Hospitals ‘in a crisis’ with COVID patients in overflow rooms, more young people hospitalized

“It’s gotten to the point that we are in a crisis,” said Billings Clinic CEO Dr. Scott Ellner. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

UM hantavirus study has COVID implications

A $2.5 million grant University of Montana wildlife disease ecologist Angela Luis recently received to study hantavirus does have some implications for COVID research. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Great Falls High School moves online after COVID-19 outbreak

About 1,500 students at Great Falls High School will begin remote learning Tuesday and through the rest of the week because of an increase in COVID-19 cases among students and staff. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Groups push to resume enforcement in Montana mining dispute

Environmental groups have filed notice they plan to sue Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration after it dropped a legal claim against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

ATV rider struck and killed by train near Wolf Point

WOLF POINT — A Wolf Point man died over the weekend when he was struck and killed by a westbound train while crossing the railroad tracks on an all-terrain vehicle, the Montana Highway Patrol reports. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Hot September: Missoula area fire danger back to high

Missoula County officials canceled recently issued open burning permits as conditions grew risky and the chance of temperature inversions trapping bad valley air increased. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone National Park hosts busy Labor Day weekend

Visitation was up 17% to 24% compared to Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Labor Day weekend in 2019. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Crossbow lawsuit shot down, again

A second shot by four Montana hunters seeking to force the state to allow them to use crossbows during archery season was denied by a District Court judge on Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Livingston photographer focuses on birds in new book

Weaver birds in Rwanda tie knots to build their nests, one example of bird behavior that has long fascinated Tom Murphy. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Former flight attendant’s newspaper collection adds to Bozeman 9/11 exhibit

“For some reason, I had an intuition that we needed to hang on to something so that there was something tangible that we could all actually read.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone County Sheriff identifies man found dead in Yellowstone River

The body of a man recovered from the Yellowstone River near Dover Park on Thursday has been identified as 71-year-old Gary Mollet. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Kashmir: Regional instability doesn’t stop food effort

Beyond the Led Zeppelin song, above the K2 mountain-climbing exploits, Kashmir is becoming one of those faraway places in the world Americans better study up on. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Despite COVID and conflict, Kashmiris keep food coming

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR — While much of India started starving under its self-imposed COVID-19 restrictions last year, one place facing both political and health-driven lockdowns kept people fed through home-grown resilience. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Under pressure, Bozeman hospital considers adding psych beds

A hospital in Bozeman is considering whether to add inpatient psychiatric care after a concerted push from mental health advocates. But even if it adds beds, hospitals across Montana provide a cautionary tale: finding enough workers to staff such beds… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana remains 4th in states with largest Indigenous population: Census 2020

The growth in the American Indian and Alaska Native population in the last decade contributes to the country being much more multi-racial and more diverse, according to recently released 2020 Census data. The demographic data will be used to redraw… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana Senior Olympics kick off in Missoula with over 500 participants

After postponing last year’s competition due to COVID-19, the 35th Montana Senior Olympics kicked off Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Cyclist from Great Falls dies after hitting vehicle in Browning

A 47-year-old Great Falls bicyclist died Tuesday due to injuries he suffered days earlier in a crash after he failed to yield to the right-of-way and hit a vehicle, the Montana Highway Patrol said. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Missoulian readers share 9/11 memories

It’s been 20 years since 9/11 and memories of those terrorist attacks are starting to fade a little. But we all still live with the fallout, and reminders are everywhere. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Caldera chronicles: Silver Gate: The Mammoth Terraces of yesteryear

Just south of Mammoth Hot Springs, near the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, lies a jumble of white/gray rock known as the Hoodoos or, more formally, Silver Gate. The origin of this deposit is a quintessential tale of the… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Prosecutors: Father, son were on ‘suicide mission’ when deputy killed

A California man held anti-government and pro-militia views when he and his son went on a “suicide mission” that led to the shooting death of a Broadwater County deputy, high-speed chase and shootout with police, a prosecutor said Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Cleanup site in Billings added to EPA national Superfund priorities list

A nearly 30-year-old cleanup site in south-central Billings received federal support Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Man goes on trial in Butte for death of Broadwater County deputy, shootout with police

A California man charged in the shooting death of a Broadwater County deputy and subsequent high-speed chase and shootout with troopers and police from several counties will go on trial Thursday in Butte. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

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