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Volunteers took their love of reading to elementary school students in Billings this week.
Regional News
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Protests and rallies were held at National Parks across the county over the weekend relating to mass firings of federal employees.
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Business owners and community members are taking a stand alongside recently fired federal employees, including the estimated hundreds of Montanans let go from the US Forest Service.
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The dust is settling around a sudden move to reduce the federal workforce that included the Trump administration firing hundreds of U.S. Forest Service workers across the state of Montana.
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The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will display gowns at the Academy Awards Ceremony in 2024.
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While cities like Missoula and Billings have art house movie theaters, Bozeman does not. However, Bozeman area residents are able to take in some Oscar nominated films with the help of a local non-profit. For the second year in a row Bozeman Film Society hosts a week of gold, screening 20 Oscar nominated films.
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Bridger Bowl, the nonprofit ski area just outside of Bozeman celebrated 70 years of operation this January. Now the organization is turning towards the future with a ten year development plan.
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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Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement, a judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully.
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Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring freeze derailed their special census plans — and could hurt the 2030 count.
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Comedian John Mulaney is going live on Wednesday nights for 12 weeks on Netflix. NPR's TV critic says that in the first episode, Mulaney seemed to be enjoying the absurdity of the whole setup much more than any of the actual content he was presenting.
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Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn't undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA's announcement is the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process to remake the rules and policies it targeted.
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Tesla is gaining traction among conservative buyers, while it loses support among liberals. But are there enough Republican EV shoppers to make up the difference?
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