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The Ten Sleep Branch Library received the 2025 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. It’s one of 10 institutions to receive the nation’s highest honor.
Regional News
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Advocacy groups are pushing back against the approval of an underground coal mine near Roundup after a truncated environmental review.
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Users have an opportunity to learn more and offer their insight in the rehabilitating of the St Mary Canal system.
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Montana Shakes! makes an unscheduled tour stop in Billings this Wednesday. YPR’s Karl Lengel has the story.
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Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke announced Monday he's retiring from office at the end of his term in January. His exit opens the door for new candidates to run.
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The 6 planet alignment will not appear again for 14 years.
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Park County commissioners say a proposed gravel mine would reduce transportation time, emissions and traffic in busier areas. Locals are pushing back back.
National News
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In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
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Two men have been charged with allegedly providing support to a foreign terrorism organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. New York City NYPD Commissioner says the explosive devices "could have caused serious injury or death."
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A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media.
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The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.
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Legendary anchorman and America's favorite judge and scorekeeper, Bill Kurtis is retiring from his role at Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!, capping off a phenomenal 12-year run with the show.
NPR Headlines
- Chimps' taste for fermented fruit hints at the origins of humans' love of alcohol
- The U.S. names its 7th dead soldier and oil prices spike on Day 10 of the Iran war
- Does Iraq war hold lessons for Iran on regime change?
- US men's ice hockey Paralympics team goes for gold
- World shares tumble as Iran war pushes crude prices over $110 a barrel
- Morning news brief
- Energy analyst discusses how high Iran war could drive oil prices
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