Barbecue grill ignited fire, explosion at historic Missoula home
Grease buildup in an outdoor barbecue grill contributed to an explosion and fire that killed a family's cat and damaged their historic Queen Anne home on Fifth Street, a Missoula Fire Department inves

Cell tower rejected at Trixi?s Antler Saloon; no service for Ovando
A plan to construct a controversial cell phone tower next to Trixi?s Antler Saloon in Ovando is dead ? for now, at least.

Montana contractors: Freeze on stimulus spending hurts industry
HELENA ? Contractors said Friday that the state?s move to freeze local stimulus spending comes at a bad time for the beleaguered construction industry, while county leaders bemoaned the loss of mo

The Used coming to town
From drugged-out homelessness to the Wilma Theatre….Screamo band The Used are headed this way in April. Here’s the details… The Used The members of the Used had to overcome poverty, homelessness, and substance abuse, not to mention the straitlaced attitudes of their hometown of Orem, UT, to bring their screamo-tinged brand of post-hardcore to life. But they [...]
Reverend brings the Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat is coming to the Wilma Theatre. Here’s the entirely overhyped press release… Reverend Horton Heat With guests; Split Lip Rayfield and Hillstomp Undeniably, The Reverend Horton Heat, aka Jim Heath, is the biggest, baddest, grittiest, greasiest, greatest rocker that ever piled his hair up and pounded the drinks down. Without question, for all [...]
Oblong view of Missoula in Philly
Missoula Oblongata, a locally based experimental theatre troupe that tours nationally, got some awesome press in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday. Check it out. (Thanks to fellow reporter Kim Briggeman for catching this and passing it along)

'Lebowski Fest' calls all Dudes
WARNING: Portions of this story will require a near-encyclopedic knowledge of, and a mentally unbalanced adoration for, ?The Big Lebowski,? Joel and Ethan Coen?s dope-smoke-clouded, marmot-bitte

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