Bullock discusses COVID spread, fires, during press conference

Gov. Steve Bullock announced a new relief program through the CARES Act during a press conference Thursday and discussed new COVID-19 cases found in tribal communities and nursing homes.

He also provided an update about the fires occurring around the state.

“The initial attack was 17 new fires burning over 100,000 acres due to what’s really extreme fire conditions — among those fires we saw several fire events,” Bullock said. “The Huff fire was human caused and started near Jordan (Wednesday), fire burned over 30,000 acres in the first of about 12 hours. The town of Jordan and unincorporated c...