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Flu season rings in early for the new year

 

 

Central Montana Medical Center has visitor restrictions in place. Denise Jimmerson, CMMC’s Infection Control Preventionist is asking, “Anybody with respiratory symptoms to wear a mask and clean your hands if visiting a patient.” She added, “We are trying to protect patients who are already compromised with other illness.” 

Government shutdown hitting home

As the federal government shutdown lingers on, some Central Montanans are left without a paycheck. Employees for the Bureau of Land Management, the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Farm Services Agency and others are directly affected.

“Hello, you have reached the Bureau of Land Management in Lewistown, Montana, and we are currently on furlough, so that means we are closed until further notice.”

“Due to the lapse of funding of the federal government budget we are out of the office.”

Civic Center, a Jack-of-all-Trades

As you walk into the Civic Center you’ll notice new bleachers painted a brilliant blue with LCC in gold lettering, along with a fresher paint job on the walls, all working to brighten up the gymnasium. 

The Civic Center is in a state of slow repair. Each summer, the City of Lewistown Parks and Recreation board goes about enacting the repairs they can secure funding for. Over this past summer, the big project was putting in the new bleachers. The previous set of bleachers was almost as old as the building. 

A New Chapter

The University of Providence welcomed 20 students to the new Lewistown Bachelor of Science Nursing program on Tuesday, Jan. 8. An orientation was held at the Calvert Hotel with the faculty, staff, and students to hear an overview of the program and curriculum, as well as program policies. Their classes begin on Monday, Jan. 14.

Mountain Lion hunting closed in southwestern Montana

The hunting of all mountain lions in southwestern Montana hunting districts 323, 324, 325 and 327, which include portions of Madison and Beaverhead counties, closed at one-half hour after sunset

Montana Medicaid: Repeal or expansion? Both carry costs

Mykal and Julie Funk underestimated the cost of housing when they moved to Missoula three years ago and spent six months living in their car. Julie, 38, was born with

Armed with pilot project success, Bullock renews call for preschool program

Gov. Steve Bullock is once again proposing Montana launch a state-funded preschool program for those who cannot afford private pre-kindergarten programs for their children. The governor included a $30 million

Early gun bills include proposals for schools, background checks

Montana is home to more than 60 one-room schools, the most of any state. One, the singleroom Hi-Line elementary school in Galata, relies on Shelby’s police department for protection –

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2019 Montana Legislature The legislative preview stories on this page are provided by Univsersity of Montana students in the Covering Elections course at the School of Journalism. Additional topics will

Cowboy Hall of Fame to honor inductees in Great Falls

The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center is hosting the Annual MCHF Induction Ceremony and Western Heritage Gathering, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at the Best Western Heritage

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