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 the district during the summer to do so without a ...
MSU Researchers Discover COVID-19 Variant
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 eas...
CARES ACT Funds Provide New Digital Infrastructure To BlackFeet Tribe
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 Bla...
Governor Gianforte Provides Vaccination Update
An update on COVID-19 vaccinations of Montana residents from Governor Greg Gianforte. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-03_637.mp3
Montana Rank Revealed In List Of Safest States
With about 40% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide and 42% in Montana and vaccination being an essential component for full reopening of the economy Wallet Hub today release updated rankings for the safest states during COVID-19. Montana ranks 25th. Data sets include the rates of COVID-19 transmission positive testin...
Montana COVID Vaccine Update
Since the start of the month, state health care workers have administered about 80,000 COVID-19 vaccines. About 42% of the state’s eligible population is considered to be fully vaccinated amounting to nearly 386,000 people. County health departments are offering walk-in vaccine clinics at multiple sites throughout the state and information on ...
Helena Residents Working To Restore The Fire Tower
With millennials today making up the largest generation in the United States workforce yet struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic the personal-finance website Wallet Hub today released its report on 2021s best states for millennials. Montana ranks 33rd across 34 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of millennials to average monthly ear...
Native Tribes And Reservations Receive Substantial COVID Relief Funds
This summer, Indian Country will receive the largest infusion of federal money in the history of the United States. Rob Chaney reports in the Montana Standard that for Montana’s 13 tribes and seven reservations, that could mean around $500 million to spend recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying economic devastation. Already...
New Summer Program Announced By Afterschool Alliance
Montana reported 37 new COVID-19 cases in an update Sunday to the state case mapping and information website. The state’s COVID-19 death total is at 1,603 people. Active cases in the state are at 957. Sixty-six people are reported to be hospitalized statewide due to COVID-19. Montana has had 5,206 people hospitalized by COVID-19 througho...
Child Aid For Hungry Montana Children Begins This Week
The 10,000th veteran in the state received a Moderna vaccine shot Wednesday. 54-year-old veteran Kent Stewart who spent time in both the Army and the Marines during his 16-year military career received his COVID-19 vaccine from the Montana Veterans Administration Health Care System at the David J. Thatcher VA Clinic. To reach 10,000 was no sma...