Citing active wildfires and extreme fire danger across the state, Governor Steve Bullock has issued an executive order declaring a fire emergency in Montana.

Governor Steve Bullock today announced Montana’s unemployment rate remained at 3.9% in June, half a percentage point below the national average. The U.S. unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.4%.

MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock announced today that Tom Lopach, former executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and chief of staff to U.S. Senator Jon Tester, will serve as his new chief of staff. Lopach replaces Tracy Stone-Manning, who is returning to her home in Missoula to serve as an Associate Vice President for the National Wildlife Federation, leading the organization’s national public lands program.