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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U.S. health officials recently approved a protein-based vaccine to protect against the most current COVID-19 variants, and it’s joining Montana’s line up of options. -
Grasshopper outbreaks can ravage crops and farmers’ profits. A judge in August ruled on a lawsuit over chemicals used to control them. -
Bug enthusiasts in Montana are cataloging a winged insect known in many households for eating clothes, furniture and crops. These citizen scientists say moths are much more than pests, and they’re braving the nights and early morning hours around Billings to see them. -
An analysis from Headwaters Economics shows small county governments may not have the staff or time available to apply for funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. -
A storm rolled over Yellowstone County around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Some of the hardest hit areas lost power and suffered damage from fallen trees. -
The Native American Development Corporation will start with substance use testing, with plans to grow from there. -
A Red Lodge property owner is assessing damage from a coal mine that flooded his hillside rental property. -
NorthWestern Energy for the second time in four years says it will adopt Puget Sound Energy’s share in the Colstrip plant as the Washington utility moves away from coal generation. -
A new mapping tool takes a deeper look at more than $100 million federal dollars that poured into Montana across the last decade to help the state recover from natural disasters and the damage they cause. -
Montana’s Attorney General asks the state Supreme Court to take over a case about who can sign issue ballot petitions, a fishing closure is in effect on a stretch of the Madison River in southwest Montana and RiverStone Health in Billings is offering free lead testing for children. Hear about that and more on today's Worm.
