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COVID-19

The latest news on COVID-19 and how it affects Northwest Montana.

Updated 1 year, 3 months ago

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…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Health worker vaccine mandate remains blocked in half the states

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for health care workers, instead blocking the …

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Fine levied in fight over mask after Knudsen intervened

A Montana man accused of threatening a restaurant manager with a handgun when he was asked to wear a face covering during the height of the pandemic was fined $100 on a misdemeanor charge, after state Attorney Gene…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Montana senators vote to block vaccine rule for private businesses

Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester crossed party lines Wednesday to support a resolution that blocks a federal rule requiring vaccines or weekly testing for workers …

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses a…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Gianforte allocates $5M in federal funds to cover child care costs for medical workers

Montana will disperse $5.5 million in federal funding to assist health-care workers with the cost of child care, Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office announced Monday.

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Covid vaccine clinic draws hundreds of kids

Christmas carols and health-care workers clad in elf costumes greeted over 200 children and their parents at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic Wednesday at the Fla…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Logan Health pauses vaccine requirement

Logan Health has suspended its plan to require employees receive the Covid-19 vaccine following a court’s ruling that temporarily pauses a federal vaccine orde…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Kalispell doctor resigns from UM residency program following criticism over posts about vaccine

A Kalispell doctor who drew public criticism for his role supervising doctors-in-training with the University of Montana and while serving on the West Valley S…

Updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Judge blocks vaccine mandate for health care workers

A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking the Biden administration's mandate requiring millions of health care workers nationwide be vac…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fuele…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Logan Health to require Covid vaccine for all employees

Logan Health is requiring its entire staff to have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by Dec. 10 in order to comply with a federal rule announc…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Query of hospital threats finds voicemail by former senator

An investigation into a complaint that public officials tried to intimidate employees of Montana hospital into treating a COVID-19 patient with unapproved medi…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Kids' Covid vaccine clinic planned Dec. 1

A Covid-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 to 11 is planned Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Board rebukes accusation of 'rogue' health officer

The Flathead City-County Board of Health on Thursday voted to update its by-laws to reflect a new inter local agreement that gives Whitefish and Columbia Falls…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
US opens boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

The U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter s…