Martin J. Kidston

Montana

Founder and Editor at The Missoula Current

Founder of Missoula's daily news journal @missoulacurrent; USMC and Desert Storm vet; artist and author; general explorer, father of two, keeper of cats.

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City planning two commuter trails in greater Mullan area

3 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

Martin Kidston(Missoula Current) With an agreement in place, the city and its engineering partner will begin the design and eventual bidding of more than one mile of new trail in the greater Mullan area. The $347,000 engineering contract with DJ&A also covers the approval process with the Montana Department of Transportation. “We ran an internal cost estimate based on the agreed-upon scope of work and came within 2% of DJ&A's submitted price,” said Brandt Dahlen with Public Works.
Montana producing its share of 'whines'

3 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

Roger KoopmanIn case you hadn’t noticed, Montana is a heavy whine-producing state. The vintners are many, from the Marxist professors and ranting radicals brought onto our campuses, to the farmers, corporate welfarists and chamber of commerce types, looking to government for special favors, subsidies and protections from competition. Montanans are intoxicating our politics with cases of expensive whine.
Harmon’s Histories: Time to resurrect alchemy to boost those 401Ks

3 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

By Jim HarmonAh, the ability to turn lowly metals into gold. It’s called alchemy, and my pocketbook could use a massive infusion of it, today. Too bad it was discredited, once and for all, in the 19th century. The exact origin of alchemy is blurry. The Chinese were known to be studying alchemy (both as it relates to metals and human life) dating back to 8th century B.C.Jan.
City of Missoula seeks legal clarity over use of tax increment for housing sprint

5 days ago | kpax.com | Martin J. Kidston

MISSOULA — The city's mayor and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency have proposed allocating excess funding from the Johnson Street Shelter to help fund the city's housing sprint as shelter operations wind down over the next few months. But questions over the legality of using tax increment to fund a social program prompted MRA board members to seek a legal opinion from the City Attorney's Office before the funding is allocated to the housing effort.
MRA to fund repairs, structural analysis of Ogren Park at Allegiance Field

6 days ago | kpax.com | Martin J. Kidston

MISSOULA — Everything needs maintenance over time, and in Missoula, that includes the city's baseball stadium. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of commissioners on Thursday approved roughly $212,000 in tax increment to conduct a detailed structural analysis on Ogren Park at Allegiance Field. The approved funding also covers $108,000 to repair the stadium's HVAC system and $85,000 to repair concrete issues throughout the facility.
City of Missoula puts redesign of West Broadway intersection in motion

6 days ago | kpax.com | Martin J. Kidston

MISSOULA — An oddly designed and poorly functioning intersection on West Broadway will get a remake in the coming years under an agreement approved by members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday. Plans to improve the intersection at West Broadway, Toole Avenue and California Street was first brought to council for an initial agreement last May. With this week's action, the city will direct WGM Group to evaluate the intersection's existing conditions, along with several design proposals.
City seeks clarity over use of tax increment for housing sprint

6 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

Martin Kidston(Missoula Current) The city's mayor and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency have proposed allocating access funding from the Johnson Street Shelter to help fund the city's housing sprint as shelter operations wind down over the next few months. But questions over the legality of using tax increment to fund a social program prompted MRA board members to seek a legal opinion from the City Attorney's Office before the funding is allocated to the housing effort.
MRA to fund repairs, structural analysis of Ogren Park

6 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

Martin Kidston(Missoula Current) Everything needs maintenance over time and in Missoula, that includes the city's baseball stadium. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of commissioners on Thursday approved roughly $212,000 in tax increment to conduct a detail structural analysis on Ogren Park at Allegiance Field. The approved funding also covers $108,000 to repair the stadium's HVAC system, and $85,000 to repair concrete issues throughout the facility.
Viewpoint: We must protect right to clean, healthful environment

6 days ago | missoulacurrent.com | Martin J. Kidston

Sally SchrankMontana is a uniquely spectacular place, but you already know that. Each year, millions of people choose to spend their time and money on vacation here because of what makes Montana what it is. It’s not just our world-class trout streams, our pristine (and not crowded) hiking trails, or the powder days that draw people here. It’s that for more than 50 years Montana has prioritized protecting our lands, waters, and wildlife from the previous century of industrial recklessness.
City of Missoula to consider 172-unit senior living center, trust fund payment

1 week ago | kpax.com | Martin J. Kidston

MISSOULA — An old development agreement for a parcel of land off Mullan Road would be amended to permit greater density in exchange for payment into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund if the City Council approves the measure in the coming weeks. On Wednesday, the Land Use and Planning Committee took up the Inland Group's requested amendment and annexation of the parcel, along with the proposed $178,000 payment into the city's housing trust.