
In Eastern district U.S. House race, it’s Rosendale versus the idealists

State health department blocks birth certificate changes for transgender people

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Could rehabbing dams in the Rattlesnake Wilderness help native trout struggling with climate change?
When the city of Missoula acquired the Mountain Water Company, it took on the responsibility of repairing and maintaining a series of high-elevation dams in the Rattlesnake Wilderness. Now, a century after their construction, those dams need removal or rehabilitation. Fixing them could provide benefits for the ‘Place of the Small Bull Trout.’

Missoula County voters asked to increase funding for elderly services
Missoula Aging Services’ budget hasn’t kept up with the needs of the county’s aging population, an issue exasperated by the pandemic. Its CEO says an additional tax would help ease that burden.

How Montana ski areas are adapting to the climate crisis
As an ominous report predicts less snow in the northern Rocky Mountains’ future, Montana ski areas are taking action to protect their most important resource.
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Tackling Montana’s EMS shortage, from the supply side
In December 2021, Missoula College graduated the first cohort from its new paramedic program. Now the program is exploring more ways to educate the next generation of first responders and help Montana tackle its ongoing EMS shortage — and it’s not alone.

Population booms overwhelm schools in the West: ‘Someone’s gonna get left behind’
In Bozeman and other small cities like it across the West, the population is exploding faster than schools can keep up.

Montana Supreme Court says no to Election Day voter registration
The Montana Supreme Court put another twist Tuesday in the ongoing legal battle over new election administration laws, overturning a district court injunction and once again terminating Election Day voter registration.

BNSF changes controversial attendance policy
Even with the changes, labor officials remain unimpressed and said BNSF Railway’s new policies could lead to unsafe working conditions on the railroad.

Helena Habitat for Humanity presses Gianforte on housing solutions
Citing MTFP reporting on tension between Gov. Greg Gianforte’s “Come Home Montana” campaign and Montana’s housing crunch, Helena Area Habitat for Humanity has taken out a newspaper ad advocating affordability fixes.

Following tour, lawmakers press Meier on solutions for troubled state hospital
State lawmakers on Friday reiterated their calls for urgent reforms at Montana’s adult psychiatric hospital in Warm Springs, which has long struggled with insufficient staffing and resources — problems that have resulted in patient falls, deaths and loss of federal funding within the last year.