As of Monday, June 7, 2021, Montana reports 112,381 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 121 new cases reported in the last day: 26 new cases in Yellowstone County, 18 new cases in Cascade County, 17 new cases in Flathead County, 12 new cases in Ravalli County, 10 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 14 more Montana counties. Most Montana counties do not report over the weekend, and so official case counts do not include the most populous Gallatin County, Yellowstone County, and others. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 664. Currently, 57 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Flathead and Cascade Counties. 1,633 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 598,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,400,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A provision for nonresident hunters using Montana outfitters to purchase a big game license has seen about 350 purchased in the program’s first few weeks. The allowance was granted in House Bill 637 from Joliet Republican Seth Berglee, a bill passed in the waning days of this year’s Legislature. A late and controversial amendment offered out-of-state hunters booked with an outfitter prior to April 1, but who had not drawn one of the 17,000 big game licenses offered, to simply purchase one.

State lawmakers called the unprofessionalism at Montana’s Public Service Commission a betrayal of public trust Monday as they reviewed a financial audit showing a lack of control at the agency. Members of the Legislative Audit Committee asked probing questions of PSC Chairman James Brown for more than an hour.