Missoula County Health Department

Missoula City County Health Officer Ellen Leahy and her fellow department heads have been seeing a rapidly growing incidence of COVID 19 infections in various age groups over the past weeks, and are preparing a press briefing set for Tuesday.

The smoky haze in the Missoula Valley on Thursday is not from the small lightning fires burning in the Lolo National Forest.

The Missoula Police department announced on Friday afternoon that two officers have tested positive for COVID 19.

A person middle-aged or older has died from complications due to COVID 19 infection in Missoula County.