Two scheduled road projects in Hamilton will require short-term road closures that will impact traffic, including emergency vehicles, on State Street and Pine Street this week, according to Keith Smith, Director of Public Works for the City of Hamilton. “We will mill some of the old asphalt off State Street from 4th Street to…

FACT SHEET McClain Creek Fire August 13, 2012  8:30 PM Contact:  Fire Information Officer: Cindy Super Message Phone: 406-542-4321 What:  Wildland Fire Started:  August 13, around 5:30 pm Location:  South and west of Missoula, MT near the McClain Ranch Jurisdiction:  Montana DNRC Cooperating Agencies:  Montana DNRC, Missoula Rural Fire Department, US Forest Service Current size:…

  UPDATE:  July 25, 2012   7:00 a.m. FIRE NAME: Chrandal Creek DATE OF DETECTION: July 6, 2012      CAUSE: Lightning CURRENT SIZE: 2,300 acres                    CONTAINMENT:  40% LOCATION: 42 miles south of Darby, MT (32 air miles) AGENCY: U.S. Forest Service – Bitterroot National Forest (MT) & Salmon-Challis National Forest (ID) YESTERDAY’S ACTIVITY: It was…

Early in the week of June 25, Knife River will be completing the colored, stamped concrete at the northeast corner of 2nd and Main Street. On Monday, crews began the removals for the northwest corner of this same intersection, and the storm drain installation and pouring the new curb and gutter and sidewalk. The schedule…

Janine Benyus, a proponent of biomimicry in design and innovation, has won the Design Mind category of the 13th annual National Design Awards program sponsored by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Benyus is the co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, the global leader in biomimicry innovation consulting, professional training, and educational program and curricula…