Kayla Desroches
ReporterKayla Desroches reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed in the city for college, where she hosted a radio show that featured serialized dramas like the Shadow and Suspense. In her pathway to full employment, she interned at WNYC in New York City and KTOO in Juneau, Alaska. She then spent a few years on the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where she transitioned from reporter to news director before moving to Montana.
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Wind uprooted trees and downed powerlines this week in southcentral Montana. -
A state investigation shows pollution controls failed at the Billings animal shelter building for years before a high profile drug disposal incident. -
Montana is rolling out new identification cards and driver’s licenses after roughly a decade with the current design. -
Billings-based artist advocacy organization TRIIA is celebrating a win with the opening of a new community space along the Hi-Line, but funding to support projects like this is running out. -
A new law aims to create more certainty for developers tapping into groundwater outside the regular permitting process. -
The city of Billings and a local animal shelter are working on their strained relationship after an incinerator issue made it to national headlines. -
A coalition of interest groups including agricultural producers, local governments and environmental advocates seek to overturn a Montana law they say allows the exploitation of others' water rights. -
It’s been 200 years since the Crow Tribe and the United States signed the first official treaty between their two governments. -
The early childhood education program Head Start is coming back to the Crow Tribe after a six-year absence. -
People in Crow Agency are still waiting for an update on their food benefits as guidance circulates through the state.
