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Tribal project farmers in Hot Springs protest fee increase amid diminishing water supply
Farmers in the Hot Springs area of Sanders County are protesting their third fee increase from the Flathead Indian…
Tourists stranded in Asia by canceled flights, shut borders
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — From the sun-soaked beaches of Thailand to the foothills of Mount Everest, tourists across Asia are finding their dream vacations have …
Ivey orders closure of certain non-essential businesses
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday said the state was ordering the closure of certain businesses, such as some retail stores, gyms and ent…
New Mexico governor: More social distancing must be done
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Public school students in New Mexico will not return to classrooms or athletic fields during the current academic year because of the cor…
April special elections move ahead amid COVID0-19 concerns
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Bond and levy elections in several jurisdictions in nine counties will move ahead at the end of April after Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee declined a request by Secretary of State Kim Wyman and co…
South Carolina: Visitors from virus hot spots to quarantine
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster on Friday ordered visitors traveling to South Carolina from several “hot spot” areas to immediately self-quarantine f…
Tennessee gov expects 'significant' unemployment pay boost
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee said Friday he expects a big jump in unemployment payouts to Tennessee residents under legislation passed by Congress for t…
Stay-at-home order expands as overflow facilities get ready
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf put another 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents under an order that restricts people from leaving home Friday, as his admin…
Virus cases grow in Montana as Gallatin sees most illnesses
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Cases of the coronavirus continued to rise Friday across Montana, with the greatest concentration of illnesses emerging around the Bozeman…
Missouri governor mobilizes National Guard for virus fight
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri braced for a surge of coronavirus patients as the number of deaths grew to nine, with the governor mobilizing the state's National Gu…
More records broken in virus-related Colorado jobless claims
Emilio Fernandez has worked for a restaurant chain for eight years and signed up with Rover, an online dog walking service, to pad his income. Then the coronav…
Gun groups sue Los Angeles sheriff over shutdown order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Four gun-owners rights organizations on Friday sued Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva over his repeated attempts this week to shut down firearms dealers, contending that his actio…
Utah governor tells people to stay home to combat COVID-19
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Hebert issued a stay-home directive Friday as the state works to curb the spread of the new coronavirus that's now infected hundreds of people and killed two in the state.
Judge mulls request to release migrant children over virus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said she doesn't want a sudden, large-scale release of immigrant children from U.S. government custody but wants to know why they're still being held as the coronavirus …
Kansas coronavirus death toll rises to 4, with 202 cases
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas health officials reported more than 200 confirmed coronavirus cases and a fourth death Friday, and the state's health director s…
77-year-old retired teacher first Montana coronavirus death
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first person in Montana to die of a coronavirus-related illness was a high school biology teacher from Washington state who had retired about a decade ago to a lakeside home near the Cabine…