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Separate forums address sex assaults in Missoula

The issue of sexual assault was addressed at two separate forums in Missoula yesterday.

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom spoke with students, who recently returned from winter break, about the progress of an investigation into alleged sexual assaults involving UM students. That probe was launched just days before winter break began.

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Dogged work yields new leash law

Few things get Missoulians more riled up than rules involving dogs. Or, more specifically, leashes.

Some want dogs to be able to run free, everywhere, all the time. Others want them leashed – tightly – everywhere, all the time.

Last night, City Council said dogs can run free some of the [...]

Medical marijuana debate kicks into – ahem – high gear. Eighth-grade pot cookie case doesn’t help.

Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir’s testimony at the Capitol last week in favor of a bill to repeal the state’s medical marijuana law has raised a firestorm.

Medical marijuana advocates and some others say the chief should not have testified against a law that was, after, the result of 2004 statewide voter initiative.

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Councilwoman Walzer pleads guilty to DUI per se, apologizes for lapse in judgment

A Missoula city councilwoman arrested last week for driving under the influence of alcohol pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of DUI per se, then apologized for her actions during a Missoula City Council meeting.

“I made a human error in judgment,” Pam Walzer, 54, said during the evening council meeting. “I [...]

Community leaders: Fight against impaired driving needs enforcement, funding

In the wake of the drunken driving deaths of two Missoula teenagers last month, City Council members on Wednesday hosted a community dialogue to examine the scourge of impaired driving.

Councilman Dave Strohmaier, who leads the Public Safety and Health Committee, assembled a panel of community leaders with a breadth of experience in [...]