David Erickson

Organizers have announced the musical artists for the two-day Zootown Music Festival to be held at the Missoula County Fairgrounds next summer.

There's a new Mexican restaurant in Missoula, and there's also a new retail bakery and coffee shop.

There are about 300 children living at the Villagio in Missoula's Northside neighborhood.

"Affordability concerns are most acute in the western portion of the state where house price growth significantly outpaced wage growth," said an economist.

There's a brand new coffee shop and restaurant in Missoula. Also, new food trucks have been popping up around town.

Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis said people from higher-wage states are moving here and retiring here and snapping up homes, which increases housing prices.

The new 26,000-square foot National Conservation Legacy Center will be built with an innovative, environmentally-friendly building material, mass timber.

City residents will see an additional $10.15 a year in increased property taxes for every $100,000 in assessed home value. County residents will pay slightly more.

Two men held a meeting in Condon on Tuesday to announce plans to purchase the historic Holland Lake Lodge.

“When this policy/strategy was written over five years ago, I mean the world has changed so much," said a city strategic initiatives manager.