This Week’s Trending Missoula Stories: July 5, 2013
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Here's a look at some of the biggest stories trending in Missoula from 107.5 Zoo FM
- Two people were badly injured in a two-vehicle head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on Highway 200 near the I-90 interchange. Read More
- Missoula is a great town to snag a cup of joe. In the downtown area alone, there are over a half dozen options for you to get your caffeine fix. Think you are a Missoula coffee connoisseur? Take the quiz to find out. Play Now!
A homeowner near Reed Butte, not far from Stevensville in the Bitterroot Valley, lost control of a brush fire on Thursday afternoon, and the strong winds in the area spread the fire to over 150 acres, prompting Ravalli County sheriff's deputies to evacuate several homes in the area. Read More
It is a responsibility of mine, as a journalist, to have a variety of tools at my disposal to monitor what is happening in the City of Missoula. From local news feeds like Twitter, to Facebook and even the trusty old police scanner. I've noticed while listening to a live police feed in the Missoula area that there are some very common, almost routine occurrences that begin to build a pattern. Granted, ANY city in the world will receive 911 emergency broadcasts on a police scanner like the ones I share below, but there is ONE in particular that continues to upset and disturb me. Read More
Late Tuesday night there was a three vehicle injury crash at South Avenue and Reserve Street that involved a Missoula police vehicle. Read More
Floating the Clark Fork, using clean portable restrooms, and getting sausage from a mountain man who traps beavers may seem normal for all of us who live in Montana. For the Barenaked Ladies, Ben Fold's Five, Guster, and Boothby Graffoe it came as a bit of a pleasant surprise. Read More
America may be all about baseball and apple pie, but beer certainly belongs in the discussion. Read More
Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss will be boarding a plane next week and flying to Washington, D.C. to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama to be honored for her role in the organization 'Let's Move Missoula'. Read More
Pretty Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer Derek Vincent Smith. At a time when music lovers from almost all subcultures and genres are finding common ground in the basic form of bangin' beats, Pretty Lights is giving the people what they want: electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats that fill venues with energy and emotion and send dance floors into frenzies. Read More
Two off-duty law enforcement professionals just happened to be in the area of Albertson's grocery store in the Tremper's Shopping Center on Monday when 9-1-1 received a call that the store had been robbed. Read More
Sean Christopher Wilde, 28, admitted to detectives with the Missoula police department that he raped a woman on Thursday, June 27 at a residence on River Road. Read More
19 hotshot firefighters lost their lives on Sunday after being trapped in a raging wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, located northwest of Phoenix. The crew was caught as the fire quickly changed direction and they were forced to deploy their portable fire shelters, but perished in the flames. Read More
Taking into account the recent heatwave, The Missoula County Fire Protection Association is announcing the end of open burning in Missoula County. Read More
Here's our list of the top 40 songs we've been playing on The Zoo. Read More
On Sunday afternoon, the heavy load of electricity usage in the Miller Creek and Southside areas of Missoula led to what is called a 'brownout' at the Miller Creek Road substation. Read More
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