Gov. Gianforte Orders Health Officials To Drop Flathead County COVID Lawsuits State health officials are dropping lawsuits against five Flathead County businesses. Under former Gov. Steve Bullock the state alleged the bars, restaurants and convenience stores flouted state COVID-19 directives. The reversal comes at the direction of Gov. Greg Gianforte. Late last year the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services sued five businesses in Flathead County. The state argued they knowingly and egregiously ignored state directives aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, particula...