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An archive of Montana opinions
With lots of changes and unknowns, YPR wants to share what we do know and answer some frequently asked questions.
Regional News
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A Montana town is coming together to meet a big need: after-school bus transportation for kids.
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A new law aims to create more certainty for developers tapping into groundwater outside the regular permitting process.
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Elders from Montana’s Tribes are bringing institutional knowledge to Montana State University Billings as part of an elders-in-residence program.
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A former NASA science journalist from Montana is speaking out after she said the agency edited climate change out of her work.
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The city of Billings and a local animal shelter are working on their strained relationship after an incinerator issue made it to national headlines.
National News
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The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
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After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here's what happened next.
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NPR's Scott Simon explains why The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" is a holiday song for those who have troubles and heartache.
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As Pope Leo prepares to visit northern Lebanon, Christian border villages in the south feel abandoned and struggle to rebuild after the war with Israel.
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Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
NPR Headlines
- Where things stand with the National Guard shooting in D.C.
- Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
- Airbus calls for 'immediate' software upgrade to A320 aircraft
- Trump administration pausing all asylum decisions after National Guard shooting
- A breast cancer researcher at Harvard loses 1/3 of her staff amid NIH funding cuts
- A new animated film offers a way for kids to learn about contemporary Native culture
- Chloe Zhao's 'Hamnet' tells a story of grief and the healing power of art
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