Health

It ended with me telling another grown woman to 'Go to Hell'. Not a proud moment but here's what happened...

The state of healthcare spending in the U.S. has experienced fluctuations in recent years.

We're in a weird place. I'd argue that it's a place that necessitates personal responsibility now more than ever. There's a lot you can do to keep yourself healthy, regardless of how regulations and mandates evolve.

Yup. This happened while putting a log into the woodstove. At least the scar is going to be a permanent reminder of something I'm cool with, right?

"Relying on personal responsibility to follow public health guidance" during a pandemic. Montana may be screwed. Every patron of the Quickie Mart this morning was mask-less.

Twenty-three new deaths were confirmed by the Wyoming Department of Health on Monday.

Just about every county in Idaho is under an Air Stagnation Advisory through most of the weekend. Montana has a couple counties as well that qualify for a Stagnation Advisory.

Enrollment in Montana's K-8 public schools is down nearly 4% this Fall, according to numbers released by the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction. Homeschool numbers, meanwhile, are up by almost 63%.

As of Thursday, November 17th, Montana is on the brink of 50,000 total positive cases of COVID-19. That number will likely be reached in the next 24 hours.

Buy one locally and support local COVID-19 relief. This beautiful mask was designed by local artist, LeeAnn Ramey. Available at Schnee's, The Emerson and the Sweet Pea Festival office downtown.

I'm definitely in that period of life where I don't FEEL old, but my body occasionally reminds me that time is marching on. Aches and pains from old sports injuries make themselves known more loudly now.

Have old prescriptions, pills and medications around the house? Keep your family safe by getting RID of those this Saturday. Don't flush them down the toilet as those meds will eventually end up in our water supply and waterways.