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With Thanksgiving concluding, we now begin the full holiday season while remaining in the midst of a pandemic. Holiday gatherings and traditions will look very different this year as the country’s situation continues to change. To encourage and increase COVID-19 testing, the Roosevelt County COVID-19 Task Force is providing the following information about types of testing, key testing points

A bipartisan bill that promotes outdoor veteran recovery programs and expands outdoor recreational opportunities for veterans on public lands was signed into law Dec. 6. The “Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act” will help create treatment and therapy opportunities for veterans on public lands and outdoor spaces. “The outdoors is critical to our Montana way of life and can help

A bipartisan bill requiring commonsense cybersecurity standards for internet connected devices bought by the U.S. government has been signed into law by President Trump. The “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act” requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to issue recommendations addressing, at a minimum, secure development, identity management, patching and

Montana Governor-elect Greg Gianforte has announced his communication team on Thursday, Dec. 3. Travis Hall was selected as senior advisor and director of strategic communications. Hall was an advisor in Gianforte’s gubernatorial campaign and worked in his congressional office. Hall was raised in Ashland, Va., and graduated from Georgetown University. He previously held a senior communications

Dec. 15 marks a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago Dec. 15, 2020, that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation. Bill of Rights Day has actually been a national holiday since Nov. 28, 1941 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated Dec. 15 “Bill of Rights Day.” Roosevelt

The Montana Department of Commerce announced Wednesday, Dec. 2, that applications will be accepted for grant funding through the Montana Main Street Program. “Montana’s Main Streets are vital to the strength and resiliency of our local economies,” said Jennifer Olson, Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division administrator. “These grants will help Montana communities