Poverello Center

Preparations are underway to house and protect the homeless in Missoula as the winter approaches.

A Missoula VA clinic was renamed yesterday after the late Sgt. David Thatcher, Missoula's own Doolittle Raider during World War II.

The recent cold snap brought several Missoula entities together to provide shelter for the homeless, however, that arrangement will change as of February 22

The Missoula At-Risk Housing Coalition will hold its 13th Annual Project Community Connect event on Friday at Zootown Church.

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.

Missoula Mayor John Engen canceled the Slant Street sidewalk project on Friday, citing the prohibitive costs to homeowners.

Missoula’s Poverello Center has had to turn away needy people over the last few nights when temperatures have dipped down to near zero degrees.

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.

Missoula's Poverello Center has made the decision to limit the number of people they can house in summer and winter months.

United Way, Missoula’s Coordinated Entry System, Missoula Housing Authority, and Reaching Home; Missoula’s 10-Year-Plan to End Homelessness have launched a new program called ‘March Home’, with the goal of housing 40 people in 40 days.

A lock-in was instituted at Missoula's Big Sky High School after threatening graffiti was found in two restrooms.