COVID-19
The latest news on COVID-19 and how it affects Northwest Montana.
Gianforte asks Biden to end Covid public health emergency
Gov. Greg Gianforte and a consortium of Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday asking…
Hospital: Public officials threaten doctors over Covid care
Three public officials threatened doctors at a Helena hospital after they refused to treat a Covid-19 patient with ivermectin, a drug to treat parasites that i…
Nine school districts offer free Covid testing
Nine school districts are offering free rapid Covid testing to staff, K-12 students and parents at three Kalispell and Evergreen locations.
54 hospitalized with Covid at Logan Health
The number of patients at Logan Health Medical Center hospitalized with Covid-19 reached a new high Wednesday.
Covid cases stress Logan Health bed capacity
Logan Health Medical Center continues to be challenged by an influx of mostly unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, with the Kalispell hospital routinely approaching…
National Guard to assist at Logan Health hospitals
Logan Health hospitals in Kalispell and Whitefish are set to receive assistance from the Montana National Guard as Covid-19 patients continue to tax the local …
Gianforte sends National Guard to aid in virus response
National Guard soldiers will assist Montana hospitals with their Covid-19 response as the state struggles with a surge in infections, Gov. Greg Gianforte annou…
Covid surge pushes Billings Clinic past the tipping point
Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator forcing air into him is most effective when he’s on his stomach, s…
Sanders County health officer resigns to ease conflict
The public health officer in a politically conservative county in northwestern Montana has resigned his post to ease what his resignation letter called "the st…
UM study explores vaccine hesitancy in Montana
As the delta variant grips the nation, understanding the “why” behind Montanans choosing to get vaccinated — or not — is the topic of a National Institutes of …
What are 'crisis standards of care?'
As the spread of the delta variant continues unabated in much of the U.S., public health leaders have approved health care rationing in Idaho and parts of Alas…
Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to incr…
Montana Nurses Association slams state rule on school mask mandates
The Montana Nurses Association expressed serious concern Wednesday over the legality and scientific accuracy of an Aug. 31 emergency rule issued by the Montana…
Covid surge, lab delays challenge county contact tracers
Covid case investigators at the Flathead City-County Health Department are struggling to keep up as the contagious delta variant continues to spread in the val…
Idaho hospitals to ration health care amid Covid surge
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Amid the Idaho coronavirus surge that prompted officials to authorize hospitals to ration health care, Army soldiers sent to one hospital h…
Somers-Lakeside schools reverse course, make masks optional
The Somers-Lakeside School Board on Thursday voted to make face coverings optional for students this school year, reversing a previous decision that made masks…