Candace Lost-Bear wipes down tables in the empty dining room at Piggyback BBQ in Whitefish on Thursday, March 19. The abrupt closure of restaurants, bars and related businesses has affected the employment of scores of Flathead Valley workers. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
March 22, 2020
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March 22, 2020 1 a.m.
Business closures leave thousands without jobs
Emergency closures ordered by the state of Montana and Flathead County in connection with the threat of a novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 outbreak has left scores of workers across the Flathead Valley suddenly out of a job.