The Montana Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday 35,000 Unemployment Insurance payments were distributed from March 23rd Through April 1st providing benefits to Montanans who have lost their job or have had to reduce work hours due to COVID-19. In the same time frame the Department’s unemployment insurance phone line received more t...
Big Sky Relief Fund Donates $1 Million
Bozeman Health has received a $1 million donation from the Big Sky Relief Fund a group that provides money to those impacted by the global pandemic. Bozeman Health will use the money to increase the number of people Big Sky Medical Center and Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital can treat.
MT Supreme Court Changes Venue on Christensen Appeal
The oral arguments in former Florence physician Chris Christensen’s appeal that were planned for today at the University of Montana’s George Dennison Theater have been canceled and the case will now be decided by the seven justices on the Montana Supreme Court. He was originally charged with 400 drug-related felonies including providing methad...
Federal Government Settles Lawsuit with Park County
The Federal Government said it would pay $1 million to the Gardiner-Park County Water and Sewer District to settle a lawsuit the district filed over high levels of arsenic coming into its system from Yellowstone National Park. A payment to the sewer district for the town at the park’s northern gate has already been made.
MT National Guard Assisting Airports Across the State
Starting today all arriving passengers at airport terminals train stations and most privately owned operations at major airports in Montana will be screened to reduce the spread of coronavirus. They will be asked to share relevant travel and health history and to have their temperature taken. If a passenger exhibits a temperature of 100.4 degr...