Walmart plans to hire more than 500 people to work in Montana stores, clubs, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers in response to strong demand in stores. The jobs will be temporary at first but many will convert to permanent roles. The Arkansas based retail giant is hiring 150,000 new employees nationwide through the end of May. Inter...
Representative Frank Garner From Kalispell On Voices Of Montana Talks About Coronavirus Impact
Today on Voices of Montana, Representative Frank Garner, a member of the State Administration Committee from Kalispell, cautioned that with only 3,000 hospital beds in Montana, even a small percentage of the state’s population contracting the disease has the potential to overwhelm Montana’s health care system. https://northernbroa...
Billings – Neurosurgeon and Dentist use 3D Printer to Alleviate Mask Shortages
One of the challenges health care providers are experiencing is a shortage of masks. To bolster the supply Billings Clinic Neurosurgeon Dusty Richardson in collaboration with Billings area dentist Spencer Zaugg and his son Colton have created masks using 3D printer technology. The Flowmark/Hitech Filters Company headquartered in Billings is p...
U.S. Census Bureau Plans Changed Because Of Coronavirus Outbreak Including In Montana
Timothy P. Olson is the Associate Director for Field Operations with executive responsibility for data collection conducted through the U.S. Census Bureau’s census and surveys. Because of the coronavirus outbreak plans have been changed. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Untitled-4-4.mp3
Attorney General Tim Fox On What Food Banks Are Doing During Coronavirus Outbreak
As the number of people using food banks in Montana increases amid the coronavirus pandemic the number of donations from retailers has decreased Rather than donating food or volunteering the food banks are asking for money to buy their own food from suppliers to keep their shelves stocked. Attorney General Tim Fox. https://northernbroadcasting...
Governor Steve Bullock Has Good News For Working People Affected By Closures
Governor Steve Bullock with news for working people economically affected by the coronavirus. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Untitled-9-1.mp3
Claim Anyone Can Have A Coronavirus Test Who Wants One Disputed By Yellowstone County Health Officer
President Donald Trump announced last week that anyone who wants a coronavirus test can have one. Friday during a press conference Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton addressed the issue. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Untitled-5-1-1.mp3
Helena – State Lab Running 7 Days per Week
Initially the state and its Public Health Lab received 200 tests for coronavirus and now there have been a total of about 2000 received. The state lab is now open seven days a week and turnaround on testing is 24 to 48 hours. Some for-profit labs are doing COVID-19 testing but their turnaround times are four or five days or longer.
Sidney – Coronavirus Impacts Petroleum Industry
The coronavirus has hit Montana’s petroleum industry hard with the slowing of the Chinese economy depressing global demand as a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia floods the market with oil that’s cheaper than Montana can produce. Montana’s oil industry particularly the Bakken Formation of eastern Montana’s Williston Basin is not compet...
Flushing flow to aid Bighorn River trout
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to make sportsmen and recreationists aware of sizable increases in water flows in the Bighorn River March 24 as part of a flushing flow project. Game and Fish has requested the flushing flow from the Bureau of Reclamation in order to clean fine sediments from fish spawning habitats and to increas...