As of Friday, June 11, 2021, Montana reports 112,761 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 77 new cases reported in the last day: 17 new cases in Flathead County, 11 new cases in Yellowstone County, 6 new cases in Mineral County, 6 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 15 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 628. Currently, 57 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Flathead and Cascade Counties. 1,641 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Three more deaths have been reported in the last day. Nationwide, more than 599,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,400,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Two guests aboard the first major sea cruise hosting Americans/ since the pandemic halted the industry/ have tested positive for Covid-19 in required end-of-cruise testing. The two guests, who shared a stateroom on the seven-day Celebrity Millennium cruise from St. Maarten, are asymptomatic, in isolation and being monitored by a medical team.

A wildfire burning west of Bozeman has consumed 350 acres of grass, brush and trees. The Willow Creek Fire is 10% contained, meaning fire line has been built along 10% of the fire’s perimeter.

The Montana Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a new law eliminating the Judicial Nomination Commission that has been in place since the new state constitution was adopted in 1972. The new law passed in the recent legislature dissolves the judicial vetting panel and grans expanded judicial appointment powers to the governor.