🌱 Burglary At Sinclair Station + Missoula Pride Events Lift Spirits

Hi all. I'm back with your new copy of the Missoula Patch newsletter. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

But first, your local weather:

• Tuesday: A couple of thundershowers. High: 75 Low: 54.
• Wednesday: Some brightening. High: 76 Low: 54.

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Here are the top three stories in Missoula today:

1. Officers of Missoula's Police Department were on the scene of a burglary reported by an automated security system at the Broadway Sinclair station near Madison Street Bridge early Monday, Jun. 26. Over a dozen squad cars were seen outside the gas station around 2:00 a.m. on Monday. The investigation is ongoing. (NBC Montana)
2. As Pride month draws to a close, Missoula's state representative Zooey Zephyr and other LGBTQ+ legislators continue to stand in opposition to measures brought before Montana's state legislature and other state governments to limit the rights and participation of queer people in America. Zephyr and other prominent people in Missoula's LGBTQ+ community have expressed their gratitude for Missoula's mid-June Pride as a celebration of queer people, art and culture, amid what they feel is a rising tide of bigotry against LGBTQ+ people and especially transgender people. (Subscription: Missoulian)
3. The Mountain Line bus system, fare-free throughout Missoula and the local area, has been selected for a $39.1 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration. This followed an influx of funding made possible by the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was supported across party lines by federal legislators. (Subscription: Missoulian)

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Today and tomorrow in and around Missoula:

Tuesday, June 27

• Sculpture In The Wild: Memory Keepers Teen Grief Retreat At Tamarack Grief Resource Center (12:00 PM)
• Taco Tuesday Night Trivia At Rustic Hut, Florence (7:00 PM)

Wednesday, June 28

• Wellness Wednesday At Missoula Urban Indian Health Center (8:00 AM)
• Out To Lunch At Caras Park (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Runners took to the streets of Missoula this past weekend to race. Missoula Downtown offers its congratulations to the runners and winners of the Missoula Marathon! (Missoula Downtown via Instagram)
• Take a look back into time, the bygone era to be exact! The Boone and Crockett Club in Missoula has shared pictures of old hunting excursions and you can learn more here. (Boone and Crockett Club via Facebook)
• Missoula Police Officer T. Muis is asking for the public's help in identifying several men (pictured at the link). Anyone with more information is asked to call the Missoula Police Department at (406) 552-6300 or anonymously at Crimestoppers (406) 721-444. Please reference case no. 2023-25708. (City of Missoula Police Department via Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today! I'll see you soon.

— Amy Mayo

About me: Amy Mayo is a writer, visual artist, and political scientist, living in the NC Research Triangle. She graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and has worked in a variety of fields outside of copywriting including policy advocacy, the healthcare industry and pharmaceuticals, and education. She hopes one day to live up to the stringent expectations of her cat, Morty.