The refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo held a moment of silence, for all refugees who are suffering in the world, before their feast.
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For months, the outlook for the U.S. economy has been a mostly bleak one: Inflation hitting a four-decade high, consumer spending weakening, interest rates surging. Most economists penciled in a recession for 2023. Yet in recent weeks, with inflation showing widespread signs of easing, a more cheerful view has gained traction: Maybe a recession isn't inevitable after all.
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A rally pushed major indexes into the green for the week, as investors welcomed a report showing consumer confidence is holding up better than expected.
Fiscal Year 2023 is expected to exceed last year’s high point with 250 refugees anticipated to arrive in Missoula.
The exhibit, titled "Stories of Home," is up at the ZACC through the end of the month.
You can try Iraqi cuisine at the Soft Landing Supper Club in September. Also, the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is hosting a Fall Harvest Festival.
About 200 Missoulians packed Imagine Nation Brewing Wednesday evening to hear stories about Ukraine and raise money to support Ukrainians.
There's a new way to experience culinary treats and stories created by Missoula community members who are also refugees and immigrants.
Refugee students who grew up speaking Swahili or Arabic are now gaining English skills through Soft Landing Missoula's summer youth programming.
Brihannala Morgan created a Missoula-based hotline to help get food and essential items to people unable to leave their house due to concerns posedby COVID-19.
On a chilly afternoon in October, Missoulians packed the Roxy Theater to see "The Infiltrators," a docu-thriller about an effort by a group …
Huckleberries tucked into three welcome baskets for the third annual “Welcoming Week” that provides as a chance for Missoulians new and old to…
Clifton Broumand has started noticing something is off at the trade shows.
Not knowing what you’re doing shouldn’t stop you from doing something that needs getting done.
It’s easy to be discouraged by the national lack of civility and hostility to strangers, but that isn’t the picture our refugee mentor team ha…
A Saturday-morning coffee ceremony by Missoula's Eritrean refugees at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church kicked off "Welcome Week" activit…
They came from a crowded refugee camp in East Africa to the strange mountain town of Missoula.
HAMILTON — Representatives from a Missoula-based refugee resettlement group received a mixed reception at a public information meeting Thursda…
Unanimous huckleberries to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, to celebrate this week’s unanimous Senate passage of the VA Accountability and Whi…
In the last year, the Missoula community has stepped up to welcome more than 25 refugee families, and make Missoula a welcoming place that ref…
In the April 3 Missoulian, the article "Number of homeless and at risk youth rose in 2016" caught my eye. Missoula is a city with strange prio…
Where in the world is Eritrea, and why are some of its citizens landing in Montana?
As we approach Ash Wednesday this week and, after celebrating more Lenten seasons than I care to admit, I’m asking myself the great question o…
In light of the action taken Friday by President Trump, Soft Landing Missoula is recommitting to our vision—to help Missoula be a welcoming, s…
Soft Landing Missoula now has a building where refugee families can land. And it even has a soft armchair, though it sits alone next to the st…