For the fourth year, the Missoula Community will gather on the steps of the County Courthouse to commemorate the homeless people who have died in 2019.
The recent cold snap brought several Missoula entities together to provide shelter for the homeless, however, that arrangement will change as of February 22
With temperatures hovering in the single digits due to the recent inversion in the Missoula valley, more people are searching for a warm place to spend the night.
At a special Friday afternoon meeting of the Missoula City Council, the seven members present voted unanimously to approve interim zoning approval for a warming shelter to be housed in the Missoula Salvation Army building on South Russell Street.
49 year-old transient Scott Lee Asbury was held on $10,000 bond on Monday in Missoula Justice Court after allegedly beating a woman at the Poverello Center.