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In a press conference call today Gov.Steve Bullock announced that he will be extending the stay-at-home directive to reduce exposure to novel coranavirus 2019 through April 24. He also announced that the directives closing all non-residential public schools and restricting on-premise food and beverage businesses will be extended through the same date. The directive establishing a mandatory quarantine for certain people arriving in Montana from another state or country, as...
Gov. Steve Bullock said in a press conference today he will be issuing a directive next week extending the stay-at-home directive and other measures he has ordered to try to slow and reduce the spread of COVID-19. Bullock emphasized the importance of the measures in his stay-at-home directive, and also announced policies to increase food security in Montana during he pandemic. Bullock said he would be conferring with health officials to determine when would be the appropriate...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Montana State University Extension will offer several webinars that discuss economic effects from the current COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. each Thursday from today, April 2, until April 23. The courses will be presented by MSU Extension specialists and economists from the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research and the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research to provide insight to how...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said today he has issued a directive prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent during his stay-at-home order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and prohibited residential foreclosures on home owners who miss payments due to the stay-at-home order. The directive also applies to major utilities shutting off services due to nonpayment resulting from the stay-at-home order and prohibits late fees and charges due to late or missed...
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a letter to Montana residents Thursday about his "stay at home" directive including a link to the directive itself: "Today I today issued a Directive requiring Montanans to stay home and temporarily closes all nonessential businesses and operations to stop the spread of COVID-19. "The order goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 28 and will buy us time for health care workers on the frontlines to limit long term impacts to the state's economy. "In...
Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Sheila Hogan today announced steps the agency is taking to ensure Montanans continue to have access to various agency programs and services, while still protecting the health and safety of the clients and staff related to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Hogan said in response to COVID-19 concerns, select DPHHS offices with services that require face-to-face interaction with clients and staff will be...
HELENA - Gov. Steve Bullock issued a travel advisory this week for Montanans who have traveled internationally to self-quarantine for 14 days after returning to Montana. "As Montanans return from spring break, Montanans who have been traveling internationally should take the proactive step to self-quarantine for 14 days to avoid spreading the virus in their community," Bullock said. "Prevention is our best tool for combatting COVID-19. The ability to slow new infections is in...
Staff and wire report Gov. Steve Bullock extended Friday the payment and filing deadlines for 2019 individual income taxpayers to July 15 in accordance with the new federal filing deadline. The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday it is extending the federal filing deadline to July 15. Extending the state filing deadline is in line with an announcement from the IRS to extend its deadlines for federal income tax filing and payments to July 15. The Montana Department of...
HELENA, Mont. -- The Montana Department of Commerce announced Friday that the customer service window at Montana Housing will be temporarily closed to public visitors starting Monday, March 23, to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. “We are dedicated to keeping people safe and will continue to communicate and work with our partners, customers and other state agencies to make sure we can keep Montana communities moving forward together," said Montana Housing Administrator Bruce Brensdal. If M...
Press release BILLINGS – U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme urged the public Friday to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud hotline at 1-866-720-572 or via email at [email protected]. In coordination with the Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr has directed U.S. attorneys to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of Coronavirus fraud schemes. "Sadly, there are people trying to take advantage of o...
The Montana state government announced it has put up an internet location where people can track the number and location of confirmed cases of COVID-19. The site is located at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b ....
To protect the public and staff from the spread of COVID-19, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closed its offices around the state to the public beginning at 5 p.m. Friday. "With license sales and applications, traffic through our offices has been robust even with warnings about social distancing and public safety due to COVID-19," said FWP Director Martha Williams. "FWP will continue to sell licenses online and help customers with questions regarding their license purchase thr...
Gov. Steve Bullock today announced measures to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana, closing dine-in food service and alcoholic beverage businesses and other activities that pose enhanced health risks, effective at 8 tonight. The places subject to this directive are permitted and encouraged to offer food and beverage using delivery service, window service, walk-up service, drive-through service, or drive-up service, and to use precautions in doing so to mitig...
Press release Steve Bullock today confirmed four presumptively positive cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Montana. There are four positive cases in the counties of Gallatin, Yellowstone, Silver Bow, and Lewis and Clark. The Gallatin patient is a male in their 40s. The Yellowstone patient is a female in their 50s. The Silver Bow patient is a male in their 50s. The Lewis and Clark patient is a male in their 50s. “We’ve been monitoring this rapidly evolving situation and vigorously preparing for COVID-19 to reach Mon...
