David Erickson
@David__Erickson
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Reporter @Missoulian Housing, business, healthcare, politics, crime, outdoors and government. [email protected].
Missoula, MT
Joined July 2012
@nealpeircefdn To read the full grant-supported, six-part series on Montana's affordable housing crisis I wrote, visit
missoulian.com
This series aims to examine Montana's affordable housing crisis and what possible solutions have been explored in another city facing similar issues.
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Happened to be in Butte on Labor Day, so I stopped at Frank Little’s grave. A private jet took off from the airport behind me. Gonna listen again to the Richest Hill podcast on the drive home
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RT @blairmiller: Less water, fewer calves: Historic drought threatens Blackfeet ranching economy @David__Erickson #….
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Cattle ranching is one of the most important economic drivers on the Blackfeet Nation, but prolonged drought is cutting into already-thin profit margins.
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RT @blairmiller: Ranchers on the Blackfeet Nation grapple with worst drought in generations @David__Erickson #mtnews.
missoulian.com
"The buffalo pasture is bone dry. People with 70 to 80 years of memory have never seen that," said Blackfeet rancher Joe Kipp.
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Technically, the Johnson Street Shelter was the largest homeless shelter in Montana, I believe. A good look here from the perspective of people affected:.
ICYMI: Uncertainty remains for the few dozen guests who are staying at the Johnson Street Shelter as officials begin the last steps of closing the space. A lottery system currently decides who sleeps in the shelter and who sleeps outside .
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I felt sprinkles from this due to the high wind! A second fire has now started. Evacuations still going
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Fire near I-90 in Missoula. Bretz RV and Consumer Direct are evacuating employees, very windy today
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There are some stories I regret to report, like this one:.
The Oxford Cafe and Saloon has seen its share of stories since it opened in Missoula in 1883, and there's even a book about its history.
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RT @blairmiller: Study: Why are 100,000 working-age Montanans not working despite many open jobs? @David__Erickson….
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Technically, there are 1.6 job openings in the state for every one unemployed person. According to the state, the tight labor market has increased competition for workers and driven up
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Nine communities in my home state of Wyoming are losing their local newspaper
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There are days in journalism when another pub beats you to pretty much the same story you've been working on for weeks. Today is one of those days. Nice work by Katie Bartlett and Hunter D'Antuono at the Flathead Beacon
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The lake that rancher Lance Williamson depends on to keep his cattle alive is nearly dry. Chain Lake, located on Williamson’s lease in Heart Butte on the Blackfeet Reservation, is usually “booming...
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NorthWestern Energy announced a plan last night to supply a proposed AI data center with 1,000 MW, enough electricity for 800K homes for a year. It’s an insane amount- the entire Colstrip power plant can put out 1,480 MW. Would be largest center in MT.
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Heat, then huge lightning strikes, then wind in Missoula. Probably fine.
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Watch the last 30 seconds at least of the video.
'He's being kidnapped right now': Police video shows ICE detention of Christopher Martinez #mtnews.
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