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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 24/09/2026
Missoula's Sumac Cafe keeps the party going with a Friday chickpea-centric happy hour.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 18/09/2026
A scratch-made biscuit and coffee shop named after the owners' shelter dogs has taken over Drum Coffee's former South Ave. spot.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 16/09/2026
Our now-annual party returns Friday, Oct. 9, at Free Cycles.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 15/09/2026
Missoula sounds off on parking, potholes, gas station TVs and the beauty of a well-placed roundabout.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 11/09/2026
Ravalli County’s conservative commissioners and conservationists align in opposition to the rare earth mine proposed near the West Fork of the Bitterroot.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 10/09/2026
Aaron Wilson thinks a lot about who yields to whom at Missoula's roundabouts. The rules are simple. The perception isn't.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 10/09/2026
To most of Missoula, parking is a headache. To Jodi Pilgrim, it's a calling.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 10/09/2026
Missoula gave cyclists bike lanes across the Clark Fork in 1936. A quarter-century later, they erased them.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 09/09/2026
Bob Giordano of Free Cycles talks about his vision for Missoula’s transportation system — and let’s just say, it includes roundabouts.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 04/09/2026
An hour with Ravalli County's commissioners showed where Seth Bodnar's independent pitch lands — and where it stalls out.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 03/09/2026
Amanda Browder's plan to wrap two Missoula buildings in fabric is anything but secret — she wants the whole town sewing.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 02/09/2026
As e-bikes explode in popularity, the mountain biking community continues to grapple with whether the new technology should be shunned or embraced.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 27/08/2026
A Reddit sleuth accused Missoula's bike-powered composting nonprofit of relying on a gas-powered rival. Three hard years later, Soil Cycle has finally found a way to do almost everything itself again.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 26/08/2026
The Clark Fork went from dumping ground to Missoula's backbone. Some business owners are asking what they owe it in return.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 20/08/2026
The Missoula-born, Seattle-and-Chicago-nurtured band reunited in 2024 to honor their friend, producer and fellow Montanan Steve Albini. A conversation with bassist Tim Midyett ahead of Silkworm’s ZACC show.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 19/08/2026
NIL is giving Griz players leverage, boosters a stake, and UM's Kent Haslam a bidding war.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 12/08/2026
Naengmyeon's icy broth and fiery kick don't just cool you down — they hit you with a sour-spicy sucker punch.
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The Korean cold noodle dish built for summer heat – The Pulp
Naengmyeon's icy broth and fiery kick don't just cool you down — they hit you with a sour-spicy sucker punch.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 12/08/2026
Daisy Chain Fest returns for a fourth year of punk, garage rock and country-tinged tunes — bigger and more polished, but still scrappy at heart.
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Eight bands to catch at Daisy Chain Fest in Missoula this weekend – The Pulp
Daisy Chain Fest returns for a fourth year of punk, garage rock and country-tinged tunes — bigger and more polished, but still scrappy at heart.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 07/08/2026
The Pulp’s print edition just hit the streets, dance moves and all.
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The Pulp launches print edition in Missoula – The Pulp
Missoula's nonprofit newsroom publishes the first edition of its free quarterly newspaper, with a cover story on how NIL money is changing Griz football.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 06/08/2026
A restored photo booth in the Florence lobby is bringing back a beloved ritual.
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Missoula's Florence Building gets a new photo booth – The Pulp
A Missoula marketer restored a digital photo booth and installed it in the historic Florence Building lobby — part of a bigger analog revival.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 05/08/2026
The Old Trails Fire tore through a Spokane neighborhood of soccer fields and skateparks that never seemed like wildfire country — until it was.
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Suburbia can burn, too – The Pulp
The Old Trails Fire tore through a Spokane neighborhood of soccer fields and skateparks that never seemed like wildfire country — until it was.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 31/07/2026
The Montana Osprey Project has spent 20 years studying the Clark Fork through its ospreys. Now it's asking what the mercury is doing to the birds.
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Iris the osprey and the mercury lurking in the Clark Fork – The Pulp
Missoula's famous osprey matriarch is part of a 20-year study tracking contamination along more than 100 miles of the Clark Fork River.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 28/07/2026
Montanans push back on NorthWestern Energy's power plan as data centers line up for electricity.
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Montanans push back on NorthWestern Energy's power plan – The Pulp
As anxiety over data centers runs high, Montanans demand more transparency from the state's largest utility.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 23/07/2026
Wild, feral, abandoned — people have used a lot of words to describe Miller Creek’s free-roaming band of horses. As Missoula County moves toward a balanced management strategy, a proper legal term remains as elusive as the herd's origins.
