Jackie Yamanaka

Day On The Campaign Trail With U.S. Senate Candidate Russ Fagg

The Republican campaign circuit included numerous party dinners in communities large and small across Montana. U.S. Senate candidate Russ Fagg of Billings is among the candidates who’s been criss-crossing the state – by pickup or airplane - for the 2018 election.

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Researchers at Idaho State University lost a 'minute' amount of plutonium nearly a decade ago.
National Nuclear Security Administration

Researchers at Idaho State University said they’ve lost a small amount of weapons-grade plutonium. Federal officials aren’t pleased.

If you’re looking for a new primary care doctor in states like Idaho or Wyoming, good luck. Our region has some of the worst doctor shortages of all U.S. states.


National Parks and Monuments are preparing for the onslaught of summer tourists, and park officials are hoping visitors will remember these are wild places with wild animals. Yellowstone National Park has already seen two dangerous incidents over the last week.

The Trump administration’s plans to cut red tape on environmental projects is getting predictably mixed reviews.

Researchers at Idaho State University lost a 'minute' amount of plutonium nearly a decade ago.
National Nuclear Security Administration

Researchers at Idaho State University said they’ve lost a small amount of weapons-grade plutonium. Federal officials aren’t pleased.

If you’re looking for a new primary care doctor in states like Idaho or Wyoming, good luck. Our region has some of the worst doctor shortages of all U.S. states.


Jackie Yamanaka

The Republican campaign circuit included numerous party dinners in communities large and small across Montana. U.S. Senate candidate Russ Fagg of Billings is among the candidates who’s been criss-crossing the state – by pickup or airplane - for the 2018 election.

courtesy Phil Davey

On this episode of Field Days, Columbus farmer Phil Davey shows us around the farm.


National Parks and Monuments are preparing for the onslaught of summer tourists, and park officials are hoping visitors will remember these are wild places with wild animals. Yellowstone National Park has already seen two dangerous incidents over the last week.

The Trump administration’s plans to cut red tape on environmental projects is getting predictably mixed reviews.

Two Native Americans were pulled out of a college tour this week when a parent told campus police the young men were making her nervous.

The Society for American Archeology canceled a panel this spring because the Bureau of Land Management wouldn’t pay for its staffers to attend and lead a symposium on Land Management issues.

Marita Growing Thunder sews ribbon skirts to remember missing and murdered indigenous women.
Nate Hegyi / Mountain West News Bureau

  

Marita Growing Thunder, 19, is sitting in the grass on a warm spring afternoon at the University of Montana campus in Missoula where she studies art. Growing up, she said, her mom was always talking about aunt Yvonne.

According to a monthly survey, farmers across the U.S. aren’t feeling too optimistic these days.  

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