An Omicron Wave

Flathead Beacon Podcasts

English - January 26, 2022 12:05 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Daily News News montana newspaper flathead beacon kalispell whitefish northwest montana flathead Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: An End of Prohibition

Next Episode: Reading Between the Lines Plus Weekly News Roundup

Across the country there have been winter surges in COVID-19 cases, most related to the Omicron variant, and Montana is not immune. Flathead County is seeing the highest levels of hospitalizations and case numbers since the height of the delta-variant surge last fall and hospital staff are close to being overwhelmed. On Monday, the county health department's last situation update reported 222 new cases, 2701 active cases and 55 hospitalizations.

Reporter Mike Kordenbrock joins host Micah Drew to break down some of the latest COVID-19 numbers and what it means for residents.

Later, Micah runs through the latest stories from the last week including ongoing litigation over a nearby water bottling plant, the end of Whitefish's permanent recycling site, the approval of a new hotel in Kalispell and the new name for Flathead's professional sports team.

Read more about all of this week's stories and get the latest breaking news at flatheadbeacon.com and sign up for our new daily newsletter at flatheadbeacon.com/newsletter.