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Montana added 79 new cases of COVID-19 Monday bringing the state’s active case count to 492. There are 62 active hospitalizations out of 5,599 total hospitalizations. With the spread of the Delta variant along with the Alpha and Gamma variants, hospitalizations are increasing, particularly with the Delta variant. There is concern for an increase in…
New unemployment claims decreased week over week July 5th and were 94% below the peak during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help add some context to these statistics, Wallet Hub just released updated rankings for the states whose unemployment claims are recovering the quickest. Montana ranks 30th. The most recovered state is Kentucky and the least…
374 new cases of COVID-19 in Montana have been added over the past week along with six new deaths. Confirmed active cases increased to 466 up from 375 reported July 6th by the state Department of Public Health and Human Services. As of Monday about 47% of the state’s eligible population is considered to be…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last Friday updated its guidance for public schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Today on Voices of Montana, Executive Director of the Montana School Boards Association Lance Melton discussed what this means for Montana’s local school districts.
Montana Housing has announced more than $10 million in rent and utility assistance has been paid to Montanans who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were at risk of housing instability. The federally funded program has already released more money in 3 months than was distributed in 8 months in 2020.…
The Montana Office of Consumer Protection and Victim Services within the Montana Department of Justice has recommended Montana direct $645,000 of federal COVID-19 recovery funds to increase efforts to fight exploitation of senior citizens by adding three elder councils to the state and hiring more staff to focus on crimes that hurt the elderly community.…
Here’s Park County Public Health Officer Laurel Desnick with last week’s COVID-19 update.
The Bozeman School District lifted its mask mandate this week after more than a year since it enacted a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to lift the mandate before a July 8th meeting was made to allow the adults who have had access to the vaccine and are working in…
Researchers at Montana State University discovered a variant that originated in Bozeman early in the pandemic. According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, among 55 samples five had the same mutation, namely a change in the virus’s genome, which was significant enough to signal a variant. Some variants have made headlines across the globe for easier…
Access to the digital world requires quality internet service. There are 10,000 people living on the Blackfeet reservation. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs less than half of the reservation has standard broadband access according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included in the CARES Act passed last year was $38.6 million for the…
