{"id":197938,"date":"2024-05-29T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/?page_id=197938"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:34:38","slug":"helena-this-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/helena-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Helena This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTFP-Helena-email-spring-2024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188769\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/newsletters-sign-up\/\">Sign up for the free Helena This Week newsletter<\/a> and stay in the loop on Helena city government, public school meetings, business news and upcoming entertainment and events.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group newspack-pattern homepage-posts__style-15\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-uncropped \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"197938\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Latest issue<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"262537\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homepage-hidden tag-recirc-hidden tag-suppress category-helena-this-week category-no-republish type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/03\/02\/how-will-helena-pay-for-15-new-firefighters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTFP-Helena-email-spring-2024.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image\" alt=\"How will Helena pay for 15 new firefighters?\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/01\/26\/helena-pd-exits-drug-task-force-over-border-patrol-involvement-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Helena PD exits drug task force over border patrol involvement<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Helena\u2019s housing prices decreased in 2025.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/author\/jwagner\/\">JoVonne Wagner<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-26T07:00:00-07:00\">01.26.2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"260408\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homepage-hidden tag-recirc-hidden tag-suppress category-helena-this-week category-no-republish 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