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Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" is now an opera.
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Regional News
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A change in the top five FCS teams atop the weekly football poll
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YPR's Karl Lengel hears from actor/musician Seth Eliser, touring as frontman for The Phil Collins Story.
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A federal judge in Helena has ruled a Montana law designed to curtail the use of AI generated images can not be enforced against a former state lawmaker and his political action committee.
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Justices ruled the state failed to address inflation and the true cost of teacher salaries in school funding models.
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YPR's Karl Lengel hears from Canadian musician and songwriter John Hewitt.
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Crumbling roads, damaged trails, and aging campgrounds are among the maintenance needs facing Montana's public lands. State and congressional leaders say restoring a federal fund could help with the backlog before repairs get even more expensive. Comments from State Rep. Lyn Bennett, R-Columbia Falls; and Rebecca Knuffke, senior U.S. conservation officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts.
National News
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Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life.
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As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco.
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The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
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As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people.
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A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.
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