Missoula News

On Friday’s Talk Back talk show, Missoula Deputy County Attorney Kirsten Pabst weighed in on the controversy over the mandatory masking order adopted by the County Board of Health.

Two thirds of Montana’s Congressional delegation, along with the Lieutenant Governor were all in Missoula on Friday for the groundbreaking ceremony of the David J. Thatcher VA Clinic on West Broadway near the Missoula International Airport.

The Missoula County Board of Health unanimously approved the mandatory masking policy throughout the city and county.

Leading up to the vote by the Missoula County Board of Health that unanimously passed the mandatory masking ordinance, County Public Information Officer Mary Parrish went through the thousands of comments from the public regarding the subject.

At the monthly Missoula County Board of Health meeting on Thursday, the 7 member board voted unanimously to pass the mandatory masking order for all businesses licensed by the city and for all establishments inspected by the City County Health Department.

There have been many discussions recently surrounding mandatory mask wearing and the Missoula Police Department provided KGVO with some information about their policies.

Missoula 911 Dispatch received an urgent phone call on Wednesday evening from two hikers and their dog that were lost in the Grant Creek area following a long day hike.

Health Department Incident Commander Cindy Farr said a mandatory masking policy should be considered the same as 'no shirt, no show, no service'.

Health Department COVID 19 Incident Commander Cindy Farr spoke frankly about today’s Missoula Board of Health meeting in which a mandatory masking policy is expected to be instituted.

The opinion from the 9th Circuit Court Judge began with words from the University of Montana ‘Grizzly Fight Song’: