Jacob Owens

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula City Council is laying out next steps for a controversial and once-failed effort to demolish Fort Missoula's Old Post Hospital. Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee set July 14 as the date they will hear an appeal after the Historic Preservation Commission denied a demolition permit in March. FAE Missoula Hospital LLC wrote commission members “were determined to find any excuse they could to deny the demolition application,” in its appeal letter.

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula city staff provided a new update that 17 previously homeless individuals are now housed just over two months before the Johnson Street Shelter permanently closes. City staff helped 17 people secure housing since the city’s Johnson Street Shelter Housing Sprint began in April, as of last week, with four or five people very close to being housed, Emily Armstrong, with the city, said.

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens

MISSOULA, Mont. — “Kids Eat Free” -- that's the message from Missoula County Public Schools this summer, as the district is offering lunch and breakfast at multiple locations each weekday, with no questions asked. The service for kids 18-years-old and younger has been offered for roughly 20 years, serving more than 20,000 meals last summer, Stacey Rossmiller, the district’s food and nutrition services supervisor, said.

1 week ago | nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana's wildfire season is off to an early and active start — with several fires already burning across the state. June is seeing larger than normal wildfires, Dan Borsum, the predictive services meteorologist with the Northern Rockies Coordination Center, told NBC Montana. Borsum is paying close attention to the weather over the next week.

2 weeks ago | nbcmontana.com | Jacob Owens

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana President's House is officially for sale after more than 50 years of housing the head of the university. The University of Montana has owned the residence at 1325 Gerald Avenue since 1974. However, in about a month, the home will officially be changing hands as a public bidding process begins. The Board of Regents approved putting the property up for sale in March 2022.