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Missoula Current
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![Viewpoint: Something needs to be done with homelessness](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Something needs to be done with homelessness
David Stalling writes, "A growing and expanding homeless population is a symptom of a societal illness. We need to examine, diagnose and treat it or it will continue to get worse."
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Viewpoint: Is a new GOP tax underfoot?
Rep. Mary Caferro writes, "The GOP supermajority and Governor could have done something to help ordinary Montanans but they instead served the interests of whiskey and steak slinging lobbyists, not you."
![Feds, state agencies behind in preparing for Bitterroot grizzlies](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-bitterroot-forest.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Feds, state agencies behind in preparing for Bitterroot grizzlies
Even though grizzlies have already been there, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s message for the Bitterroot region is “get ready for bears.”
![New data suggests drop in homelessness in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-attachment-homeless.jpg?w=980&q=75)
New data suggests drop in homelessness in Missoula
Newly presented data on Missoula’s unhoused community brought yet more insights for the city’s ongoing response.
![Missoula City Council takes up vacation rentals, again](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-vacation-rental.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula City Council takes up vacation rentals, again
One council member looks to ban them in areas zoned as residential.
![County directs EPA grant to rid federal building of contaminants](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-federal-building.jpg?w=980&q=75)
County directs EPA grant to rid federal building of contaminants
The old federal building in downtown Missoula still needs the same level of work to rid it of hazardous materials before renovations can begin.
![Missoula County develops legal strategy in state mill dispute](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-county-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County develops legal strategy in state mill dispute
Missoula County on Tuesday approved a resolution allowing the Montana Association of Counties to represent it in a suit.
![City of Missoula expands bear zone, requires bear-proof garbage bins](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-better-bears.jpg?w=980&q=75)
City of Missoula expands bear zone, requires bear-proof garbage bins
The Missoula City Council joined Missoula County in repealing the old bear buffer zone.
![Avian Influenza detected in Glacier County poultry flock](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-chickens-wikimedia.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Avian Influenza detected in Glacier County poultry flock
The Department is also awaiting confirmation of an infected backyard flock in Flathead County.
![Energy Team explores carbon offsets to help Missoula reach net zero by 2025](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-attachment-solar.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Energy Team explores carbon offsets to help Missoula reach net zero by 2025
Members of the Energy and Climate Team could take steps to research and present a carbon offset and sequestration program to the City Council.