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A recent bird count shows more endangered whooping cranes are making the trip through the Great Plains than ever before.
July 18, 2025
Hosts Jennifer Corning and Corby Skinner bring listeners access to the creators who live in our communities and who tell our stories through their art.
New Program July 28th at 6:30 PM
New Program July 28th at 6:30 PM
Regional News
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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.
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Following similar actions across the state, Bozeman has legally re-raised the rainbow flag flying outside of City Hall.
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Sexton spent more than 30 years in higher education in Billings.
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The sport has been part of the state games for more than 20 years, thanks to a Billings man who introduced pickleball and continues to teach the fundamentals.
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More than four years ago a 79-year-old man was killed in his home in Bozeman. The case had been cold, until Thursday July 10th, when DNA evidence allegedly linked a Bozeman man with the crime.
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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.
National News
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A UN-backed food security body says famine is unfolding in Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths rising. The group warns that airdrops alone won't prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe"—only immediate, unrestricted aid access can.
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U.N. officials say many people in Gaza are experiencing "famine-like conditions." Health experts who have studied past famines warn that the fallout can reverberate across generations.
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Trump says he personally told his "very good friend Rupert Murdoch" that he had not sent a racy birthday greeting two decades ago to Jeffrey Epstein. Murdoch's Journal reported it anyway.
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"DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country," said DHS assistant press secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who then encouraged "every person here illegally" to self-deport.
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Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball's best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65.
NPR Headlines
- A look at the long-term goals of the U.S. and China from ongoing trade talks
- A wrap up of President Trump's trip to Scotland
- Gunman kills 4 people in Manhattan before killing himself, police say
- Morning news brief
- Trump cuts deadline for Russia to reach peace deal with Ukraine
- Judge rules Trump administration cannot block Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood
- New study finds certain lifestyle changes can help improve our brains as we age
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