DPHHS says food stamp recipients will continue to receive benefits until the funding runs out due to the partial government shutdown.

In addition, TSA workers in Missoula are still on the job despite a lack of funding during the shutdown, now in it's fourth week.

With the new Warming Center open at the Salvation Army, fewer people are sleeping outside in the bitter cold temperatures, and the Poverello Center is providing three meals a day to the homeless.

A 30 percent chance of light morning snow, then afternoon sunshine in western Montana, with highs in the upper 20's.

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