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Federal agencies are figuring out how to treat masks on public land in the wake of Gov. Greg Gianforte’s repeal of Montana’s statewide mask mandate....
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Glacier National Park is considering a visitor reservation system to handle park congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic. Park officials are also...
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Heavy snowfall combined with wind has prompted several avalanche warnings around Montana.
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Montana’s economic performance in 2020 will go down as the worst in its post war history, but economists say a flood of federal relief dollars have largely buoyed incomes and the state’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana held its annual economic outlook seminar this week and told the story of Montana’s industries.
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Final numbers show 2020 was the busiest year at Montana state parks with more than 3.4 million visitors. That’s a 30 percent increase over the previous year. National parks saw fewer visitors overall but upticks at the end of the year.
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After two record-breaking years of grizzly bear deaths in Northwest Montana, bear mortalities have dropped back down.
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Over 125,000 visitors entered Glacier National Park in October. Park officials say that’s a 60 percent increase in visitation numbers over the same time...
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Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana is one of the most-visited parks in the country. But this summer, the Blackfeet Nation made the...
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A research group at the University of Montana this week released its latest survey results looking at the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on travel-related businesses in Montana. Industry members, which helped pull in nearly $3.8 billion in visitor spending last year, are feeling both the highs and lows of the pandemic's economic impacts.
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Laura Stutzman had no doubts that this year’s Twin Falls County Fair should go on despite the pandemic still raging across the U.S. — and several outbreaks tied to such community fairs.