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MONTANA — The Montana Supreme Court issued an order Friday encouraging Montana courts to delay jury trials in an effort to slow transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Supreme Court’s order, in the form of a letter from Chief Justice Mike McGrath, also requires state courts to release at-risk people over age 60 or with underlying health conditions from reporting for jury duty in person at the juror’s request. Potential jurors who are considered high or medium risk for COVID-19 exposure by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control should be directed outright not to report for jury duty, McGrath also wrote. He said the CDC designation includes people who have traveled...
News from State Representative Tom Winter MONTANA — As our communities begin to grapple with the state of emergency surrounding the COVID-19 virus, thousands of Montanans will feel the financial strains that come with it. Schools will close, forcing parents to pay for childcare or to take off from...
News from Whitney Williams MISSOULA — As the state monitors the potential spread of COVID-19, candidate for Montana Governor Whitney Williams is calling on the state to hold a mail-in election for the primary in June. In an effort to mitigate the effects of coronavirus on voter turnout...
News from the Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry POLSON – The Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry will be open during regular hours, Tuesday at 2 to 6 p.m. and Friday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Due to the COVID-19 virus, the food pantry will be utilizing a drive through service. People need to keep in mind t...
News from Kalispell Regional Hospital KALISPELL — Kalispell Regional Hospital is expanding visitor restrictions at Kalispell Regional Medical Center at the health center and North Valley Hospital to protect the health and safety of our patients, families and staff in response to the COVID-19 pande...
LAKE COUNTY — Active listening, I statements, acknowledgement … the basics of healthy communication can save marriages, and maybe even bridge political divides. In a time of increasing divide between left and right, finding common ground has gotten harder. In an effort to keep the peace, marr...
News from the Office of the Governor, Montana DPHHS MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock provided an update on the Montanan visiting Maryland who tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 last week. Maryland investigators reported to DPHHS that the patient was last in Montana on November of 2019 and ha...
Like most of the rest of the world, in the coming weeks, Lake County will be visited by COVID-19, the illness caused by a novel corona virus, SARS-CoV-2. Though the day to day work of caring for individual patients is vitally important, in times of a public health event it is critical that we consider the he...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce MONTANA – Montana’s Census Complete Count Committee has recently launched a new 2020 Census Website, CENSUS.MT.GOV. The new website has been designed to offer a user-friendly experience with improved navigation and easy-to-find resources....
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