COVID surge continues in area

While the omicron variant-driven surge may be subsiding in some parts of the United States where it surged the earliest, cases are still high in this part of Montana.

Blaine County Health Department reported Friday that it was notified of 35 new cases that day with transmission very high.

"Blaine County has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases since last week," the department said in a release Friday, adding that the county is also seeing other viral activity to include influenza and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus.  Influenza vaccine is still available at the Blaine County Health...