Montana's Gov. Steve Bullock announced today he will file as a candidate for U.S. Senate, challenging Republican Sen. Steve Daines in his re-election bid. Bullock joins a crowded list of candidates, although Democrat Cora Neumann of Bozeman announced this morning she will withdraw from the race and endorse Bullock. Bullock had denied pleas from top-level Democrats to pull from his bid for U.S. president to run for the Senate from the time he declared as a presidential...
Press release RiverStone Health and the Department of Public Health and Human Services have identified the first confirmed case of severe pulmonary disease associated with vaping in connection with the ongoing national investigation. The confirmed case is a Yellowstone County resident in their 30s with a history of vaping nicotine and THC. The person was hospitalized in August, and is now home recovering. Eight deaths associated with severe pulmonary illness have occurred. As...
UPDATE: Hoffman-Cluchey has been found safe, according to Missoula PD. The Montana Department of Justice has issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory on behalf of Missoula PD for Mia Hoffman-Cluchey. Mia is a 24 year old white female, 5 feet 2 inches, 120 lbs with hazel eyes and brown hair. Mia was last seen wearing a red strapless top with sleeves and short black shorts. Mia has a tattoo on her left rib cage with the script "If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever." Mia was last seen on 7/30/2019 at...
A committee today killed a budget amendment on a party-line voted that would have continued state funding for preschool. A press release from the House Democrats said the amendment would have continued funding nearly 100 preschool classrooms that would provide early childhood education to 1,500 Montana students. “Today, Republican legislators utterly failed 1,500 of Montana’s youngest learners and their teachers,” House Democratic Leader Casey Schreiner, R-Great Falls, said in the release. “Parents across Montana don’t c...
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA - The Montana Senate on Tuesday passed bills to continue the state's Medicaid expansion program and improve investigations of missing persons' reports just under the deadline for bills with amendments to be transmitted to the House. Lawmakers also supported a bill to end the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual assault if the victim was younger than 18 when the offense occurred. Bills that are still alive and need amendments...
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA - Montana's House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bill that would allow NorthWestern Energy to purchase another share of a coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana and additional capacity on a key high-voltage power line. Supporters said elements of the proposal could be amended into another bill in the Legislature's final days. Republican Sen. Tom Richmond, one of the bill's sponsors, said the bill had been...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Highway Patrol reported today that Trooper Wade Palmer, hospitalized after receiving multiple gunshot wounds March 15, has regained consciousness and his condition upgraded from critical to stable condition. "We are immensely grateful for Trooper Palmer's progress," Col. Tom Butler, chief of the Montana Highway Patrol, said in a release issued this afternoon. "We remain hopeful as we see Wade continue to heal and make positive strides, however,...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A stalled bill meant to help missing persons investigations in Montana has been revived. The measure passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday after it was amended to give the state Department of Justice the option of hiring a missing persons specialist, instead of making it a requirement. The Independent Record reports the measure next goes to the Senate floor. The bill earlier passed the House on a 99-0 vote. The bill, called Hanna's Act, is...
HELENA (AP) - The Montana House has passed a bill that would allow the state to borrow $80 million to pay for building and infrastructure projects. The measure passed a final 68-30 vote on Friday and now goes to the Senate. The bill requires a two-thirds majority to pass because it proposes putting the state into debt. Its passage ends the previous two sessions' stalemate in which the House rejected infrastructure bills that included bonding. This year, a plan by Republican...
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA (AP) - The Montana House has endorsed a bill to continue the state's Medicaid expansion program while adding a work requirement. Nineteen Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure 61-39 Friday. The bill was to be heard by the House Appropriations Committee Friday and needs a final vote in the House before moving to the Senate. Republican Rep. Ed Buttrey said the program has been a success in improving the health and...
The AMBER Alert been issued for 12-year-old Rihannon McGuire, white, female, 5-foot-2, 85 pounds with brown shoulder length hair, brown eyes has been canceled. She has been found safely and the suspect is in custody. Rhiannon was abducted by her non-custodial mother, Michelle Ferguson, white female 5-foot-6, 145 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. They are possibly in a white 2002 Chevrolet Tracker Montana license 734286B. Mother is bi-polar, manic depressive and off her medication. Child's life is believed to be endangered....
