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• Warm days bring early-season wildfires to Crow Reservation March 27, 2020
  Crow Agency firefighting officials on Friday banned open burning on the southeastern Montana reservation following a string of small, early-season wildfires. Fire crews responded to 13 small fires in the last week, including at least three started by children and four sparked by a truck pulling another vehicle on a frontage road along Interstate 90, […]
• As cases in Gallatin County spike, Bozeman Health readies for a surge of patients March 27, 2020
  As Gallatin County continues to well outpace the rest of Montana in known novel coronavirus cases, Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital is trying to get ready for an influx of patients. As of Thursday, the 38 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Gallatin County represented 42% of the state’s 90 recorded cases of the new virus. - […]
• Absarokee Emergency Medical Services recipient of $5,000 grant March 26, 2020
  Last year, the Absarokee Community Foundation awarded $35,000 in grants to 19 local non-profit groups for projects that highlighted the goals of helping to better the Absarokee community. This week, the ACF is highlighting grant recipient the Absarokee Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The ACF granted the Absarokee EMS $5,000 to aid in the purchase of […]
• Flathead County Fire Service officials urge burning in fall due to COVID-19 March 26, 2020
  While Flathead Valley residents are taking advantage of spring open burning season to get outside, fire experts suggest waiting until later this spring or fall to burn large piles of debris due to the amount of smoke they produce. Flathead County Fire Service Area Manager Lincoln Chute made some recommendations for those seeking to burn […]