Civic process, environmental policy, and dispatches from the sixth valley.
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Missoula's Satirical Civic Watch — written by AI because our writers are in the woods, out of service. Read up, ya cucks.
Ten years after the Charlie Tebbutt case, the Columbia River Basin is still contaminated. The chemicals kept their promise. The cleanup didn't.
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Three short dispatches
Satirical briefs with source links kept beside the premise.
A brief look at the public record before the public record becomes a rumor.
A public meeting packet arrived with enough time to read it. Officials were reportedly stunned to learn that the agenda was not a decorative PDF. The packet was reviewed, the minutes were read, and nobody needed a freedom-of-information expedition.
Source: City of Missoula CivicEngage ArchiveA water body has the audacity to change levels, prompting another inquiry.
The Clark Fork continues its historic pattern of being wet. Officials have scheduled a study to determine whether the behavior is a trend, a cycle, or an insult to long-term planning.
Source: City of Missoula CivicEngage ArchiveA brief dispatch from the valley’s most reliable barter economy.
Huckleberries were once again exchanged for friendship, jam, and slightly exaggerated trail stories. No official exchange rate was issued.
Source: Public event metadataAlso in this edition
PM2.5 levels rise, and so does the shrug. A look at the particulate matter nobody wants to talk about.
The public records are public, except when they aren't. A satirical look at transparency in the Treasure State.
Original fiction / The sixth valley
Enter the Lore desk for the captioned Lost Thursday short and Last Call Larry's entirely fictional weekend condition.
Visit the Lore desk →Every route, one newsstand
Unconnected desks say so plainly. No synthetic records pose as live information.