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‘This is the kind of coverage that readers expect and deserve when crises hit the hometown.’

Workers at Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.’s Frenchtown mill leave at the end of their shift last Dec. 14, the day the mill’s closure was announced. LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

I am so proud today of the reporters, photographers and editor I work with every day here at the Missoulian.

The Missoulian’s coverage of last December’s closure announcement at Smurfit-Stone [...]

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A Christmas filled with grace and generosity

Merry Christmas to you all! Photo by KURT WILSON/Missoulian

This has truly been a December filled with grace in our little corner of the world.

Even on days when the news has been difficult – mill closures, accidents, wars – there have been stories of great generosity.
I think today of the good people at Neptune Aviation, [...]

Why newspapers can save the world

This Sunday, the Missoulian will bring readers a package of in-depth stories that show the importance of strong community newspapers and the professional journalists they employ.

Ever since we walked into the newsroom early last Monday and received word that Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. will close its Frenchtown pulp mill on Dec. 31, the Missoulian has worked [...]

Proud to be in your town, hope to follow your example

Workers are Smurfit-Stone Container’s Frenchtown plant head for home Monday after learning the mill will close Dec. 31. Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian

This Christmas, our community is filled with the grace of 417 individuals who, though they will lose their jobs at month’s end, continue to tend to those who have the least.

Word came Thursday [...]