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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…
Glacier Park starts spring plowing next week
Glacier National Park plow crews will hit the roads starting next week, park officials confirmed via email.
Hospital guidelines on who gets testing priority
New details on the coronavirus and its local impacts seem to be emerging on an almost daily basis. The information comes in the form of state officials orderin…
The Latest: 4 Dane County prisoners test negative for virus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak in Wisconsin (all times local):
Syria, UAE leaders discuss coronavirus, a thaw in relations
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's president and one of the United Arab Emirates' most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday — signalling a major thaw in Damascus' troubled relations with Arab countries, which …
Meadows toggles between legislator, White House roles
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it came time to heave the largest aid package in U.S. history over the finish line, Republican Rep. Mark Meadows was the closer, working…
Trump issues order in effort to force General Motors to produce ventilators under Defense Production Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump issues order in effort to force General Motors to produce ventilators under Defense Production Act.
OR, WA shut recreational river salmon, steelhead fisheries
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Oregon fishery managers closed recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries on the Columbia River Thursday night to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help in pandemic
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions …
Analysis: Louisiana lawmakers face budget tumult amid virus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana lawmakers who choose to show up Tuesday for a workday at the state Capitol will return to a political landscape reshaped …
IMF head says global economy now in recession
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday it is clear that the global economy has now entered a recession that could be as bad …
Glacier Park closes to visitors
Glacier National Park will be closed to visitors until further notice beginning Friday evening in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevada Supreme Court puts immigrant killings case on hold
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Washoe County prosecutors lack jurisdictional authority — at least for now — to prosecute a Salvadoran immigrant in Reno for two of the four killings that he's accus…
Italy hopes virus is easing but fears new onslaught in south
ROME (AP) — Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear th…
Kentucky AG: Abortions should cease during virus pandemic
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general said Friday that abortions in the state should cease as part of the governor's order halting elective medical…
'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa announced its first death from the coronavirus Friday as the country's cases rose well above 1,000 and a three-week lockdown b…