Power and precedent: Bonner Mill AI data center tests zoning rules born from the bitcoin era – The Pulp A proposed AI data center at Bonner’s former bitcoin mine tests zoning rules born from the last tech boom.

A proposed AI data center at Bonner’s former bitcoin mine tests zoning rules born from the last tech boom.

A conversation with Liz Carlisle on perennial foods, resilience, and the new book 'Living Roots' – The Pulp Ahead of her talk in Missoula, author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle discusses perennial foods, Native foodways, and what plants can teach us about getting through hard times.

Ahead of her talk in Missoula, author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle discusses perennial foods, Native foodways, and what plants can teach us about getting through hard times.

Missoula's weird winter, by the numbers – The Pulp A data portrait of Missoula’s strangely warm and short winter.

A data portrait of Missoula’s strangely warm and short winter.

Jeff Tweedy Missoula show: bandmates talk life in a family band – The Pulp Jeff Tweedy Missoula show: bandmates Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar and Sima Cunningham talk Twilight Override tour.

Jeff Tweedy bandmates (and opening acts) talk 'Twilight Override' tour, musician life and putting good things into the world.

What should Jeff Tweedy cover in Missoula? – The Pulp On his 51-city Twilight Override tour, Tweedy is playing a local song every night. We asked Montana music lovers what he should pick for Big Sky Country.

Jeff Tweedy is covering a different local song in every city that they play. With his band coming to Missoula April 7, we solicited a few suggestions from Montana music lovers.

Missoula to lose Forest Service regional office in sweeping reorganization – The Pulp The Trump administration is moving the Northern Region headquarters in Missoula to a state director's office in Helena as part of a nationwide overhaul that also relocates the agency's national office...

Missoula to lose Forest Service regional office in sweeping reorganization. The agency's national headquarters is also moving — from D.C. to Salt Lake City.

What is Local News Day? The Montana publisher behind it – The Pulp Montana Free Press founder John S. Adams on the April 9 nationwide initiative that spotlights local journalism.

Ahead of the inaugural Local News Day, we sat down with the Montana publisher who started it all.

Man on the hill – The Pulp Along the winding Snowbowl Road, a homeless veteran tends the fire and examines his prospects.

Along the winding Snowbowl Road, a homeless veteran tends the fire and examines his prospects.

Missoula writer Bill Vaughn was watching out for all of us – The Pulp The author and journalist wrote against puffery and for place — with mischief, rigor and a voice you'd never confuse with “content.”

Missoula’s Bill Vaughn wrote with mischief, rigor and irreverence — and never let the world feel ordinary.

Anaconda man accused of planning to kill Missoula abortion doctor – The Pulp Charles Felix Jones, whose bail is set at $5 million, also told police he shot into the Helena Planned Parenthood clinic in 2023. A suspect in that case had not been previously identified.

An Anaconda man drove to Missoula and entered an abortion provider's backyard armed with a revolver before changing his mind, prosecutors say.

Takeaways from Montana Democrats' debate in Butte – The Pulp Ryan Busse, Russ Cleveland, Sam Forstag and Matt Rains made their case at the first debate. Here’s what they said — and what it tells us about the party’s uphill climb.

Four Montana Democrats running for Congress made their case at the first debate. Here's what they said — and what it tells us about the party's uphill climb.

Bonner residents push back against second truck stop in Blackfoot Crossing development – The Pulp Missoula County commissioners hear public comment Wednesday on a rezoning proposal that would bring affordable housing — and another truck — to the former Stimson mill site.

The Bonner community is warming to Blackfoot Crossing’s affordable housing proposal along the Blackfoot River. But a second truck stop? Not so much.

How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore waterways – The Pulp The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are restoring the Jocko River — and its bull trout — through a landmark Montana water rights compact.

How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways.

Dispatch from Lost Trail, the snow globe at the top of Highway 93 – The Pulp Stoke and melancholy as another ski season at Lost Trail melts away.

Dispatch from the snow globe at the top of Highway 93.

Seth Bodnar enters Montana Senate race; Steve Daines drops out – The Pulp Former University of Montana president launches independent Senate campaign — then, in a stunning twist, Republican incumbent Steve Daines announced he won't seek re-election.

Former UM president Seth Bodnar launched an independent Senate campaign to challenge entrenched Republican incumbent Steve Daines. Hours later, Daines dropped out.

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke stands down – The Pulp Citing health concerns, western Montana's representative won't seek reelection in 2026 — and the race to replace him is already underway.

Western Montana’s congressman, Ryan Zinke, won’t seek reelection — and the scramble for his seat is already underway.

