Community

Non-profit to provide insurance help

Montana Navigator is assisting those who have lost insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Montana Coronavirus Map

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As of 8 a.m. Friday morning Montana had 108 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Of the 108 confirmed cases there has been seven hospitalizations. There are zero confirmed cases in Custer County.

Keep Miles City Beautiful receives president’s award

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, presented Keep Miles City Beautiful with its 2019 President’s Circle Award recognition at the Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Conference. The conference recently took place in Memphis, Tennessee, according to a news release from Keep Miles City Beautiful. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance by certified affiliates of Keep America Beautiful in creating clean, green, and beautiful communities.

Magazine submissions sought

The “Whitefish Review” magazine’s team is reviewing submissions through Tuesday for its issue No. 25. The issue will be published this spring.

ACL adds information to its resource page

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is continuing to add guidance and resources for the aging and disability networks and the people it serves to its our COVID-19 resource page at acl.gov.

Not a care in the world

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A group of horses eat hay on Linger Ranch near Miles City.

Farm bureau steps up with positive messages, mental health resources

Farmers and ranchers across the state were experiencing hard times with low commodity prices and natural disasters long before the thought of COVID-19. American Farm Bureau and state Farm Bureaus were stepping up to the plate by highlighting issues about mental health, stress in rural areas, and the importance of helping each other.

Livestock Auction

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Vehicles lined up outside for the Tuesday sale.

Dog Sculpture

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Erin Thormodsgard of Girl Ran Away with the Spoon welds on a commissioned piece of two dogs. STAR PHOTO/Sharon Moore

Housing partnership conference rescheduled

To protect against the spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 Montana Housing and NeighborWorks Montana have decided to move to a one-day virtual format for the annual housing partnership conference originally scheduled for Monday, June 15, through Friday, June 17, and postpone an in-person conference to June of 2021. The number one priority for doing this is the health and safety of the sponsors and attendees.