As of Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Montana reports 258,765 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 862 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 195 new cases in Cascade County, 182 new cases in Flathead County, 70 new cases in Yellowstone County, 68 new cases in Missoula County, 54 new cases in Gallatin County, and more new cases in 41 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 4,140. 54 of Montana’s 56 counties report active cases. Currently, 236 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 3,083 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Eleven more people’s deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 921,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 77,800,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over Canada’s COVID-19 protocols.

A skier suffered a fatal fall Sunday in Grand Teton National Park’s Death Canyon. A climber in the national park in Wyoming called authorities to report having seen someone fall in the Apocalypse Couloir.

The wolf hunting and trapping season in Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Region 3 is approaching the threshold of 82 wolves killed, which will trigger the end of the wolf trapping and hunting season in the region.

A snake on a plane rerouted an AirAsia flight in Malaysia. The domestic flight was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau on February 10 when several passengers reported a snake on board the aircraft.