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The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Central Montana has led to a corresponding spike in the number of people getting tested for coronavirus. For a few this is not the first time through the procedure, but for many it is and they have questions. Luckily, the Central Montana Health District staff, along with health providers across the area, are available to answer those questions.
Many who are being tested are there because of exposure to someone else – a family member, colleague at work, a friend – who has tested positive.

Built in 1903, the spectacular 14,000-square-foot Moss Mansion in Billings is just as imposing now as it was when it towered over the edge of town over a century ago. Little about the mansion’s appearance has changed, either inside or out, since the last Moss family member left in 1984. But the passing years have taken a toll on the red sandstone structure, and, like any grand landmark, a little work is necessary now and then, work that requires skill and knowledge of stone buildings to undertake.

Over 4,000 voters across Fergus County will see absentee ballots in their mailboxes shortly, if they haven’t already arrived. On Friday, Oct. 9 Fergus County Clerk and Recorder Rana Wichman sent 4,400 ballots to those who requested them.
“This is almost 1,000 more than normal,” Wichman said.
Typically around 3,500 people in Fergus County vote absentee. Wichman said the increase is attributable to two things.

Despite yet another Red Flag warning day on Thursday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service said things are going as well as can be expected on the Yogo Fire burning in the Little Belt Mountains. Approximately 127 firefighters and other personnel are working the fire, aided by four helicopters.