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Missoula Current
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![To park or not to park? City Council debates reduced requirements](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/07/Parking.jpg?w=980&q=75)
To park or not to park? City Council debates reduced requirements
While the city's efforts to rewrite its building and zoning codes is only five months old, members of the City Council are already expressing disagreement on what should take precedence and how quickly the process should play out.
![Indigenous Made Missoula – a market- set to open this month](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-Native-Americans.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Indigenous Made Missoula – a market- set to open this month
Indigenous Made Missoula represents a women-owned social enterprise group that looks to lift indigenous artisans. The market will showcase a wide range of handcrafted Indigenous art, both contemporary and traditional.
![EPA, Missoula County at loggerheads over additional Smurfit sampling](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/01/smurfit5.jpg?w=980&q=75)
EPA, Missoula County at loggerheads over additional Smurfit sampling
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked what additional sampling Montanans want at a local Superfund site but balked at agreeing to many of the proposals offered.
![Single-family zoning now the target of some Missoula council members](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/11/housing-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Single-family zoning now the target of some Missoula council members
Some council members have blasted single-family zoning as the source of Missoula's housing woes. Details offered by the city's consultant have fed that growing sentiment.
![Missoula City Council attendance ranges from good to worse](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/09/attachment-City-Council-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula City Council attendance ranges from good to worse
Meeting attendance by most members of the Missoula City Council was strong over the first 109 days of the year, though some have faced personal issues or work requirements that have kept them away from the job.
![Missoula County returns focus on infrastructure plan for the Wye](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/02/Wye.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County returns focus on infrastructure plan for the Wye
Missoula County on Monday said it still plans to create an infrastructure plan for the Wye, a project that's been discussed now for two years.
![Marijuana tax compromise bill heads to governor and likely veto](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/05/black-bear.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Marijuana tax compromise bill heads to governor and likely veto
A strong bipartisan majority of the Montana Legislature has passed a bill using marijuana tax revenue to fund Habitat Montana and county road maintenance, but supporters anticipate a governor's veto.
![Wildlife groups ask governor to veto bill allowing grizzly killings](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Grizzly.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wildlife groups ask governor to veto bill allowing grizzly killings
Conservationists are asking Montana's governor to veto a bill expanding ranchers' opportunities to kill grizzly bears once the species is removed from the Endangered Species List.
![Missoula officials to Zephyr: ‘We see you and we hear you’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/06/Zooey-Zephyr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula officials to Zephyr: ‘We see you and we hear you’
Hours after the Republican majority in the state House on Wednesday banned Missoula Rep. Zooey Zephyr from the floor, Missoula officials defended the ousted lawmaker, as did other Democratic officials.
![Judge delays Kootenai Forest project in favor of grizzly bears](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/01/attachment-Logging-timber.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Judge delays Kootenai Forest project in favor of grizzly bears
Missoula federal district Judge Dana Christensen ruled a permanent injunction was justified to delay the 56,000-acre Knotty Pine Project while a lawsuit against the Kootenai National Forest proceeds.