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Volunteers took their love of reading to elementary school students in Billings this week.
Regional News
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Self-driving tech company Aurora is expanding with a facility in Bozeman.
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An electrician, psychologist and dozens of others including veterans received their final burials in Gallatin County after nearly 100 years of waiting.
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Millions of dollars to help around 600 out-of-work miners find jobs is headed to Montana, just weeks after the layoffs took effect at the country’s largest producer of platinum and palladium.
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Water beads, batteries and magnets are all potentially fatal hazards for young children unwrapping new toys this holiday season.
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A Crow artist is bringing awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Peoples epidemic as part of a six-month fellowship.
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Western Heritage Center executive director and community historian Kevin Kooistra passed away Sunday at the age of 63. His friends and local leaders say he'll be missed.
Elections 2024
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Whether it’s the race for president or local ballot initiatives, recent polling suggests the outcomes of November’s election will be decided by slim margins. Youth voters, a historically hard to reach electorate, could tip the scales. So what, if anything, is motivating young Montanans to vote?
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The first round of ballots hit the mail in Montana Friday, nearly three weeks out from General Elections.
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As Bozeman’s population has more than doubled over a few decades, public safety services like police and fire have struggled to keep up. This November the city is going to voters to ask for a bump in their budgets.
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The postal service plays an important role in handling ballots between voters and the election office. At the same time, they are struggling to hire.
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Tribal leaders are renewing their calls for an apology from U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, after leaked audio reveals Sheehy making disparaging comments about Native Americans.
National News
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Symphony orchestra audiences aren't known for their rowdiness, but the vice president and second lady Usha Vance were loudly booed by the crowd as they entered the Concert Hall on Thursday night.
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The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.
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The former Philippine president, accused of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs," spoke via video link in his initial appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a high-ranking spy couple in Steven Soderbergh's new film. Black Bag offers Bond-style globe-trotting intrigue and marital dramedy.
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As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to appear as if dipped in a deep red hue in a stunning celestial sight.
NPR Headlines
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