Featured Stories
Volunteers took their love of reading to elementary school students in Billings this week.
Regional News
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Yellowstone County is doing community outreach in the process of revising its wildfire protection plan, a document often required for government grant applications to fund wildfire prevention projects.
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In this episode, we talk through an important public access tool from Montana Free Press. Then we’ll take a look at legislation to restrict abortion access.
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As the Legislature nears the halfway point of the general session, bills are starting to drop like flies. The carnage is exposing some fault lines between freshman and veteran lawmakers over both the content of the bills, and the lawmaking process itself.
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Recent snowfall has snowmobilers and backcountry skiers celebrating the recreational opportunities. With recreation comes risk and in southwest Montana the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center works non-stop assessing that risk.
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As the population rises in Bozeman, so does tension surrounding city politics. Often opinions on controversial topics are shared with commissioners during public comment at meetings that can last up to six hours. Now the city is adding a conversational approach to public engagement.
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The resort community of Big Sky is exploring what it would mean to officially incorporate as a town, along side other possible governance changes.
Elections 2024
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Voters in Gallatin County can expect a long ballot this November. Along with state and federal elections, residents in Bozeman and Gallatin County will elect a dozen local government study commissioners from a crowded field.
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President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign. Montana politicians and Montanans in Helena shared their reactions.
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Winning candidates from Tuesday night’s primary elections are wasting no time in strategizing for November’s General elections.
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A former Montana state representative was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for Montana's Second Congressional District, late Tuesday night.
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Out of a crowded primary field, Republican Troy Downing secured his spot in the November General Election.
National News
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Some 400 to 600 Asian elephants are believed to remain living in the wild in Cambodia. Researchers said the study's findings underscore the potential of a "national stronghold" for the species.
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Feinstein was comfortable writing fiction and nonfiction, and took on an array of sports, including golf and tennis, but he was known most for his connection to college basketball
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The FDA tested 95 products containing benzoyl peroxide, an ingredient widely used to treat acne that can form benzene as a byproduct. It found that six products could have more benzene than usual.
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House Democrats were gathered in Virginia for their annual issues conference when they received the news that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was planning to vote to advance a GOP-spending bill.
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A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.
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