COVID-19

Scientific lingo is becoming household vernacular while the world grapples with a staggering pandemic. Hope for a vaccine intensifies as numbers climb and experts eye the approaching winter season wearily. Bozeman Health Clinical Research will be a study site for a new investigational vaccine sponsored by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE.

"Safety first – adventure second” is a motto Director of Montana Department of Commerce Tara Rice wants people to remember.

“We all have a shared responsibility to slow the spread of COVID-19,” she said in a press release. “Our top priority is to keep those who live, work and travel to Montana safe.”

After an early morning meeting teeming with scientific evidence and debate, the Gallatin City-County Board of Health passed a local rule for face coverings by a vote of 7-2. The board also voted to extend the emergency rule for isolation and quarantine for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 by an 8-1 vote.

The county is already seeing “substantial impressive compliance” to the state-wide face covering directive by Governor Steve Bullock, Gallatin City-County Health Officer Matt Kelley said.

Gallatin City-County health officials are determining how to proceed in light of Gov. Steve Bullock's recent face covering directive.

The entrepreneurial spirit is admired for a reason. A level of grit is required to start a business. Add to that a business plan, financing, red tape and most recently – a pandemic. New startups in Big Sky had to assess their business ideas more thoroughly: is it sustainable? How will ramifications from the pandemic impact revenue?

Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 declare that a state of emergency exists in Montana due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus. The legislature has delegated to the Governor authority to respond to emergencies. During a declared

Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), his wife Susan as well as his gubernatorial running mate Kristen Juras have tested negative for COVID-19 according Gianforte's spokesman Travis Hall. The tests came as a result of Susan's and Juras's exposure during a fundraising event in Big Sky. That event was attended by Donald Trump, Jr.