During a Missoula Justice Court appearance on Wednesday, Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst asked Judge Landee Holloway for $2 million bail for 51 year-old Caressa Jill Hardy.
Missoula County has filed a number of civil lawsuits against M2Green Redevelopment, the company that is managing the old Smurfit Stone mill site in Frenchtown.
There are lots of rumors and accusations swirling in Frenchtown after a teacher in the local school system was accused of inappropriate touching of students.
Air pollution in the Missoula area has worsened to the point where the City County Health Department has increased the alert level from Stage One to Stage Two.
Federal environmental regulators say an investigation will begin this month to gauge the extent of contamination at a former pulp mill along the Clark Fork River in Frenchtown.