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At Gov. Greg Gianforte's first bill-signing ceremony Wednesday afternoon, for Senate Bill 65, he said he will announce the end to Montana's mask mandate this Friday morning. Passage of SB 65, which protects businesses from lawsuits resulting from COVID-19 transmission at their establishments provided they make good faith efforts to keep people safe, is something Gianforte has said would be required for him to rescind his predecessor's mandate. He said this, combined with the o...
At a press conference this afternoon Gov. Greg Gianforte announced a revision to the COVID-19 mandates of his predecessor that effectively eliminates any restrictions on gathering size, the operating hours of restaurants, bars, breweries and casinos or their in-dining-room capacity. This new directive will go into effect on Friday morning. Gianforte said his administration has consulted with public health experts, health care providers, and business leaders before making this...
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said today he was one of the people who participated in a trial of the vaccine pharmaceutical company Pfizer says appears to be 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19, and he encourages everyone to get the vaccination if it is approved and becomes available. Daines said part of the reason he wanted to be part of the test is to encourage all Montanans to get vaccinated once it is available. He said other than slight soreness in his arm,...
Gov. Steve Bullock announced today new restrictions to take effect Friday in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19 throughout Montana, which he said has created a dire situation. "Lives are at stake in what we each do individually between now and the wide-spread availability of the vaccine, Bullock said during a pres conference this afternoon. "... Our health care workers are exhausted and our in hospital resources are becoming exhausted." The new restrictions ibclude...
Watch for updates on this and other races here through the night and full coverage in Wednesday's edition of The Havre Daily News. 12:10 a.m. Republicans pull ahead as vote trickle in By: Patrick Johnston With 25 percent of precincts in Montana reporting, Republicans running in state and federal elections are pulling ahead of democrats significantly. President Donald Trump is now 12 points ahead of Former Vice-President Joe Biden with 55 percent of Montana votes so far to...
By Katheryn Houghton and Matt Volz Kaiser Health News Just 15 days ahead of the election, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney laid out his ideas on how he’d handle the COVID-19 pandemic if elected governor. Details were few, but the Democrat’s plan became one of only a handful being offered by candidates in the 11 U.S. governor’s races about how they’ll approach what’s certain to be the dominant issue of their terms, should they win. While much of the nation’s focus is on who will be president come January, voters who are decidin...
A press release issued late Monday morning said Sen. Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville, has called a Montana Legislature Joint Rules Committee meeting for Thursday morning at 11. This will be a hybrid meeting held out of Room 317 in the State Capitol and through Zoom. As the Joint Rules Committee does not have a webpage, the meeting materials will be posted on the Legislative Council meeting materials page at https://webprod.legmt.gov/committees/admincom/lc/meeting-info as soon as they are available. These are public meetings. For...
CHRIS AADLAND Montana Free Press Editor’s note: This version has been updated to include a comment from a Daines campaign spokesperson. It’s campaign season in Montana — and the political mudslinging is already giving our airwaves and social media networks the aura of a cattle feedlot. As candidates and political committees trade salvos, Montana Free Press will dissect the key political attack lines to dig out the facts embedded in the sludge. This is the fourth installment in teh Montana Free Press MuckWatch series. The m...
Law enforcement officials announced this morning that the AMBER Alert for Lucas Warner has just been canceled. The Lincoln County Sheriff's office located baby Lucas this morning and he is safe. The Flathead County Sheriff's office thanks everyone for their assistance....
By Patrick Johnston At a press conference this afternoon, Gov. Steve Bullock announced that he is amending the directive he issued July 15 that requires people in counties with four or more active cases of COVID-19 to wear face masks in certain indoor and outdoor environments to include public and private K-12 schools in preparation for the upcoming re-opening of many such institutions this fall. Bullock said this decision is based on the advice he's received from health...
Gov. Steve Bullock today issued a directive to ensure all eligible Montanans can safely vote in the 2020 November general election by allowing counties to expand voting by mail and early voting. ITALIC See more on this in Friday’s Havre Daily News article about Bullock’s press conference held today. ENDITALIC Whether or not they provide mail ballots, all counties will be required to offer in person voting opportunities and take precautions to ensure Montanans have the option to register or vote safely. “I am in agree...
Katheryn Houghton, [email protected], @K_Hought Kaiser Health News WOLF POINT - Cowboys lined the metal chutes that released bucking horses and their riders into the arena, Miss Rodeo Montana signed autographs for fans, and coronavirus warning signs ended with "Face mask usage is of personal choice." Most of the rodeo riders and audience at the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede appeared to skip masks, despite public health recommendations and increasing pressure to stem...
