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This summer, the city approved a 3.4% property tax increase, while the county approved an 8% bump. A Missoula man pleaded not guilty on Monday morning to charges that he'd kidnapped a woman from a city bus and held her hostage at his camp. Annie Gowen will examine how our collective attention decline impacts journalism and give a glimpse into her own quest to limit screen time and what she learned from it. The vision for 13 acres of city-owned property near the Southgate Mall will be on display during an open house scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22. A look inside the Montana State Prison where officials are responding to the ongoing water system failure emergency. “It doesn’t get any more serious than this,” DOC Director Brian Gootkin told reporters. “This is a little city. This is a town that no longer has water.” This summer, business owner and avid romance reader Tara Hamma opened up a store designed to be a gathering space for romance enjoyers. A couple of folks were kind enough to lend me their expertise and thoughts as we near the general big game season opener for rifle hunters on Oct. 25. “If you are a woman and want to be hurt, humiliated, perturbed and outraged at this development then you understand why men have to be chosen at this time."