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NHPA requires any expenditure of federal moneys to be reviewed by an archeologist
Regional News
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Local organizers are crowdfunding a billboard to extend support to members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Tuesday’s date shares the number with the phone number 211, a 24/7 confidential call center available in all 50 states, that connects callers with critical non-emergency needs like food, housing and mental health care. For 13 counties in Montana, the Help Center is answering the call.
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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.
Elections 2024
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Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced Wednesday he’s seeking a fourth term.
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Sen. Jon Tester says he has not yet made up his mind on running again in 2024. The three-term Democrat says he needs to talk it over with his wife, Sharla, first.
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Corey Stapleton, a Republican from Billings, served as a state senator and ran unsuccessfully for governor and the U.S. House.
National News
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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.
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Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage and bodies of four others it's held in Gaza since the 2023 attacks in Israel.
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Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.
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Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.
NPR Headlines
- Block on Trump's executive orders restricting DEI programs is lifted
- Transgender veterans' health services in question as VA rescinds guidance on care
- Trump reclaims a Justice Department reshaped in his wake
- The NWSL is adopting a tool to protect players from online abuse, commissioner says
- Zelenskyy wants U.S. to hit Russia with 'maximum' sanctions if it refuses a ceasefire
- Tips to lower your medical bill
- Trump vows to crack down on crime in remarks at DOJ
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