As of Sunday, May 23, 2021, Montana reports 111,203 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 37 new cases reported in the last day: 10 in Flathead County, 6 in Cascade County, 6 in Ravalli County, 5 in Missoula County, and more new cases in 4 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 957. Currently, 66 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Cascade, Yellowstone, and Flathead Counties. 1,603 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 589,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Amazon has temporarily shut down construction of a new fulfillment center in Connecticut after the discovery of seven nooses at the site. Police in Windsor, Connecticut, say the nooses were found placed around the construction site starting on April 27.

A development with hundreds of housing units is proposed for a site off the 19th Avenue corridor in Bozeman. The Bozeman East mixed-use development includes four buildings on about 12 acres of vacant land directly behind the shopping center that includes Smith’s grocery store.

Missoula has broken ground on the largest affordable housing project in Montana history. The $42 million Villagio will be located in Missoula’s Northside neighborhood at the north end of Scott Street and will take two years to build. When the 350,000-square-foot project is complete, the two five-story buildings will have 200 apartment units and underground parking to preserve open space.