As of Monday, May 10, 2021, Montana reports 109,935 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 12 new cases reported in the last day: 7 in Flathead County, 3 in Jefferson County, 1 in Deer Lodge County, and 1 in Powell County. Most Montana counties do not report over the weekend, and so official case counts do not include Gallatin County, Yellowstone County, and others. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 1,101. Currently, 71 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Cascade, Yellowstone, Flathead, and Gallatin Counties. 1,592 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 581,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 32,700,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

One of the largest US fuel pipelines remained largely paralyzed Monday after a ransomware cyberattack forced the temporary shutdown of all operations late last week — an incident that laid bare vulnerabilities in the country’s aging energy infrastructure. The victim of the attack, Colonial Pipeline is a company that transports more than 100 million gallons of gasoline and other fuel daily from Houston to the New York Harbor.

Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks wildlife managers are trying to decipher laws just passed by the Montana legislature that increase the hunting, trapping, and killing of wolves. Thompson Falls’ Republicans Sen. Bob Brown and Rep. Paul Fielder brought four wolf-related bills that were some of the most controversial wildlife legislation of the recent legislative session

A bomb threat shut down a Trappers Association banquet in Dillon this weekend. The phoned threat did not go directly to the Dillon Police Department, but once police were advised of the call around 8 p.m., officers responded to the banquet and evacuated the hall. No one was hurt, and a bomb-sniffing dog found no evidence of explosives.