AltWeeklies Wire
Showtimenew
The downtown performing arts center in Missoula, Montana, faces a pivotal six-month stretch. Can planners turn a grand vision into reality?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan, Jason Wiener and Skylar Browning |
03-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Bee-Fuddlingnew
Across the country entire honeybee colonies are mysteriously disappearing -- can Montana's beekeepers survive?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
03-08-2007 |
Environment
Religious Rightsnew
We discuss God's Politics with Jim Wallis.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
03-02-2007 |
Religion
Coming Homenew
Former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth on fire, frustration and the future of the woods, with a look also at new chief Abigail Kimbell.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
02-22-2007 |
Environment
Just Say Nonew
Montana fights the Real ID Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
02-08-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Unfair Warningnew
The Forest Service's quiet plans to close campgrounds and other recreation sites on public lands has nationwide implications.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
02-01-2007 |
Policy Issues
Snow Jobnew
After decades of research, four federal studies and millions of taxpayer dollars, the National Park Service knows snowmobiles are wrong for Yellowstone -- so why are they working so hard to let more in?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
01-25-2007 |
Policy Issues
Porn Czarnew
Anti-obscenity crusader Dallas Erickson on God, family, and the temptations of sin.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
01-18-2007 |
Religion
Meth-22new
Montana is expanding its meth treatment options -- unfortunately, many addicts can't get help until they go to jail.
Missoula Independent |
Jessica Mayrer |
01-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Trade Disagreementnew
U.S./South Korea free trade talks generate protests at home and abroad.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
12-08-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
What the EPA Doesn't Knownew
Seven years and $110 million after the EPA began its Libby asbestos cleanup, a new report admits the agency has no idea if Libby is any safer.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
12-08-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
True Believersnew
Montana's Christian environmentalists crusade for an ecological revival.
Missoula Independent |
Steven Hawley |
10-22-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Two Steps Forward in Libbynew
The EPA finally admits that a disputed report on the EPA's asbestos cleanup in Libby exists, but the agency still refuses to release it.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
10-20-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Wrong Man?new
Twenty-three years ago, Barry Beach confessed to a brutal murder he now swears he didn't commit and has been locked up ever since -- can new evidence set him free?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mining Microbesnew
The National Park Service floats a proposal to share bioprospecting profits with the private sector, but should the commons be commercialized?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
10-12-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
