Hospitals, mental health providers and organizations that work with older adults in at least seven states say they’re seeing more people with dementia in mental health crises. It can be hard or even impossible in some cases to find a mental health facility that will care for them during and after a crisis.
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Democrats pull off an upset in Montana’s U.S. House race. The Senate race goes as expected with an easy Republican victory. The Senate loss is seen as a missed opportunity for Montana Democrats as their party sweeps several congressional seats across the country. The Supreme court race is a runaway for Amy Eddy. And Montanans say yes to all three ballot initiatives, with one already facing a court challenge.
Picture of the Week
November 05, 2026 - Thank you to Samuel McDaniels for sharing "Sunrise and some lovely fall foliage at Peaks to Plains Park on the campus of MSU Billings, with McMullen Hall in the background."
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November 05, 2026 - Thank you to Samuel McDaniels for sharing "Sunrise and some lovely fall foliage at Peaks to Plains Park on the campus of MSU Billings, with McMullen Hall in the background."
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October 29, 2026. Thank you to Brendan Moles for this week's Picture of the Week. Praying Mantis in the squirrel feeder, Missoula's Northside
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October 15, 2026 - Thank you to Fred & Sallie Brewer for this week's picture of the week. Elk cows, yearlings and calves near abandoned beaver pond. Highlands south of Butte.
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Picture of the Week. October 08, 2026 - Thank you to Anne Hosler for this week's picture of the week. Sunset over the Blue Mountain area in Missoula.
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Thank you to Shannon Harmon for this week's picture of the week. Moon rising above the mountains at Holland Lake 9/22/2026.
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September 24, 2026 - Thank you to Noel Osterman for this week's picture of the week. Sunset on Tiger Butte Road in Cascade County near Belt on August 28, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.
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September 17, 2026 – Thank you to Juliann Burnham for today's picture of the week. The footbridge to the University of Montana.
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September 10, 2026 - Thank you to Rose Miller for this week's picture of the week. "Canyon Ferry Lake Winter Sunset"
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September 03, 2026 - Taking a break while kayaking Gates of the Mountains, looking back at Upper Holter Lake.
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August 27, 2026 - The iconic Fire Tower overlooking Last Chance Gulch in Helena, MT.
Kylie Campbell
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This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Nathaniel “Nat” Philbrick about ‘The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World’ (Viking Books).
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A judge has blocked construction of Trump's arch moments after it won federal approval to proceed. And, the Labor Department is set to release the latest jobs report today, a day after stocks plunged.
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Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.
