KBGA Censors Outer Limits, Then Lies About It

KBGA Censors Outer Limits, Then Lies About It

During a KBGA board meeting in early March, Missoula Current owner Martin Kidston marched onto the University of Montana campus, stormed into the University Center, swung open the door to KBGA’s offices and barged into the meeting, barking baseless threats of lawsuit against KBGA’s student staffers. Kidston then whined about information that didn’t even broadcast … Continue reading

Martin Kidston Is Montana’s Gomer Pyle

Martin Kidston Is Montana’s Gomer Pyle

This is the story of how Mayor John Engen targeted his political opponents with deadly force during the terrifying military occupation of Downtown Missoula on 12 February 2020, and his propagandist Hatchetman who published the lies that made the siege possible. The eyes of the world have fixed upon Missoula, Montana. A procedural squabble over … Continue reading

Brandon Bryant Is A Political Prisoner

Brandon Bryant Is A Political Prisoner

A storm has been brewing in Missoula, Montana. Income inequality city-wide has risen to the 33rd highest in the nation. Tension between the public and elected officials over runaway development and crony capitalism spills into the streets. And a world-renowned United States Air Force whistle-blower is jailed over his political statements to, and about, the … Continue reading

Missoula Officials Distort Facts To Suppress TIF Activism

Missoula Officials Distort Facts To Suppress TIF Activism

Tax Increment Financing has become a household phrase in Missoula, Montana. So much so that it seems local authorities will do whatever is necessary to protect the financial bottom line over the good of the people. Now that locals are mobilizing against cronyism, waste and shady taxpayer giveaways, a few local bureaucrats have sunk to … Continue reading

The (G)Reed at Missoula’s Hip Strip

The (G)Reed at Missoula’s Hip Strip

If Missoula’s affordable housing woes and homelessness crises weren’t already ridiculous, the approaching avalanche of luxury condos cascading into the Garden City now places this once-quiet mountain town firmly within the theater of the absurd. WGM’s Nick Kaufman appeared again before the Missoula City Council this Monday on behalf of Cole Bergquist, Cade LLC and … Continue reading