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Federal funds will reimburse state for COVID-19 public health efforts To help offset costs incurred through Montana’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the Ranking […]

Start date: August 19th  Location: Welcome Creek Wilderness, Missoula Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Granite County  Cause: Lightning  Total Personnel: 245  Current Size: 2120 acres  Containment: 0%  Resources Assigned: Northern […]

Ravalli County Public Health September 1, 2020 As of 4 p.m. today, Ravalli County Public Health has received no new cases of COVID-19. Ravalli County currently has 10 active cases […]

U.S. Senator Steve Daines has announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund approved $7,816,794 for the State of Montana to provide financial assistance to Montanans who […]

The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) announced today a Montana State Hospital (MSH) patient has died due to COVID-19 related illness.  The patient, a resident of Lewis […]

Total COVID Cases in Montana 7691 Total New Cases Today 183 Total number of tests completed since last report 1577 Total Number of Tests 253873   County Gender Age Range […]

Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor Matthew Anderson, on Friday, August 28, withdrew his Record of Decision approving the Gold Butterfly Project. The project area stretches over 10 miles in the Sapphire […]

Dissatisfied with the way public input at Stevensville Town Council meetings has been handled or mishandled, depending on your point of view, over two dozen people, many carrying signs, gathered […]

Aware that some people in the valley, even some influential public officials, are under the false impression that wearing masks in public is not an effective or otherwise essential way […]

Montana State Parks, a division of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), is seeking public review of its proposal to acquire fee-title acquisition to an approximately 0.9-acre parcel of property […]

For the first time on the Bitterroot National Forest a drone is being used to map and provide live surveillance of the Cinnabar Fire in the Welcome Creek Wilderness northeast […]

The Bitterroot Public Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously at their August board meeting to approve eliminating overdue fees for most items at the library effective Sept. 1, 2020. “Late […]

Since 2006 volunteers throughout the Valley have come together for an Annual Bitterroot River Clean Up. This year’s event was held Saturday, August 8th. Volunteers spread out from Painted Rocks […]

Following passage of the “Great American Outdoors Act,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has expanded access on 2.3 million acres of public land for sportsmen. The National Wildlife Refuge […]

Total COVID Cases in Montana 7509 Total New Cases Today 93 Total number of tests completed since last report 2058 Total Number of Tests 252296   County Gender Age Range […]

Ravalli County Public Health update August 21, 2020 As of 2 p.m. today, Ravalli County Public Health has received five new cases of COVID-19. Ravalli County currently has 13 active […]

More Montanans may now be eligible for monthly rent and mortgage assistance. The Montana Department of Commerce announced Monday that Montana Housing has made updates to the Emergency Housing Assistance […]

Total COVID Cases in Montana 7421 Total New Cases Today 82 Total number of tests completed since last report 3577 Total Number of Tests 250238   County Gender Age Range […]

Total COVID Cases in Montana 7340 Total New Cases Today 89 Total number of tests completed since last report 1280 Total Number of Tests 246661   County Gender Age Range […]

Start date: August 19th  Location: Welcome Creek Wilderness, Missoula Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Granite County  Cause: Lightning  Total Personnel: 186  Current Size: 2,000 acres  Containment: 0%  Resources Assigned: Northern […]