The real winner of Missoula’s snowplow naming contest – The Pulp The name submitted the most? “Abolish ICE." But the city kept it apolitical. Here are some of the names the city passed on. Vote for your favorites.

The real winner of Missoula’s snowplow naming contest.

Carrots all the way down – The Pulp This "pasta carota" recipe from local farm kitchens is perfect for winter and tastes like dinner and dessert all at once.

This winter pasta from local farm kitchens tastes like dinner and dessert all at once.

Spike in Mount Jumbo closure violations prompts police to post pics – The Pulp Trespass violations on the mountain are running three to four times higher than last year, driven in part by Missoula's mild winter. The city is posting offenders' photos to social media to help identify...

A mild winter has more Missoulians flouting Mount Jumbo's seasonal closure that protects wintering elk — and the city's trail cameras are watching.

Ambitious play ‘Can’t Drink Salt Water’ showing at Montana Theater – The Pulp Playwright Kendra Mylnechuk Potter's production about missing and murdered Indigenous people is unlike anything Montana Repertory Theater has staged.

Kendra Mylnechuk Potter's ambitious MMIP play is showing at the Montana Theater — and it's unlike anything produced here before.

Whistling past the switchboards – The Pulp It took director Rachael L. Morrison a decade and a cache of forgotten cassette tapes to let a blind phone hacker finally tell his own extraordinary story. The film, 'Joybubbles,' screens at the Big Sky...

It took director Rachael L. Morrison a decade and a cache of forgotten cassette tapes to let a blind phone hacker finally tell his own extraordinary story. The film, 'Joybubbles,' screens at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Lessons from 'Wood Street' – The Pulp Film director Caron Creighton and organizer LaMonte Ford on the Oakland encampment that took the state of California to court — and what their story means for cities like Missoula. 'Wood Street' premieres...

Film director Caron Creighton and organizer LaMonte Ford on the Oakland encampment that took the state of California to court — and what their story means for cities like Missoula. 'Wood Street' premieres at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Linnea Mills documentary 'How to Kill a Mermaid' premieres – The Pulp Missoula filmmaker Damon Ristau's documentary about 18-year-old Linnea Mills' preventable scuba diving death in Glacier National Park premieres at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival this weekend.

Missoula filmmaker Damon Ristau's documentary about 18-year-old Linnea Mills' preventable scuba diving death in Glacier National Park premieres at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival this weekend.

How to fest: The Pulp's guide to Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – The Pulp For two weeks, Missoula becomes a nonfiction crossroads — films that are urgent, strange, funny, devastating, or all of the above. Here are The Pulp's picks.

An unapologetically subjective guide to the 2026 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Proof is in Florabella's pudding – The Pulp The silky Missoula dessert worth smuggling to New York.

A Missoula dessert travels across the country to bring a moment of calm to a New York apartment.

MCPS weighing what to do with its non-school properties – The Pulp The district hired consultants to review 14 properties, from vacant buildings like Prescott elementary to community spaces like the PEAS Farm, as it faces budget pressures and declining enrollment.

MCPS is reviewing 14 non-school properties worth millions. But what look like real estate decisions on paper pose harder questions about what neighborhoods are willing to lose.

How might a $100M Higgins Waterfront development reshape Missoula's riverside core? – The Pulp Former Griz quarterback Cole Bergquist plans to replace the Missoulian building with condos, hotel rooms and a rooftop bar — if he can raise the capital to break ground.

For decades, 500 South Higgins told Missoula's story. Now a former Griz quarterback is drafting the property's next chapter. How might a $100 million Higgins Waterfront development reshape the city’s riverside core?

A tofu recipe that'll convert hardcore carnivores – The Pulp There are, in fact, ways to prepare tofu so that it tastes like meat. There are also ways to cook tofu that taste nothing at all like meat, but will nonetheless make even the most hardened carnivore forget...

How a hardcore carnivore's favorite dish undid decades of bland bean curd trauma.

Schvitzing with Montana congressional candidate Sam Forstag – The Pulp The Missoula smokejumper and union organizer running for Congress thinks Democrats forgot about the working class. We sat down to talk — in his backyard sauna.

The Missoula smokejumper and union organizer running for Congress thinks Democrats forgot about the working class. We sat down to talk — in his backyard sauna.

Missoula's historic Florence building rises (again) – The Pulp How a team of Missoula business owners is bringing the city's Art Moderne landmark back from its post-pandemic slumber.

How a team of Missoula business owners is bringing the city's Art Moderne landmark back from its post-pandemic slumber.