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Local and federal firefighting resources fighting the wind driven fire in eastern Montana.
Regional News
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Montana is set to receive more than $46-and-a-half million dollars in federal money this year for the federal lands within the Big Sky State’s borders.
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The Big Sky will grow by two universities next year.
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The state is rolling out new leasing rules to entice businesses to move into and restore historic structures in Virginia City, Nevada City and Reeder's Alley.
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Just over a year from when water quit flowing, water left the St. Mary Diversion headed for the Milk River.
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Missoula, and now Butte, are raising the rainbow flag for Pride Month despite a new law prohibiting "unofficial" flags. That's after Missoula adopted the flag as an official city banner, setting a precedent for other communities.
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LGBTQ+ Pride events are planned through June and into early August.
National News
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Flash flooding slammed the Texas Hill Country overnight on Friday. At least 27 girls from a summer camp next to the Guadalupe River remain missing.
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The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.
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It's natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay' tells a story that is both effective and empathetic.
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Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight, dashing hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the war.
NPR Headlines
- Cuts to HIV research funding in the US impacts progress towards ending the epidemic
- We need each other, say artisans at Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Madison McFerrin describes the power of finding her own voice and sound
- Heat and wildfire smoke affect birth outcomes, according to a new study
- Did humans contribute to evolutionary change in rodents?
- Ukraine attacks Russian airfields
- The deadly risk of trying to reach food in Gaza
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