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Missoula Current
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![Viewpoint: Buy a park but ignore the Missoula Fire Department?](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-Fire-Department.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Buy a park but ignore the Missoula Fire Department?
The shame here is you haven’t given your citizens a chance to vote.
![PHC to expand behavioral health program at Missoula schools](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-Public-School-Development.jpg?w=980&q=75)
PHC to expand behavioral health program at Missoula schools
In an effort to reach more students, Partnership Health Center and Missoula County Public Schools will soon offer behavioral health services at two new schools within the county.
![Top Hat kicks off Groove Concert Series with Rootz Within](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-Rootz-Within.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Top Hat kicks off Groove Concert Series with Rootz Within
The folks at Logjam Presents are bringing in locals, along with lesser-known bands on the weekends for their Groove Concert Series, which looks to showcase the vibrant music scene in our state.
![County approves wider bear-buffer zone, requires bear-resistant bins](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/07/Bears-capture.jpg?w=980&q=75)
County approves wider bear-buffer zone, requires bear-resistant bins
Changes to Missoula County's solid waste regulations will widen the bear buffer zone around the city limits and phase in the requirement of bear-resistant trash bins over the next three years.
![Tester, Daines vote to keep government open; Zinke, Rosendale opposed](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Rosendale.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tester, Daines vote to keep government open; Zinke, Rosendale opposed
Montana Reps. Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke were among a monitory of House Republicans to vote against a stopgap spending measure that kept the government open.
![Voices: Gwen Jones keeps Missoula City Council on task](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-Gwen-Jones-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Voices: Gwen Jones keeps Missoula City Council on task
Jim Wheelis writes, "We’re lucky to have her on the city council and fortunate that she wants another term. I’m lucky to have her as a neighbor. Someone like Gwen makes city government and neighborhoods work right."
![Second half lifts Griz over Idaho State in soggy homecoming](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-attachment-Clifton-McDowell-celebrates-the-touchdown-run.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Second half lifts Griz over Idaho State in soggy homecoming
Montana football bounced back on Homecoming and defeated an explosive Idaho State.
![County approves bond funding for New Meadows park, trail](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/10/attachment-attachment-development-park.jpg?w=980&q=75)
County approves bond funding for New Meadows park, trail
A new park and trail loop in the growing Mullan area will break ground this fall and finish construction early next year, Missoula County said.
![‘Jewel of the crown:’ New art museum dazzles on opening night](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/09/attachment-attachment-art-museum-3.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
‘Jewel of the crown:’ New art museum dazzles on opening night
The Montana Museum of Art and Culture is officially open.
![Riders want more motorized vehicle trails in Fish Creek strategy](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2023/09/attachment-BLM-Road.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Riders want more motorized vehicle trails in Fish Creek strategy
Fish, Wildlife & Parks has released a draft strategy for managing the Fish Creek State Park and surrounding Wildlife Management Area.