As the four year anniversary of the founding of Soft Landing Missoula approaches, Director Mary Poole said the organization is preparing to celebrate the nationwide Welcoming Week for the third time.
Missoula authorities are investigating a letter purportedly sent by the Missoula County Commissioners to the U.S. State Department withdrawing its support for refugee resettlement.
Another Montana county is considering writing a letter to the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration on the issue of Syrian Refugees. This time, Flathead County is taking up the issue, and, much like Ravalli County before, is taking a stand in opposition to the resettlement of refugees in their county.
Hundreds of people, young and old, gathered near the X's in downtown Missoula on Tuesday afternoon to prepare for a march down Higgins for a rally at Caras Park.
If Ravalli County commissioners were caught off guard by the huge crowd that showed up for a hearing on Syrian refugees, so was the Hamilton School District.