People and Media

BEST K-12 TEACHER LISA VERLANIC –

FLORENCE-CARLTON ELEMENTARY

Second Place

Laramie Dean –Hellgate High School

Third Place: Ashley Olson –Frenchtown Elementary School

Best Local App Missoula Food Truck Locator

Smartphone apps are designed to make life more convenient. In Missoula, the most popular app conveniently helps people track down local food trucks to see what they are serving and when they are open.

Second Place: Burton’s Classic Hair Co.

Third Place: onXmaps

Best Local Instagram Missoula Food Truck Locator

In addition to offering a smartphone app, Missoula Food Truck Locator has an Instagram page to keep tabs on where food trucks are popping up each day around Missoula.

Second Place: Burtons Classic Hair Co. Third Place: Draught Works

Our dream has always been to provide healthy and delicious food for our friends and family.Soplease come visit our Retail Meat Shop in Darby,and Meat Shop & Deli in Missoula so you too can see whereyour meat comes from.

Best Local Twitter Hank Green

Hank Green, a Missoula-based author, science communicator, video creator and entrepreneur, brings a sense of humor and expertise to this Twitter account, which has gained 1.2 million followers and counting.

Second Place: M-80 Chicken

Third Place: Brooke Foster - KECI

BEST RADIO PERSONALITY TOMMY EVANSTHE TRAIL 103.3

Tommy Evans is considered a “trail guide” on The Trail 103.3 by directing listeners to new music and genres they may have never discovered otherwise.

Second Place: Denny Bedard - KYSS

Third Place: KC – The Blaze

BEST RADIO STATION THE TRAIL 103.3

The Trail 103.3 continues to introduce listeners to alternative music and unknown bands, including local artists, making it the favorite radio station in Missoula. Tune in to find your next favorite band.

Second Place: 96.3 The Blaze

Third Place: 105.9 Jack FM

Best University Of Montana Professor Melanie Mcgrath

BEST TV PERSONALITY JILL VALLEY-KPAX

Since 1992, locals have turned to Jill Valley, news anchor and reporter at KPAX, to stay informed about the community.

Second Place: Mark Heyka - ABC Fox

Third Place: Maritsa Georgiou

Melanie McGrath is a lecturer in the School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training at the University of Montana. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in exercise science, athletic training, kinesiology, and exercise prescription. She has prior research experience in knee and ankle injury and subsequent osteoarthritis.

Second Place: Christina Yoshimura

Third Place: Denise Dowling