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The region hasn’t experienced the virus with the same severity as the Midwest, but is beginning to see cyclosporiasis in communities.

The fourth case is not connected to the previous three, which means the virus is now more difficult to trace.

Three cases in adults all connect back to employees living in Grand Teton National Park.

A provision barring states from imposing production and animal welfare standards on producers in other states draws mixed reactions.

A delay on tougher wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants saves operators money. But critics warn that these and other efforts to boost the coal industry are bad for business and public health.

The organizations delivered a letter to the National Governors Association, which meets this week in Colorado Springs, Colo.

COVID-era grants for vaccine clinics and community health outreach workers were slashed in Teton and Natrona counties.

The loss leaves the county without Spanish-speaking Medicaid help.

The five people with confirmed cases are adults and children who are residents of Gallatin County and exposed to the highly-contagious virus while traveling outside of Montana.

At least 95% of community members need to be vaccinated to protect against the virus. That number is a lot lower in some western states.