Montana Morning State News Headlines for Friday, August 6
UM responds to sex discrimination lawsuit; clarifies policy on masking and COVID 19 vaccinations.
OPI Superintendent Elsie Arntzen on masks in school, vaccinations and $127 million in federal ARP funding.
Missoula woman caught with over 38 grams of methamphetamine, placed in the Missoula County Jail.
Cooler in western Montana with a 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. Highs will be in the 80's.
LOOK: Here are the best lake towns to live in
Many of the included towns jump out at the casual observer as popular summer-rental spots--the Ozarks' Branson, Missouri, or Arizona's Lake Havasu--it might surprise you to dive deeper into some quality-of-life offerings beyond the beach and vacation homes. You'll likely pick up some knowledge from a wide range of Americana: one of the last remaining 1950s-style drive-ins in the Midwest; a Florida town that started as a Civil War veteran retirement area; an island boasting some of the country's top public schools and wealth-earners right in the middle of a lake between Seattle and Bellevue; and even a California town containing much more than Johnny Cash's prison blues.