Wildfire smoke can compound coronavirus effects

An annual summer occurrence in Montana may compound the effects of a once-in-a-century pandemic as wildfire smoke reaches parts of the state while the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on respiratory systems. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Convicted arsonist charged with assaulting peace officer

A former Florence man convicted of setting a series of fires in 2006 that cost millions to extinguish was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting a Ravalli County sheriff’s deputy. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Convicted arsonist charged with assaulting peace officer

A former Florence man convicted of setting a series of fires in 2006 that cost millions to extinguish was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting a Ravalli County sheriff’s deputy. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Fish poisoning planned for southwest Montana creek, lakes

Wildlife officials plan to poison the fish in a southwestern Montana creek and two lakes and then restock the water bodies with a native species of trout. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Grizzly bear killed by wildlife officials after killing cow

Wildlife officials say they have killed a grizzly bear after it killed a cow on private land in southwestern Montana outside Yellowstone National Park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Grizzly bear killed by wildlife officials after killing cow

Wildlife officials say they have killed a grizzly bear after it killed a cow on private land in southwestern Montana outside Yellowstone National Park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Judge orders temporary halt to BLM project south of Helena

A federal judge has ordered the temporary halt of a Bureau of Land Management prescribed burning project in the Elkhorn Mountains near Townsend. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Another death reported in Yellowstone County, bringing county total to 27

Another Yellowstone County resident has died of COVID-19, bringing the county death total to 27. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Crews on Falling Star fire working to prepare ahead of possible thunderstorms

Firefighting crews on the Falling Star wildfire north of Park City continued to work Monday morning at improving containment lines and mopping up hot spots ahead of winds and thunderstorms that forecasts show could hit the fire area in the… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

New COVID cases in Yellowstone County double from Saturday to Sunday

Yellowstone County reported 50 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, nearly double the 26 new cases the county reported on Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Bacon s’mores? Some gourmet twists on a campfire staple

Alternative ingredients add tasty spins to these recipes – just don’t mess with the marshmallows. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana brewers battle shortages in aluminum as demand for packaged beer grows

“We’d always done so well on draft, we weren’t too concerned about the cans. Even in my worst case scenario, I didn’t see this coming.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

More money raised in Montana attorney general race than seen in past 20 years

The two attorney general candidates squaring off in November have raised more money than any of their predecessors in the past two decades at this point in the race. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

COVID-19 confirmed among Big Horn county jail inmates

Big Horn County confirmed 21 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, including several inmates at the county jail. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Attorney general cautions against COVID-19 contact tracing scams

Contact tracers with local health departments will never ask for payment, a social security number or immigration status, according to a warning from the state’s top prosecutor. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Magpie Rock fire near Dixon still growing

With temperatures again pushing into the 90s on Friday, the Magpie Rock fire burning west of Dixon continued to grow, and remained at 0% contained. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

US officials seek limits on “habitat” for imperiled species

The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals – potentially excluding areas that species could use in the future. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Columbia Falls man missing in Glacier National Park

Search efforts are underway in Glacier National Park for a 68-year-old Columbia Falls man who reportedly did not return from a hike in the Kintla Lake area, in the northwestern part of the park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Fire near Dixon doubles overnight

“Very extreme fire behavior was observed. The fire continues to move east/southeast towards Revais Creek,” said an update posted on the Facebook page Thursday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Body found in Yellowstone River ID’d; cause of death still undetermined

The body found in the Yellowstone River at the Huntley Bridge last Wednesday has been identified. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Lolo Hot Springs bear-proofs its trash

New locking trash cans and an electrified fence cap an intensified effort to let bears prowling Highway 12 know they’re not welcome around the popular forest recreation area. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

2 more COVID-19 deaths, 40 new cases, reported in Yellowstone County says state

The state’s COVID-19 case tracking website was updated Wednesday morning to show another two deaths in Yellowstone County, bringing the local death total to 25 people and the total statewide to 54. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

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