Kayla Desroches
ReporterKayla Desroches reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed in the city for college, where she hosted a radio show that featured serialized dramas like the Shadow and Suspense. In her pathway to full employment, she interned at WNYC in New York City and KTOO in Juneau, Alaska. She then spent a few years on the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where she transitioned from reporter to news director before moving to Montana.
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A comic book and gaming convention in Billings hosts the artists behind tabletop and card games like Magic the Gathering and gives local artists a space to display their work. -
A recent bird count shows more endangered whooping cranes are making the trip through the Great Plains than ever before. -
Child Bridge is setting the stage to bring more culturally-informed guardianship and community into Montana's foster care system, where Native American children are over-represented. -
The Northern Cheyenne Food Pantry spent years scrambling between temporary locations and now has plans to build its own headquarters and kitchen in Lame Deer. -
A nostalgia shop owner in Billings is debuting his newest curiosity, a room styled after the video rental chain that dominated the 80s and 90s. -
Wildlife managers are asking Montanans to help spot a lizard that blends into the dry brush and grasslands of central and eastern Montana. -
The state is rolling out new leasing rules to entice businesses to move into and restore historic structures in Virginia City, Nevada City and Reeder's Alley. -
Missoula, and now Butte, are raising the rainbow flag for Pride Month despite a new law prohibiting "unofficial" flags. That's after Missoula adopted the flag as an official city banner, setting a precedent for other communities. -
LGBTQ+ Pride events are planned through June and into early August. -
Ucross Foundation art fellows are showcasing their creations from the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains
