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Volunteers took their love of reading to elementary school students in Billings this week.
Regional News
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During the last week of January, organizations across the country participate in the Point-in-Time count. This annual survey attempts to quantify the number of people experiencing homelessness on a given night.
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ZooMontana starts a new tradition having grizzly cubs Willie and George predict the Super Bowl winner.
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Lawmakers are in the midst of deciding how much the state should spend on programs that impact people's lives across Wyoming — from wildfire recovery to energy projects to support for vulnerable children. WyoFile and Wyoming Public Radio compare what the governor recommended against what lawmakers cut, and where things go from here.
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Known around the region as Jeff The Nature Guy, Jeff Ewelt is leaving the zoo after 14 years at the helm, bringing stability and accreditation to Montana’s only zoo.
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Montana scientists are gaining international attention after uncovering a series of ancient trees from a melting ice patch in the Beartooth Mountains. The trees hold clues to how life adapts in changing climates.
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The 69th legislature is starting Week Five. Lawmakers have begun an ethics investigation into a sitting senator. Legislation concerning transgender health care and bathroom use is moving through the process.
Elections 2024
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We are gathering information from all statewide candidates as a resource for the 2024 Primary Elections. Responses were limited to 200 words per question. Political attacks may have been removed, but otherwise, the responses are published unedited.
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We are gathering information from all statewide candidates as a resource for the 2024 Primary Elections. Responses were limited to 200 words per question. Political attacks may have been removed, but otherwise, the responses are published unedited.
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We are gathering information from all statewide candidates as a resource for the 2024 Primary Elections. Responses were limited to 200 words per question. Political attacks may have been removed, but otherwise, the responses are published unedited.
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From program cuts to construction costs, school superintendents take account of their losses after school elections
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The state Senate endorsed previously stalled legislation that would provide for a top-two primary in the 2024 race for the U.S. Senate — an “experiment,” sponsor Sen. Greg Hertz testified. Critics decry a partisan power grab and silencing of Libertarians.
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
- Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown
- USPS head agrees to let DOGE find 'efficiencies' — with limits to employee data access
- NASA and SpaceX make second attempt this week to launch astronauts
- A U.S. influencer outrages Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its mom
- How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse -- and for better
- Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza
- Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler
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