Governor Greg Gianforte’s administration will pay health care workers $12,500 in relocation expenses and taxes on that additional income to move to Montana as hospitals and other facilities in the state grapple with one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 surges. A panel of lawmakers and administration officials voted unanimously Wednesday to recom...
New Study Reveals Pandemic’s Effects On Child Mental Health
Montana has seen increased investment and attention towards child mental health resources in recent months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a new study by the University of Washington’s School of Medicine reveals the specific factors behind this. Here’s the study’s lead author Pooja Tandon on its major findings. https://northernb...
Montana COVID-19 Cases Remain Steady With New Cases
The state reported 1,422 new COVID-19 cases this Monday. There are 10,739 active cases with 447 active hospitalizations. Three have been 8,601 total hospitalizations. 158,983 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus. During the last week there were at least 47 more Montanans dying from COVID-19 for a total of 2,259. Since last Monday 6,...
AG Investigation Gets Approved By Montana Legislature
Republican leaders in the Legislature have approved a Democratic request for an investigation into the Montana Department of Justice’s involvement in a complaint made by the family of a COVID-19 patient at St. Peter’s Health in Helena. The family claims three public officials threatened to use their positions to force doctors and n...
Montana Hospitals To Face Decision Between State & Federal Employee Vaccine Madates
Hospitals and many other health care facilities in Montana will soon face a choice get employees immunized against COVID in violation of a new state law forbidding workplace vaccine mandates or forfeit federal dollars. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will begin requiring staff at CMS certified facilities throughout the country to mandate...
Park County Health Officer Details Reasons For Higher COVID Infection Rates
1,088 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday. The latest count shows they continue to remain high and the state is now among the highest in the country for new infections per capita. Dr. Laurel Desnick Park City-County Health Officer has some of the reasons why this may be happening. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021...
Montana Democrats Call For Investigation For Attorney General
In a letter to legislative leadership Thursday, Montana Democrats requested the use of a newly created special counsel to investigate the Attorney General’s Office. They cited questions of impropriety and abuse of power surrounding a decision to dispatch a Montana Highway Patrol trooper to St. Peter’s hospital in Helena last week. ...
Montana Has Highest COVID-19 In The Country
Montana became the state with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the country Tuesday morning. The New York Times COVID tracker moved Montana into the top slot as the state hit 97 cases per 100,000 people per day. Idaho and Wyoming follow with 78 cases and 75 cases per 100,000 people respectively. Alaska, which had been ...
Schools Across Montanan Moving To Remote Classes
Due to statewide annual educator conferences no public-school classes will be held in Montana Thursday and Friday. The Darby school district is switching to remote learning today and Wednesday due to staff shortages. In Glasgow, school classes are not being held through Wednesday. In Livingston, the school board has voted to hold middle and hi...
Governor Gianforte Comments On Record High COVID-19 Hospitalizations
More Montanans were hospitalized for COVID-19 Wednesday than at any point previously. Governor Greg Gianforte has the statistics. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-15_737.mp3