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Reversing an earlier decision, Yellowstone County commissioners agreed to put the question of whether to overturn legal recreational marijuana sales up for a vote.
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After a year-long absence, influenza has returned to Yellowstone County.
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Yellowstone County health officer John Felton says local hospitals saw more COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in October than they have since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Missoula, Park and Yellowstone counties each approved a 3% local tax on recreational marijuana, according to the unofficial results.
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Voters in three counties this week have one more chance to weigh-in on local cannabis taxation policy before sales begin in January.
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A Yellowstone County District Court judge late last week temporarily blocked three new laws that restrict access to abortion just hours before they were set to go into effect. Montana Public Radio's Shaylee Ragar talked with Montana Free Press's Mara Silvers and the Montana State News Bureau's Holly Michels about what happened and what's still up in the air.
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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.
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Great Falls High School is suspending in-person classes for the rest of the week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Yellowstone County Tuesday reached 300 cumulative COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The latest deaths include a woman in her 20s with no underlying conditions, the youngest Yellowstone County resident to die from the coronavirus.
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Montana county health departments are gearing up for the possible rollout of booster COVID-19 vaccines after federal health officials announced the efficacy of the shots may be waning with time.