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Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:46pm
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Governor signs bill limiting power of local health boards

Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:13pm

HELENA (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a bill limiting the power of local public health boards to issue mandates in response to emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

Local elected officials such as county commissioners can change or rescind health mandates following Gianforte’s signature Friday. GOP Rep. David Bedey sponsored the bill in response to what some Republicans have said is unelected health officers overstepping their authority.

Three candidates vying for two seats in Shields Valley schools

Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:10pm

Three candidates are running for two seats on the Shields Valley Schools board in the district’s May 4 election. Ballots for the election went out Monday.

The three candidates for the board seats are Graham Gilmour, Shannon Jenkins and Nick Jerke.

An election flyer sent out by Shields Valley Schools contained information on the candidates.

EU agency finds ‘possible link’ in J&J vaccine and rare clotting

Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:07pm
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LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulatory agency said Tuesday that it found a “possible link” between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and extremely rare blood clots and recommended a warning be added to the label. But experts at the agency reiterated that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh the risks.

The European Medicines Agency made its determination after examining a small number of clot cases in people vaccinated in the U.S. It said these problems should be considered “very rare side effects of the vaccine.”

ANTICIPATING THE SEASON

Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 4:01pm
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Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

Published on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 3:57pm
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By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES, TAMMY WEBBER and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.

Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades.

India’s capital to lock down amid explosive virus surge

Published on Mon, 04/19/2021 - 4:36pm
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NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases.

Bills allowing expanded hunting and snaring of wolves get approved by governor

Published on Mon, 04/19/2021 - 3:46pm
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About two months after Gov. Greg Gianforte trapped and dispatched a collared black wolf that had roamed from Yellowstone National Park, he signed into law two bills allowing for expanded opportunities and means to hunt and trap wolves in Montana.

Guide dies of grizzly mauling injuries

Published on Mon, 04/19/2021 - 3:43pm

WEST YELLOWSTONE (AP) — A Montana backcountry guide has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear just outside Yellowstone National Park who was probably defending a moose carcass, officials said Monday.

Carl Mock, who lived in the park gateway community of West Yellowstone, died Saturday, two days after he was attacked while fishing in a forested area along the Madison River several miles north of West Yellowstone, Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Christine Koosman said.

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd’s death goes to the jury

Published on Mon, 04/19/2021 - 3:33pm
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By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the video of the Black man pinned to the pavement with Chauvin’s knee on his neck.