Montana National Guard

Carbon County emergency personnel on Tuesday briefed Montana’s lieutenant governor and members of the Montana National Guard on flooding in south-central Montana.

The Montana National Guard is ending its rotations at hospitals statewide as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state are on the decline.

As COVID-19 cases surge, hospitals say they can’t get enough staff to keep up. Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration says it’s collaborating with hospitals as needs arise.

New COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations in Billings are putting so much strain on the local health care system that one hospital may start rationing care as early as this week.

Montana’s largest hospital is asking Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office to deploy the National Guard to assist doctors and nurses who are stretched thin by the growing surge in COVID-19 cases. This is the second request for assistance in the last month.

Another Montanan faces federal charges for his alleged involvement with the insurgency at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Isaac Sturgeon, a lawn care business owner from Dillon, was arrested at JFK Airport in New York on Saturday.

In Montana, a Presidential Inauguration Day that saw increased security at the state Capitol also saw few protests against, or celebrations for, the...

The U.S. Postal Service is closing an office in Helena early Saturday in preparation of possible “civil events” anticipated this weekend.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is sending 150 Army National Guard soldiers to help with security duties in Washington D.C. for the upcoming presidential inauguration.

The Montana National Guard on Nov. 18 withdrew from Montana State Prison after assisting the facility, strained by an outbreak of COVID-19 among inmates and staff. Eleven soldiers tested positive for the virus prior to and during the roughly three week mission.