Rose Shimberg is a Missoula-based freelance writer and journalism graduate student. She worked as a contributing writer and copyeditor at Salt Lake City’s SLUG Magazine from 2022 to 2024. You can find her on social media @roseshim and read more of her work in SLUG Magazine, Visit Salt Lake, and the Missoula Current.
Nearly five years into an effort to remove lead from Montana schools, the water at Missoula’s Jefferson School is now safe after a complete re-piping. Meadow Hill Middle School is next. But elsewhere in the state, improvements remain uneven.