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a directive effective today requiring people in public settings and gatherings of 50 or more people where social distancing is not possible to wear a mask or cloth face covering. Bullock said during a press conference Wednesday thes directive is in response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and the deaths have come with it. He said in the last month the state went from 55 to over 1,000 cases, with active cases doubling in the past two weeks, with...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 1,371 with 44 new cases, which does not include five positive rapid tests in Hill County. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 117 with 22 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 106,421 with 1,094 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 23. The number of recoveries was 759 and the number of...
It is not too late to apply for a part-time position with the 2020 Census. Working as a temporary census taker is a great way to earn extra income and help the community. The Census Bureau is currently recruiting thousands of census takers, also called enumerators, to visit housing units and other dwellings to collect responses from those who did not self-respond online, by phone or by mail. Later this summer, census takers are scheduled to begin visiting non-responding households. The health and safety of Census Bureau...
Updated 5:45 a.m. July 1 Officials announced the Amber Alert issued Monday for an infant abducted in Poplar has been canceled. A release issued Tuesday night said 1-year-old Malachai Talley has been located and is safe. No other details were provided. Updated 8:40 a.m. June 29 Officials have released an Amber Alert for an infant abducted from Poplar. The release said Malachie Talley, a 1-year-old black and Native American Boy, was forcefully taken from his home in Poplar by Dejarreh Talley, a 22-year-old black man. Dejarrah...
A crash between a westbound Amtrak train and a tractor on the eastern edge of Montana Friday morning killed the driver of the tractor, injured several Amtrak passengers and employees and delayed the trains running both westbound and eastbound on the Hi-Line. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said in a statement Friday night that the crass occurred about 10:41 a.m. Friday at a railroad crossing east of Wolf Point. Sources report the driver of the John Deere sprayer that the train collided with at the crossing died as a result of...
Gov. Steve Bullock said today during a press conference that the Montana entrances to Yellowstone National Park are planned to open Monday and, while no date is set, the state is working with Glacier National Park to set an opening date for the west entrances there. Bullock said the eastern entrances to Glacier opening will depend on when the Blackfeet Nation of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation lifts its ban on non-essential travel. Bullock said the goal is to start a phased r...
Citing success in keeping down the spread of COVID-19 in Montana, Gov. Steve Bullock said today the state will enter Phase Two of the state re-opening plan starting June 1. Bullock said people need to remember this is a "new normal" and is not returning to how things were before the pandemic started. "Montana has truly has been an example for the rest of the nation in our response to this pandemic," he said, adding that that only will continue as the state goes further into...
Editor's note: This version corrects the website where people can view the grant programs. Gov. Steve Bullock announced today the first round of grants from the $1.25 billion the federal government provided to Montana through the CARES Act to help the state deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. "I want to be clear, this is Just an initial round of funding based on the immediate needs identified by Montanans and small businesses," Bullock said. "There will certainly be additional...
Aidan White is leading the efforts for Shopping Angels Montana to connect vulnerable populations to volunteers wanting to support them. Shopping Angels is an international volunteer program founded by Jayde Powell, an Honors pre-medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno in mid-March 2020. The program was featured in a story on CNN. The program's mission statement reads: "Shopping Angels is a program designed to provide services to those populations deemed especially...
HELENA - The Montana Department of Labor and Industry announced Tuesday that Montana's self-employed, independent contractors, gig workers, and others not eligible for regular Unemployment Insurance benefits can begin filing claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits expanded under the recently passed CARES Act starting Wednesday. "Help is now on the way for many Montanans who previously were not eligible for regular UI benefits. As Montana has such a high rate of...
In a press conference at noon today, Gov. Steve Bullock announced his plan for a phased reopening of the state, with restrictions remaining in place through the first phases. "Our new normal is going to look different," Bullock said. "This virus isn't gone for Montana." Bullock said that, starting Sunday, his stay-at-home directive will be lifted, including churches being allowed to start in-person services, although social distancing must still be enforced. Monday, main...
Gov. Steve Bullock is saying in a press conference that Montana will be working next week to set up a phased re-opening if the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to drop. He said that because Montana reacted quickly it has been able to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 that causes COVID-19 it is in a better position than many states to lift restrictions. He implemented multiple restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 and has set them to expire April 19,...
MontanaPBS will continue with the third installation of their live broadcast special "Answering Questions About Coronavirus" tonight at 7. Thes program will be available to view on-air, online via http://montanapbs.org/live and on the MontanaPBS Facebook page. During this special program, host John Twiggs will hold a conversation via video conference with Katie Sadowski, Homeward Financial Educator; Coralee Schmitz, COO, Rimrock; and Dr. Joshua Christensen, infectious disease...
