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Montana’s smaller, more rural school districts are having a hard time finding and retaining teachers. About one-fifth of schools in the state have moved to four-day work weeks to recruit and retain educators.

They were teachers, students, doctors, lawmakers, farmers and artists. They were friends and family.

Helena Public Schools Superintendent Rex Weltz has offered more details as to why he was among the eight Montana school district leaders who signed a letter expressing “no confidence” in

The state posted 202 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing Montana’s total to 100,351 confirmed reports. Of the total cases, 97,327 are recovered and 1,651 remain active. There are 67 people who are now hospitalized out of 4,600 total hospitalizations, according to the state website covid19.mt.gov. Montana added one death since Tuesdays report, bringing the total to 1,373 fatalities related to the respiratory illness. The state has administered 1,086,548 tests for the coronavirus, which i...

The state posted 209 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing Montana’s total to 99,242 confirmed reports. Of the cumulative cases, 96,040 are recovered and 1,854 remain active. There are 97 people who are now hospitalized out of 4,559 total hospitalizations, according to the state website covid19.mt.gov. The state has administered 225,330 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 5,500 more than the previous day. As of Wednesday, 73,259 residents have been fully immunized, meaning they have r...