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Missoula County weighs future of Miller Creek horses – The Pulp
Wild, feral, abandoned — people have used a lot of words to describe Miller Creek’s free-roaming band of horses. As Missoula County moves toward a balanced management strategy, a proper legal term...
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 09/07/2026
The mill site's property owner backed out of the Krambu proposal this week, citing public concern — as county commissioners weigh a moratorium on future data centers.
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Plug pulled on Bonner data center – The Pulp
The mill site's property owner backed out of the Krambu proposal this week, citing public concern — as county commissioners weigh a moratorium on future data centers.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 09/07/2026
Ahead of the James Welch Native Lit Festival in Missoula, a conversation with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain on Welch's poetry, the writers he inspired, and the lineage the festival protects.
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James Welch Native Lit Festival returns to Missoula with a focus on poetry and mentorship – The Pulp
A conversation with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain on James Welch’s poetry, the writers he inspired, and the lineage the festival protects.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 08/07/2026
A food writer's quest to reverse-engineer the carrot dishes stealing the show at Montana steakhouses.
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A root awakening: When carrots upstage the steak – The Pulp
What a food writer gleaned from reverse-engineering the carrot dishes stealing the show at Montana steakhouses.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 01/07/2026
Scott Mathson walked into Missoula's oldest recording studio looking for a way back to music. He ended up buying the joint — and inheriting four decades of Montana sound.
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Playing it back at Missoula's oldest recording studio – The Pulp
Scott Mathson walked into The Recording Center looking for a way back to music. He ended up buying the joint — and inheriting four decades of Montana sound.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 01/07/2026
Devon Lawler didn't plan to become the fresh pasta guy. Then he read a book, bought an Italian noodle extruder, and sold out the Missoula Farmers Market.
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Missoula's Third Street Pasta turns Montana grain into fresh noodles – The Pulp
Devon Lawler didn't plan to become the fresh pasta guy. Then he read a book, bought an Italian noodle extruder, and sold out the Missoula Farmers Market.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 24/06/2026
The only three runners who have finished every Missoula Marathon since the inaugural race in 2007 have become each other's biggest supporters — and fiercest competition.
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Last ones standing: Meet the Missoula Marathon's legacy runners – The Pulp
Three local runners have finished every Missoula Marathon since the beginning. Now they're locked in a friendly race to outlast each other.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 23/06/2026
From Crow Nation teenagers channeling Nirvana to a Missoula neo-soul collective and Livingston surf-rockers, independent Montana artists just dropped new releases to stock your summer soundtrack.
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New music from Montana artists: A summer mixtape – The Pulp
From Crow Nation teenagers channeling Nirvana to a Missoula neo-soul collective and Livingston surf-rockers, independent Montana artists just dropped new releases to stock your summer soundtrack.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 17/06/2026
A documentary from Missoula's High Plains Films about the insects holding life on earth together is back at the Roxy.
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High Plains Films' insect documentary returns to the Roxy – The Pulp
Missoula filmmakers' documentary "The Little Things That Run the World" screens at the Roxy Theater for World Pollinator Month.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 16/06/2026
The cake decorators at a Missoula Walmart have become local legends. Corporate has no comment.
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The unhinged cake decorators at a Missoula Walmart – The Pulp
The Brooks St. Walmart's cake decorators are serving up pop culture references, Gen Z humor and existential dread — and the internet can't get enough.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 10/06/2026
A new web tool called TroutCast can predict how drought will hit Montana's blue-ribbon trout fisheries, potentially before managers have to shut them down.
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TroutCast forecasts drought risk for Montana’s blue-ribbon rivers – The Pulp
The new tool links streamflow data to trout population trends — giving Montana anglers and managers a heads-up before drought forces fishing restrictions.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 10/06/2026
During the day, Missoula's Montgomery Distillery moonlights as a cafe called Mama Tried.
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At Montgomery Distillery, the morning belongs to the barista – The Pulp
Mama Tried Cafe, the daytime coffee shop inside Missoula's Montgomery Distillery, serves espresso, Bloody Marys and weekly specials.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 05/06/2026
For one Hamilton conservative, the 2026 primary election season became a fight to reclaim and defend his Republican identity from his own political party.
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Exiled Montana Republican David Bedey wins primary by 76 votes – The Pulp
The longtime Bitterroot Valley lawmaker survived a Montana GOP effort to purge him from the party, narrowly beating Kathy Love in the Republican primary for Senate District 43.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 04/06/2026
How Missoula's Lolo Hardware turned a climbing obsession, memes and a napkin manifesto into a real(ish) business.
