September 2010
M T W T F S S
« Aug    
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930  

Chatterbox is no more; online comments are just too nasty

There’s been a ton of chatter today about our decision to cancel a weekly feature on our print-edition Opinion page called Chatterbox.

We launched Chatterbox shortly after we added online commenting to our stories, thinking that by running a sampling of reader comments on a particular story or topic in the print edition of the Missoulian, [...]

Advertisement

You can help: MCPS needs writing mentors

For years now, I’ve been a fan of Missoula County Public Schools’ literacy army – a group of Missoula professionals who work one-on-one with high school students on their writing skills.

The Missoulian newsroom has been a longtime supporter of the program, starting with former reporter Mea Andrews, and continuing with reporter Michael Moore, city editor [...]

Rush Limbaugh’s pants are on fire

At least once a week, I get a call from a reader asking why we haven’t published a “news story” they’ve heard on Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck or Bill O’Reilly.

In every case, I check into the request and give the reader a call back. In every case, at least so far, my response has [...]

Needed: Youth sports photos!

The U10 Missoula Jr. Osprey took first place at the Potlatch Woodbat tournament. Pictured are Drew Leonard, Conner Kessler, Jayce Denman, Rollie Worster, Cody Weaver, Dylan Barkley, Sam Bucy, Kellen Round, Dane Fraser and Wyatt Herbert; bat boys Geno Leonard and Dalton Herbert.

One of the nicest additions to the Missoulian this year has been [...]

The candidate questionnaire delivered by mule train

Here in the newsroom, we’re busy collecting information from the dozens of western Montana legislative candidates whose names will be on November’s general election ballot.

Starting in September, we’ll publish their responses to Q&As – one district at a time for several weeks.

It’s a lengthy and occasionally frustrating process, finding all the candidates and securing their [...]

Sunday, Sunday: Please take our survey!

Have you had a chance yet to complete our online survey about the Sunday Missoulian?

We’re joining our sister newspapers throughout Lee Enterprises in asking readers what they like, don’t like, would add to or subtract from their Sunday newspaper. We know times are tight for folks here in western Montana, and want to make sure [...]

Missoulian readers tweet: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Gia and Conor Devlin, July 24, 2010

Remember those first-day-of-school assignments? “OK class, I want you to write a paper on ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation.’ ”

I would go on and on about swimming in the river and climbing trees with the Martin twins and exploring “the woods” with my cousins, and hanging out [...]

Grizzlies in Afghanistan!

A shout-out this afternoon from the Missoulian newsroom to the soldiers of the Montana 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Montana National Guard.

Specialist Kristopher Krause of Missoula sent us this awesome photograph of the soldiers showing their Griz colors atop a mountain in Afghanistan earlier this week.

They’ll be missing out on all the fun of Griz football [...]

Help us deliver newspapers to Missoula classrooms!

There’s just one day of fun and games left at the 2010 Western Montana Fair, which means you have just one day left to drop by the Missoulian’s booth in the Commercial Building and help us provide newspapers for local classrooms.

The Missoulian’s Newspapers in Education effort is one of our most important: It’s how we [...]

Portraits from the county fair

Photograph by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

Missoulian photographer Linda Thompson had a confession to make yesterday: She wasn’t so sure she even liked going to the Western Montana Fair when she began a weeklong assignment to shoot portraits of fairgoers.

Now, she’s sweet on the fair. Kind of sentimental about it, in fact. Even a little sappy about [...]