1875 from The Weekly Missoulian: "The Flatheads under a military escort had pitched their tents on their old stamping ground, and buffalo robes and pemmican were in active demand, and business was consequently brisk." May 13, 1887from The Missoulian: When there is reported killing of deer by Flatheads up the LoLo Valley, Major Ronan is ... (more)

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Char-Koosta News

First annual SKC powwow a success

The first annual Salish Kootenai College powwow kicked off with jamming drums and superb dancers this past weekend at the SKC Joe McDonald Health and Athletic Center.

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Boise Weekly

Missoulian: Feds Rip Missoula Police Department For Mishandling Sex Assaults

A U.S. Department of Justice report, made public May 15, says the Missoula, Mont., police department does a lousy job in dealing with reports of sexual assault, reporting that police practices even discouraged rape victims from cooperating with law enforcement.

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The Missoula Independent Online

Labor

Clinic hit with lawsuits by Jessica Mayrer Since February, six Partnership Health Center staffers have filed lawsuits alleging a range of grievances against the Missoula clinic including harassment, wrongful discharge and that management required employees to perform tasks without pay.

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The Missoula Independent Online

Homestead revival

Revisiting the Moon-Randolph strategic plan by Alex Sakariassen About six months ago, Matthew LaRubbio and Meredith Turner were driving through a snowstorm in Oregon when they got word that they'd be the next caretakers of the Moon-Randolph Homestead in Missoula's North Hills.

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The Missoula Independent Online

Counsel cuts

Federal Defenders of Montana goes on the offensive by Jamie Rogers On Friday, May 10, John Rhodes, a public defender who works in the Federal Defenders of Montana's Missoula office, stood outside the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse holding a sign that read, 'What about the Sixth Amendment right to counsel?' Another ... (more)

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Missoula Independent Online

Graduation Party Dos and Don'ts

Here in Missoula, a town dominated by the presence of the university, graduation day is a big deal.

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KFBB

DOJ settles with Missoula police, sexual assaults

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement agreement with the Missoula Police Department after a yearlong investigation into how the department responds to reports of sexual assault.

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Winter Storm Warning for Missoula County was issued at May 23 at 9:43AM MDT