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How Missoula's Lolo Hardware turned climbing memes into a business – The Pulp
Lolo Hardware isn't in Lolo and it doesn't sell hardware. But for Nate Barton's climbing-apparel shop, that's the whole brand.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 03/06/2026
From the Big Dipper to Madagascar, vanilla is anything but plain.
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From Missoula to Madagascar, vanilla is anything but plain – The Pulp
The word "vanilla" can mean boring because the flavor was made boring by design. A Missoula writer traces the complicated history of a simple scoop.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 30/05/2026
Three Democrats are vying for an open Missoula legislative seat. Their priorities look similar. Their backgrounds don't.
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Which Missoula Democrat will speak for HD93? – The Pulp
Nick Kujawa, Sam Kulla and Ben Davis are running to represent House District 93 in the Montana Legislature. Their priorities look similar. Their backgrounds don't.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 27/05/2026
Montana Republicans keep trying to rewrite the laws around same-day voter registration and other election procedures. Ahead of the June 2 primary, here's what's settled, what isn't, and who's caught in the middle.
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What Missoula voters need to know before June 2 – The Pulp
A Montana court has preserved same-day voter registration ahead of the June 2 primary, but new ID rules are still in effect. Here's what's changed.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 21/05/2026
Bayern's new Kölsch breaks with tradition as brewery's founder prepares for retirement.
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Bayern's new Kölsch breaks with tradition as Missoula brewery's founder prepares for retirement The Pulp
Bayern Brewery's Kölsch-style beer is its lowest-alcohol brew yet — and the first departure from its Bavarian lineup.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 20/05/2026
Two engineers couldn't find bear spray on a trip. Now their vending machines stock some of the West's wildest trailheads.
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Bear spray vending machines come to national parks – The Pulp
Bear Spray Shack's automated kiosks let hikers visiting Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Denali rent bear spray with a swipe.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 18/05/2026
The stage is set for Missoula County's first hearing on the data center proposed for the Bonner Mill site on the banks of the Blackfoot.
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Processing: Bonner’s AI data center – The Pulp
The stage is set for Missoula County's first hearing on the data center proposed for the Bonner Mill site on the banks of the Blackfoot.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 14/05/2026
More than 50 years ago, a smokejumper carried tree seeds to space and back. Some were planted in Missoula. The rest of the story is about how we forgot.
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Missoula's 'moon trees': What happened to them? – The Pulp
In 1976, Missoula planted "moon trees" — seedlings grown from seeds a smokejumper-turned-astronaut carried to space. Fifty years later, they're gone. Here's what we found.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 08/05/2026
A Montana PBS investigation uncovered dangerous levels of "forever chemicals" in Montana fish — and evidence the governor's office buried the findings.
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Montana fish have a PFAS problem. The state has been hiding it. – The Pulp
State officials knew about dangerous levels of "forever chemicals" in Montana fish nearly two years ago — and kept it from the public until a Montana PBS reporter forced their hand.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 07/05/2026
An obituary might be the last place you'd look for a surprising, deeply reported story. A new podcast from UM journalism professor Jule Banville and Radiolab founder Jad Abumrad proves otherwise.
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The Obit Project podcast: Jule Banville and Jad Abumrad find life in the obituary – The Pulp
A new podcast from a UM journalism professor and the founder of Radiolab uncovers the surprising stories hidden inside Montana obituaries.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 05/05/2026
As Missoula builds up and over itself, a former poet laureate is holding the line on Levasseur Street.
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'A home in witness' on Missoula's Levasseur Street – The Pulp
As Missoula builds up and over itself, a little blue house is holding the line.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 29/04/2026
UM's decision to kill its master's in literature — over faculty objections — further erodes the university's liberal arts identity.
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The cost of killing the University of Montana's master's in literature– The Pulp
UM's move to cut one of its oldest programs — over faculty objections — further erodes the university's liberal arts identity.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 29/04/2026
New downtown dumpling joint Pelz brings tradition and Alaskan-style punch to the Russian pelmeni.
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Pelz brings Alaska-inspired pelmeni dumplings to Missoula – The Pulp
New downtown dumpling joint Pelz brings tradition and Alaskan-style punch to the Russian pelmeni, sourcing ingredients from Montana producers.
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The Pulp @thepulp.org · 23/04/2026
Unions representing mobile home parks in Missoula and Bonner say they’ve secured some concessions from their Texas-based landlord.
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Missoula mobile home park unions win concessions in lease negotiationsMobile homes, immovable residents – The Pulp
A Texas company bought mobile home parks, raised the rent and figured that was that. The residents had other ideas.
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