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Easing of restrictions considered

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State officials are looking to map out a slow reopening of the Montana economy, despite the state seeing new cases and deaths from the coronavirus.

Museum sets summer hours and staffing, though pandemic may force closed doors

Beaverhead County Museum will be open six days a week this summer, if the coronavirus pandemic subsides and social distancing orders are relaxed.

Dillon airport to get $30K in CARES Act funding

WASHINGTON – the Dillon airport will receive $30,000 from grants provided through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program.

Homebound area students get bus boost

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Long employed to deliver some area kids to area schools, some local school buses and bus drivers recently got repurposed to deliver some school to kids.

Free pharmacy deliveries offered in Dillon area

Another free delivery service for vital goods has cropped up in Dillon to help folks unable to go out to the grocery store during the ongoing pandemic.

Linda Marsh receives Montana’s inaugural county superintendent of the year honor

Beaverhead County Superintendent of Schools Linda Marsh received the first county superintendent of the year award bestowed in the state.

Beaverhead County Incident Command notes actions taken during pandemic

Beaverhead County public health and Disaster Emergency Services officials established an incident command team on March 20, to respond more efficiently to the coronavirus pandemic in the county. Since the team’s establishment, the following have been accomplished:

Donation with caveat put Barrett Hospital Foundation in position to purchase ventilator before demand soared

The Barrett Hospital Foundation works diligently to find funding and improve the equipment and condition of Barrett Hospital and HealthCare. That effort by the foundation has put the hospital in an improved position to deal with a negative turn in the local coronavirus situation.

Finding grace under pandemic pressure

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Life during the coronavirus pandemic not only presents plenty of physical perils, it imposes numerous new mental health challenges on us.

Things to do during a pandemic

Here is a sampling of what some other area people have been doing during the pandemic shutdown.