Since the changeover from Mountain Water to Missoula Water Company, one complaint that the new company has received from customers was not being able to pay their bills online.
In Missoula District Court on Thursday, Judge Karen Townsend officially signed the order of condemnation transferring ownership of Mountain Water Company to the City of Missoula.
The long and winding road that will eventually end with Mountain Water Company becoming the Missoula Water Company will come to an end in the courtroom of District Judge Karen Townsend on Thursday.
After a Missoula City Council meeting that took less than 30 minutes, two important agreements were approved that takes the city closer to the official takeover of Mountain Water Company.
On Monday, Missoula District Judge Karen Townsend ruled that attorneys for Mountain Water and the Carlyle Group overcharged millions of dollars in legal fees, and ordered them reduced.
The long journey of the City of Missoula and its effort to acquire Mountain Water Company came to an end on Monday night with a vote to approve the sale of $140 million in bonds to purchase the utility.
KGVO news has learned that Ward 2 city councilor Harlan Wells will be resigning from office as of January 1 to take an administrative job with the State of Montana.
On Sunday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bowed to pressure from Native American tribes and environmental groups and refused to grant Energy Transfer Partners a permit to run their pipeline under a tribal water source in North Dakota.