Daily News Roundup
After I finished posting all the news stories of interest this morning, I checked my email. I had too many emails from Montana Independent News! I’m going to try only dropping articles in your emails throughout the day if they are pertinent to your day or planning — such as weather updates, public safety alerts and the like. The rest I will continue to post on the MIN homepage as I write them or as I come across articles in other news sources, but they won’t be emailed until the end of the day when they are collected in the Daily News Roundup. Please let me know what you think in the comments as I work to make this digital newspaper serve the needs of the Carbon County community.
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Denise Rivette
Surge in Syphilis Cases Leads Some Providers to Ration Penicillin
By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN When Stephen Miller left his primary care practice to work in public health a little under two years ago, he said he was shocked by how many cases of syphilis the clinic was treating. For decades, rates of the sexually transmitted infection were low. But the Hamilton County Health Department in Chattanooga — a midsize city surrounded by national forests and nestled into the Appalachian foothills of Tennessee — was seeing several syphilis patients a day, Miller said. …
Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease
By Jim Robbins previously published in Scientific American Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals.
Millions of People with Medicare Will Benefit from the New Out-of-Pocket Drug Spending Cap Over Time
by Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico Published: Feb 08, 2024 In 2025, Medicare beneficiaries will pay no more than $2,000 out of pocket for prescription drugs covered under Part D, Medicare’s outpatient drug benefit. This is due to a provision in the
‘It Just Happens Here:’ Montana grapples with barriers to mental health care
By: Christine Compton - Published in Daily Montanan It was Monday, November 18, 2019, shortly after classes had ended at Glacier High School. Libby was driving home to pick something up for jazz band class and got a text from her mom. Traffic was going to be bad around the overpass. Libby didn’t think anything of it.
Red Lodge Could See Up To 8 Inches of Snow Through Saturday
The Billings Office of the National Weather Service has announced that a second round of snow will occur Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, mainly on north facing slopes of the mountains and foothills. Places like Red Lodge and Story, WY could see 6-10" of snow, with the heaviest snow occurring late Friday afternoon and evening. Take caution if traveling through those areas.
Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
By Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741.
With A Lift From Truckers, Skijoring Returns To Boulder
by Keith Hammonds for Montana Free Press Skijoring is a winter sport, dreamed up over a century ago in Scandinavia, wherein skiers are towed around a track by horses, navigating a series of gates and jumps. On snow. This presented a challenge to the Boulder Valley Skijoring Association. Its annual event, Skijoring the Big Rock, is scheduled for February 10 and 11 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Boulder — where there was decidedly no snow. None. A mostly warm and dry winter had left the putative skijoring track a ribbon of dirt and grass.
Group Homes In Montana May Be Able To Reopen With $10 Million Program
By Keila Szpaller for Daily Montanan During the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana lost about 100 beds in places where people received behavioral health services because staff weren’t available — but a commission working on the issue is taking proposals that will put $10 million into increasing capacity.
Immigrant Advocates Opposed Border Deal; Seek Restart After Senate Deal Flops
By: Ariana Figueroa for Daily Montanan WASHINGTON — Immigrant advocacy groups that opposed the bipartisan Senate deal to overhaul U.S. immigration law called for restarting policy discussions as the bill failed Wednesday in the U.S. Senate. Several advocacy organizations opposed
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