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You may have noticed what looked like small snowflakes drifting down from the sky in western Montana on Monday, but they were actually bits of ash that traveled from California, Washington and Oregon fires all the way to the Missoula valley.

With the Magpie Rock Fire burning over 2,000 acres in Sanders County and several other smaller fires burning in the Mission and Flathead areas, smoke is making its way into the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys.

Ward 4 City Councilor Jesse Ramos sent a strongly worded statement to the Missoula City County Health Department after learning that an upcoming softball tournament at the Fort Missoula complex had been denied.

A state health official says a COVID-19 outbreak that started at a north-central Montana nursing home and caused six deaths appears to be over.

The Park County Health Department requests anyone not a permanent resident or provider of essential services avoid all travel to the Cooke City/Silvergate area

The Missoula City County Health Department has expanded restrictions to more local businesses due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Cindy Farr with the Missoula City County Health Department posted a Facebook video update regarding the COVID 19 virus as of late Tuesday afternoon.

One day after the first two confirmed cases of COVID 19 or coronavirus in Missoula were announced, the Missoula City County Health Department held a press conference to answer questions from the media.

According to a press release from Helena, just before 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Governor Steve Bullock confirmed two presumptively positive cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Missoula County, Montana.

Several important stakeholders in the Missoula community met with reporters on Friday in the City Council chambers to provide updates on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.