The Montana High School Association announced last week the locations for state volleyball tournaments. The tourney begin on Thursday, Nov. 12. Sites selected were Sidney for Class A, Shelby for Class B and Malta for Class C. Class AA volleyball will use a playoff format. Bozeman traditionally hosts all four classes for the state tournaments. Bozeman turned down the option because of the coronavirus

A health official for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation feels the area is on the right path in combating COVID-19 if individuals keep doing their part in fighting the virus. “Keep using all your safety precautions, wear masks and social distance,” Kaci Wallette stressed. “Stay home those whole 14 days.” Wallette is the vice chair of the tribes’ health and human services division and

A second round of stimulus funding connected to the ongoing pandemic is still under negotiation following the presidential election. Meanwhile, millions of eligible Americans haven’t collected the first round of payments issued to citizens. In September, the Internal Revenue Service started contacting as many as 9 million Americans who may qualify for a payment but haven’t received them.

ment. Meanwhile, the site turns the complaints over to county health departments. Tribal nations have the power to invoke emergency rules on reservations, but enforcement is another issue, even as Native Americans in Montana face disproportionately high rates of COVID hospitalizations and deaths. Some have taken steps to isolate their communities, such as Blackfeet Nation leaders’ decision