In early December, before winter really arrived in Billings, the Community Crisis Center put out a call for help to shelter homeless and inebriated adults on freezing nights when the center was overflowing.

Following an outbreak of more than 50 cases of measles near the Washington/Oregon border last week, doctors and nurses at Community Medical Center began seeing a big increase in people asking advice on how to prevent infections.

A coalition of groups wants Missoula’s downtown bus transfer station to maintain its extended hours through March, or at least as long as the temperatures regularly are colder than 32 degrees.