It had to happen sometime, but my story began in earnest today (Saturday) when, after coming down with what I thought was just a cold on Friday, turned out to be COVID 19 today.
For over two hours on Wednesday, Missoula County Commissioners listened to their department heads detail the impact of state and federal budget cuts to the services they offer.
What once was 'Bike, Walk, Bus week in Missoula has now become 'Walk and Roll Missoula', but the point is the same, to get people out of their cars and walking, biking or busing around town.
When Missoula schools begin their early fall sports practices, air quality will be an important consideration as to whether practices will be held outdoors or indoors.
The University of Montana project to install a bio-mass boiler to heat campus buildings and reduce the University's 'carbon footprint' has run into another delay.