Archives for April 2020

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is urging the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to modify hastily adopted rules that excluded more than 1,000 Montana small businesses from relief under the […]

Following the extension of Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive that out of state travelers must quarantine for 14 days, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks director Martha Williams has suspended nonresident […]

Sen. Tester vows accountability ‘until every last mask is in the hands of folks that need it’ After pressure from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the federal government committed to a […]

 The Montana High School Association Executive Board, during a conference call to conduct Association business on Thursday morning, took the following action regarding MHSA Spring Activities: All MHSA spring activities […]

President approves Bullock’s request for Title 32 status Governor Steve Bullock today announced federal support for the National Guard to respond to COVID-19 in Montana after President Trump approved the […]

April 7, 2020  As of noon today, April 7, 2020, there are two cases of COVID-19 in Ravalli County. Both cases were travel originated. In both cases, the people that […]

Governor Steve Bullock has announced a measure that will allow first responders to be notified in advance of potential exposure to COVID-19 and ensure they can take appropriate measures to […]

Directive will waive the 2 mill emergency levy requirement for counties and local governments to utilize funding through the federal CARES Act Governor Steve Bullock has issued a Directive to […]

Directives extended through April 24 to protect Montanans by slowing the spread of COVID-19 Governor Steve Bullock today extended through April 24 Directives he issued to protect Montanans from COVID-19 […]

U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester have announced that $12,181,409 will be directed to various health centers across Montana to help the state respond to the Coronavirus pandemic, including […]

By Marnie Craig Half of the child care facilities in Ravalli County are closed because of the coronavirus. Kelly Rosenleaf is the executive director for Child Care Resources covering Missoula, […]

Self and community care: managing the stress of social distancing  By Marnie Craig Bitterroot Valley residents are learning new ways to care for themselves and others while social distancing. Stay-at-home orders and […]

Just over two weeks ago, scientists working for the National Institutes of Health, of which Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton is a part, were given direction to “step down” on […]

Businesses around the nation and the state are being impacted in a serious way by the COVID-19 emergency declarations and the related restrictions on public activities during shelter in place […]

My mom and dad were products of the Great Depression and World War II. Even after those events, their lives were impacted by events that led to a lack of […]

Voters in the Lone Rock School District were surveyed this winter about their views of the school district’s needs. Based on the feedback received about priorities, the voters will be […]

After coming under fire from a local outfitter for being “hypocritical and disingenuous” in its support of a closure of the upper West Fork to floating and having its mission […]

When’s the best time to study a bark beetle outbreak? If you ask a scientist like Dr. Diana Six, Professor of Forest Entomology/Pathology at the University of Montana, she’s likely […]