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Griffen Smith

Missoula

Local Government Reporter at Missoulian

Reporting local government in the Garden City @missoulian • @umontana alum • Former editor of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder. [email protected]

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  • Missoula County elected officials to see 3% pay increase

    4 days ago | missoulian.com | Griffen Smith

    Missoula County's compensation board approved a 3% increase for most county elected official pay while also boosting the pay rates of both the Missoula County Attorney and the Justice of the Peace during a meeting on Monday. The compensation board is required by state law to meet each year and determine its top wages. Some public safety positions, like county detention officers, are tied to the pay rates of the county sheriff.

  • 'We won't go back': Missoula recognizes Pride flag in response to state law

    4 days ago | missoulian.com | Griffen Smith

    The City of Missoula adopted the LGBTQIA Pride Flag as an official city flag on Monday night in response to a new state law that restricts what can be flown on public property. The Missoula City Council voted 9-2 for the approval, which uses a loophole in the new state law that allows local government flags to be flown.

  • 5 months in: Missoula's new camping law leads to dozens of citations, a single conviction

    4 days ago | bozemandailychronicle.com | Griffen Smith

    MISSOULA — Missoula police officers issued dozens of citations for illegal camping on city property over the last five months, but just one person has been formally convicted under the law as local officials still get a grasp on the new regulations. The Missoula Police Department has written 44 citations for violating the city law from Jan. 1 to May 21, according to City Attorney Keithi Worthington. Of those, just 11 have been resolved, Worthington said.

  • Zinke proposes $64 million for sewer systems, other western Montana infrastructure projects

    6 days ago | missoulian.com | Griffen Smith

    Montana's western U.S. congressional representative filed 15 funding requests through Congress on Tuesday worth $64 million to fund various infrastructure projects in western Montana. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-MT, requested funding for new projects and also several resubmissions of requests that were not approved earlier in 2025, like the wastewater systems in Seeley Lake and Ravalli County.

  • County says $24M East Missoula safety project at risk as upgrades undergo federal review

    1 week ago | billingsgazette.com | Griffen Smith

    Missoula County officials are requesting help from members of the Montana congressional delegation to keep a $24-million grant meant to build out safer streets along Highway 200 in East Missoula. The commissioners sent the letter on Thursday to Rep. Ryan Zinke and Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy. The grant was first announced in March 2024, but is "under review" by the Trump Administration, the commissioners said.

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