As of Tuesday, June 22, 2021, Montana reported 113,341 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 121 new cases reported in the last day: 31 new cases in Yellowstone County, 24 new cases in Cascade County, 20 new cases in Flathead County, 11 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 14 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 445, with 53 people being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Cascade and Flathead Counties. 1,655 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Three more deaths have been reported in the last day. Nationwide, more than 602,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,500,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A unanimous decision by the United States Supreme Court on Monday said that student athletes could receive education-related payments, in a case that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players. The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion said, “the NCAA is essentially acting “above the law” in how it treats athletes.

A Grand Canyon hiker died on the trail during extreme heat on Sunday, a day that saw a high temperature of 115 degrees. The 53-year-old Ohio backpacker, Michelle Meder of Hudson, Ohio, died of heat-related complications, the National Park Service said.

The Blackfeet Indian Reservation to the east of Glacier National Park has reopened the eastern entrances to the park which were closed to protect the native Americans at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Millions of people will flock to Montana’s Glacier National Park this summer after last year’s pandemic-caused tourism skid, and they will once more be able sight see and camp nearby on the recently reopened Blackfeet Indian Reservation.