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Billings is home to the state’s largest school district, and the highest dropout rate. The district is trying a new lunch time program to get students to re-engage in learning in a variety of ways.
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Regional News
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The first Earth Day was initiated in 1970. It is considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. Several communities in the state are offering a variety of ways for the public to mark the day and get involved.
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A voice professor offers some tips to singers preparing to perform The Star-Spangled Banner acapella
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The fentanyl crisis is deepening across the country, including in Montana, as overdose deaths and drug seizures are skyrocketing.
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Nursing educators say extra space will help boost both enrollment and Montana’s healthcare workforceMontana State University’s nursing college is adding new buildings to its campuses in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Kalispell and Missoula.
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A campaign for a constitutional abortion rights amendment in Montana may soon begin collecting signatures to put the measure before voters this fall. But that process has been pushed back by Republican officials challenging the initiative’s content and by legal rulings.
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The federal government is reviewing a plan to capture 150 million tons of carbon dioxide in Wyoming and store it underground in eastern Montana. The project, aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, is raising objections from local ranchers.
National News
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The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat.
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More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
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Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.
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The new Hulu show takes a close look at the struggle by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi to overcome vocal problems which nearly led him to quit the band.
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A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.
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