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Billings Public Schools kicked off the school year Monday, in-person, masked, and on the heels of a scheduling mad-dash, hoping to balance relatively normal school and COVID-19 precautions. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Updated COVID-19 testing data from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services shows another round of testing has confirmed 54 new COVID-19 cases in the state. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana’s U.S. House candidates are widely divided on President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when it comes to testing, which health officials consider essential to limiting the virus’s spread. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Relatively few water right transactions take place or intended uses changed and when they do, it is generally not a very public process. Due to the specialized knowledge of water rights law, finding professionals to assist with the process can… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

More than 30 inmates at Yellowstone County Detention Facility have tested positive for COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana reported 167 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 1,471, and a total of 90 people have died due to the virus after Missoula County health officials confirmed a third… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Teachers are optimistic about a robust school year, with its new safety measures, schedule changes, and pandemic-proof learning concepts, but that’s tempered by the likelihood of COVID-19 cases. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone National Park enacted fire restrictions on Friday as very high fire danger enveloped the region. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The state reported adding 142 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, with 1,329 active cases around the state. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Quick action from both the air and the ground has kept a lid on eight lightning-caused fires on the Bitterroot National Forest this week. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Court records released Thursday detail some of the evidence that led to the arrest of Leon Michael Ford, who is suspected of killing and dismembering Helena-area resident John “Mike” Crites in 2011. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

COVID-19 has caused the deaths of two more people in Yellowstone County, RiverStone Health announced Thursday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Lectures halls filled back up with socially distanced students Wednesday as classes began at Montana State University Billings, and some stayed empty with professors taking the course out into the overcast summer day. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

African Americans were making history in Montana even before it was a territory. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A group of women from the Helena League of Women Voters gathered at the Capitol building on Tuesday to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A Washington man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of deliberate homicide in the death of John “Mike” Crites, whose remains were found in bags outside Helena in October 2011. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

An investigation into sex trafficking at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has resulted in the arrest of eight men, the U.S. attorney in South Dakota announced on Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Members of Montana’s congressional delegation responded with relief to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s statement Tuesday that he’d suspend any changes to the Postal Service until after the election. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

An early-morning storm packing lots of lightning sparked at least five fires on the Bitterroot National Forest Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Big Horn County reported Wednesday morning that a 14th person has died due to COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The pandemic hasn’t dampened tourists’ desire to visit Yellowstone National Park. Despite the hassles of traveling with hand sanitizer, masks and staying socially distant during the novel coronavirus outbreak, visitation to the park was up by about 2% in July… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service