KGVO received a press release from Ginny Merriam, Communications Director for the City of Missoula on Tuesday, stating that Mayor John Engen has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
One of Missoula’s most respected physicians, Dr. Walter Peschel, now retired, told KGVO on Wednesday that he has developed a highly successful treatment for COVID 19.
In an hour-long press conference held via Microsoft Teams on Friday, a host of community leaders and medical professionals literally pleaded with Missoula and Missoula County residents, especially those between the ages of 20 and 29, to get vaccinated against COVID 19.
For the first time, Missoula Mayor John Engen, and Missoula County Commissioners Dave Strohmaier, Josh Slotnick and Juanita Vero appeared together on KGVO’s Montana Morning News show, in response to an invitation following a press conference on camping in the urban wild.
Mayor John Engen and all three Missoula County Commissioners held a press conference on Tuesday outside the County Courthouse along with Director of Missoula Emergency Management Adriane Beck to announce an end to illegal camping in the ‘urban wild’ and to create safe, indoor housing for those who are termed ‘unhoused residents’.
Missoula city police chief Jaeson White produced a video with mayor John Engen on Wednesday regarding the rumors of agitators or members of Antifa that may be coming to Missoula.