Griffen Smith

Reporting local government in the Garden City @missoulian • @umontana alum • Former editor of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder. [email protected]

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New: Construction begins on part of Missoula Midtown Commons, two months after the city council approved the deal and amid a recently filed lawsuit challenging the development

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3.8% increase*

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New: Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis proposed a 3.4% increase for the city’s share of property taxes in fiscal year 2027, largely driven by staff wage increases

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@SamUSOH It’s in the story: False report to peace officers (45-7-205 MCA)

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Scoop: Missoula police arrested a man who falsified a report of an armed carjacking that led to a standoff at the Southgate Mall earlier this July. While the man said his car was stolen, others said he traded it for bail money

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Back out at South Campus Stadium for #Griz soccer practice this morning.

We’ll be hearing from 1st-year head coach Stu Gore and co-captain Liv Thorne-Thomsen here in a few minutes.

@406mtsports

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We're running it back:
Ellsworth will get a new trial after judge notified the parties this morning that evidence not admitted at trial was provided to the jury.

A Montana DOJ spox says the AG's office looks forward to retrying the case.

#mtnews

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Sen. Jason Ellsworth reacts to the guilty verdict being read by the clerk in his official misconduct trial #mtnews #mtpol

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The city approved selling roughly 15 acres to developer Miramonte Companies in May.

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New: Residents near a planned redevelopment project sued the City of Missoula last month, arguing they did not receive proper public participation in the new construction ⬇️

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Huge day for Griz fans named Griffen

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🐻COMMITTED🐻
#GoGriz @MontanaGrizFB

@Coachbk_griz @CoachPease @coachDDaste @KeatonJ_3

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@ogdenhix They had the rope hooked up to a motor on the bridge

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People are getting creative on the Clark Fork River in Missoula, Montana

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Ellsworth trial:
Scott Boulanger, a lobbyist and friend of the senator's, testified that Ellsworth asked him last January to backdate a bid for the contract at issue in this corruption case.

By then, Ellsworth had already signed the contract Agile Analytics 1/2 #mtnews

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The comment follows a Missoulian report connecting Ward 5 Stacie Anderson with nonprofit A Better Big Sky, which has poured millions of dollars into the state for policy and election work

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New: A Missoula City councilor said Monday night that a fellow councilor's dark money organization has helped trickle funding into local political campaigns, including her own race for reelection. ⬇️

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Breaking tonight: Missoula County has placed a one-year moratorium on data centers for the next year, becoming the first county in Montana to do so

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Happening now: The Board of Missoula County Commissioners are considering a one year moratorium to new data centers in the county. More than 100 people are in attendance for the meeting, and many are standing in lines to give public comment

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For background

https://t.co/JWRIUCr0qw

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Happening now: The Board of Missoula County Commissioners are considering a one year moratorium to new data centers in the county. More than 100 people are in attendance for the meeting, and many are standing in lines to give public comment