Poetic injustice By Katie Fairbanks ● Education ● April 29, 2026 UM’s decision to kill its master’s in literature — over faculty objections — further erodes the university’s liberal arts identity.
Not your babushka’s dumplings By Alex Sakariassen ● Food ● April 29, 2026 New downtown dumpling joint Pelz brings tradition and Alaskan-style punch to the Russian pelmeni.
Sweet dreams are made of this By Claire Bernard ● Business ● April 22, 2026 A lifelong Missoula candy lover opens Zootown Sweets with help from his daughters and a serious stockpile of nostalgia.
Mobile homes, immovable residents By Katie Fairbanks ● Housing ● April 22, 2026 Unions representing mobile home parks in Missoula and Bonner say they’ve secured some concessions from their Texas-based landlord.
Shinn’s in at UM By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Fresh Press ● April 17, 2026 Jeremiah Shinn picked to be University of Montana’s next president.
Power and precedent By Claire Bernard ● News ● April 10, 2026 A proposed AI data center at Bonner’s former bitcoin mine tests zoning rules born from the last tech boom.
Missoula’s weird winter, by the numbers By Justin Bangtson ● Environment ● April 8, 2026 A data portrait of Missoula’s strangely warm and short winter.
Logging off By Robert Chaney ● Government & Politics ● April 1, 2026 Missoula to lose Forest Service regional office in sweeping reorganization. The agency’s national headquarters is also moving — from D.C. to Salt Lake City.
Right under your nose By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● News ● April 1, 2026 Ahead of the inaugural Local News Day, we sat down with the Montana publisher who started it all.
‘He was right there with the loaded gun’ By Katie Fairbanks ● News ● March 19, 2026 An Anaconda man drove to Missoula and entered an abortion provider’s backyard armed with a revolver before changing his mind, prosecutors say.
