National Weather Service meteorologists Patrick Gilchrist and Cory Mottice provided a weather briefing for the eastern Montana last week. They noted that the twoweek forecast is for temperatures to be at below average levels and for precipitation to be at near normal amounts. Forecast for the rest of this week include high temperatures in the high 30s and low temperatures in the teens.

Roosevelt County reported 16 active COVID cases as of Friday, March 24. There have been 4,060 total cases in the county. Daniels County had zero active cases as of Friday, March 24. The county has 486 cumulative cases. Valley County reported four active cases as of Friday, March 24. The county has 2,175 cumulative cases. In McCone County, there were zero active case as of Friday, March

Despite population growth, fewer Montanans unemployed than at any point since 1976. Montana’s unemployment rate set a new alltime low in February, declining 0.1 percent to 2.4 percent according to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. The February rate of 2.4 percent is the lowest level of unemployment in Montana since recordkeeping