{"id":224120,"date":"2024-10-15T10:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/?page_id=224120"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T23:33:05","slug":"missoula-this-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/missoula-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Missoula 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\/10\/MTFP-Missoula-email-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223715\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/newsletters-sign-up\/\">Sign up for the free Missoula This Week 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href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/01\/30\/program-launches-to-connect-seniors-with-volunteer-help-activities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Program launches to connect seniors with volunteer help, activities<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Candlelight vigil Friday to honor the life of Alex Pretti.<\/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\/katie-fairbanks\/\">Katie Fairbanks<\/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=\"2026-01-30T07:00:00-07:00\">01.30.2026<\/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=\"260609\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homepage-hidden tag-suppress category-missoula-this-week category-no-republish type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/01\/23\/first-homes-completed-in-northside-neighborhood-development\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">First homes completed in Northside neighborhood development<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Providence opens $18M facility at Southgate.<\/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\/katie-fairbanks\/\">Katie Fairbanks<\/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=\"2026-01-23T07:00:00-07:00\">01.23.2026<\/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=\"260370\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homepage-hidden tag-suppress category-missoula-this-week category-no-republish type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/01\/16\/nonprofit-to-survey-renters-use-data-to-combat-housing-insecurity\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nonprofit to survey renters, use data to combat housing insecurity<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wye development remains county priority<\/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\/katie-fairbanks\/\">Katie Fairbanks<\/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=\"2026-01-16T07:00:00-07:00\">01.16.2026<\/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=\"259991\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-homepage-hidden tag-suppress category-missoula-this-week category-no-republish type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2026\/01\/09\/city-set-to-annex-roseburg-property\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">City set to annex Roseburg property<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>December was Missoula\u2019s warmest on record.<\/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\/katie-fairbanks\/\">Katie Fairbanks<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" 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