Gallatin City-County Health Officer Matt Kelley will be leaving his role with the health department to lead a statewide public health nonprofit.
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The Gallatin City-County Board of Health voted Monday to extend the county’s face mask mandate into May to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and first lady Susan Gianforte have tested positive for COVID-19, the governor’s office announced.
After a full year of COVID-19 restrictions and initially being physically closed to the public, next week the Belgrade Library will hold its first used book sale in a year.
Vaccine clinics are being held Friday in Belgrade and Manhattan schools for teachers and other staff who wish to receive COVID-19 immunizations.
HELENA (AP) — Montana is making more people eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines starting next week, Gov. Greg Gianforte said Tuesday.
A Belgrade company that spent the early months of the pandemic making mobile morgue trailers for customers like FEMA has begun the shift to making mobile vaccine trailers.
HELENA — The Montana VA Health Care System will hold a virtual town hall this evening, Feb. 25, to provide updates about COVID-19 vaccines and their distribution.
As local organizations offer online appointments for COVID-19 vaccines, residents are running into technical issues that are making it challenging to secure an appointment.
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How do vaccines work, how have Montanans helped, and what are the implications for COVID-19? Dr. Mark Jutila, MSU Regents professor of microbiology and immunology, will offer insights into these questions in the second virtual presentation of the Winter/Spring 2021 Science Inquiry Series.
In the past year, Zoom, Facetime, phone calls and visits through windows have largely replaced in-person interaction with family members and friends of residents in care facilities due to the coronavirus.
HELENA (AP) — Though Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that Montana is moving into the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, supply is still limited and shots are not available to all those who are newly eligible in Gallatin County.
A Gallatin Gateway man was charged with burglary and criminal possession of dangerous drugs after being discovered at a Bozeman building under construction.
The Gallatin City-County Health Board voted Wednesday to extend the countywide mask mandate and decided it will revisit the restrictions on businesses when they expire on Feb. 4.
Despite an order from the state’s attorney general to dismiss a case, the Gallatin City-County Board of Health joined the county’s health officer in continuing its lawsuit against the Rocking R Bar for violating a 10 p.m. closing time ordered by the board to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
BOZEMAN – Montana State University will begin providing COVID-19 tests to asymptomatic students this week and for the first two weeks of classes, which start Monday.
BOZEMAN – Preparations to distribute COVID-19 vaccines at Montana State University are continuing, with the first doses administered to frontline health care workers on campus last week.
HELENA (AP) — Montana health officials reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, continuing a decline in daily reported cases of the virus.
HELENA — Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signaled he won’t continue a statewide mask mandate in place since July, though he said he plans to wear a mask himself and get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Belgrade City Finance Department was closed abruptly Tuesday afternoon due to COVID-concerns.
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Normal life ground to a halt in Belgrade and the Gallatin Valley this week, even before the county’s third case of COVID-19 was confirmed on Tuesday.
