The Pulp

11/15/2025

As a tradition falls silent at St. Pat’s Hospital, doctors and patients reflect on the 10-year history of its Family Maternity Center — and what the center’s abrupt closure means for Missoula.

Providence shut down its Missoula birth center in October, leaving patients scrambling and doctors questioning corporate healthcare priorities.

11/07/2025

Trump's tariffs are coming for Missoula's morning coffee, hunting knives, and quilting fabric — among many other things.

From Drum Coffee to Montana Knife Company, local retailers navigate uncertainty and pass costs to customers as Supreme Court weighs challenge.

11/06/2025

Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis cruises to reelection, and all but one of the candidates she endorsed for city council win, too, as pragmatism prevails over fiscal conservatism and the activist left.

10/31/2025

Inside the left-liberal divide shaping Missoula City Council races. Plus, the new signature requirement that's already affected hundreds of ballots.

10/24/2025

Are fish pics poisoning Missoula’s dating waters?

In a city celebrated for its rivers and outdoor culture, dating apps are overflowing with men posing proudly with their catches. But for many women swiping through these profiles, the endless fish pics have become less of a flex and more of a red flag.

10/22/2025

Hamilton's fermentation festival is back after a four-year rest.

10/22/2025

Marshall Granger’s 'Your Opinion, Please' channels our collective humanity alongside David Lynch’s ‘The Straight Story’ at the Montana Film Festhttps://thepulp.org/no-prior-restraint-in-this-program/

Marshall Granger’s "Your Opinion, Please" channels our collective humanity alongside David Lynch’s "The Straight Story" at the Montana Film Festival.

10/21/2025

Tales from 10 short films offer funny, frustrating truths about being female.

10/19/2025

A forgotten Chinese cemetery reveals how Missoula buries its past — and why the present is so familiar.

10/14/2025

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes remove thousands of invasive American bullfrogs to protect native species in the Mission Valley.

10/14/2025

Missoula’s public schools are grappling with the fine print of new education laws — including a fingerprint requirement for volunteers that comes with high costs but no extra funding from the Legislature to cover them.

10/10/2025

Travois Village residents raise hell, form tenants union over rent hikes.

Residents of Travois Village on Missoula's Westside raise hell, form tenants union over rent hikes.