Yellowstone National Park announced that visitors to the park are required to wear a mask indoors and on all public and commercial transportation. The announcement was made Friday while noting all five counties within Yellowstone currently have substantial or high COVID-19 transmission rates. Masks will also be required on all public and comme...
Delta Variant Reaches Park County
Park County Health Officer Laurel Desnick with a COVID-19 update. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-02_737.mp3
COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise Across Montana
More than 250 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in a single day in Montana Tuesday for the first time in over five months. Tuesday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people in counties with high caseloads should return to wearing masks indoors. Governor Greg Gianforte issued a statement saying ...
COVID-19 Variants Leading To Increase In Cases Across Montana
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 ...
Montana Unemployment Recovery At Below-Average Pace So Far
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 ...
COVID-19 Delta Variant Continues To Spread Across Montana
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 fully vaccinated. The Delta variant c...
New CDC Guidelines Give Local School Districts More Authority
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. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/up...
People At Risk From Housing Instability Receive Pandemic Relief Funds
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 funds...
COVID-19 Relief Funds Being Considered To Treat Senior Exploitation
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...
Park County Public Health Officer Provides COVID-19 Update
Here’s Park County Public Health Officer Laurel Desnick with last week’s COVID-19 update. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-29_737.mp3