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Montana’s largest utility has released a draft plan of how it will generate power for the next two decades. It’s soliciting public comments on that plan in meetings across the state.
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Montana Public Radio
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With state-of-the-art exhibits and free admission, the new Montana Heritage Center museum in Helena is a tantalizing field trip destination for teachers. But school travel is expensive. Now, a donor-funded grant is helping busloads of students visit the “Smithsonian” of Montana. -
Montana’s educator shortage appears to be worsening, according to the state Office of Public Instruction. The state is on track to authorize more than 300 unlicensed educators to teach this year. State education officials say Montana will again provide meals for children during the summer months. Montana is one of two states that has never introduced a bill to regulate cell phone use in schools statewide.
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Jano Rix — best known as one-third of Grammy Award-nominated trio The Wood Brothers — joins host John Floridis. Jano talks about his new project, a father-son duo calling themselves RIX. Their debut album, Legacy, Vol. 1, is a collaboration more than 12 years in the making.
1989 (Sarah’s Version)
In this episode of Grounding, season two, host Sarah Aronson talks to Peter McDonough—director of the Climate Change Studies Program at the University of Montana—his students, and another educator at the intersection of climate change and mental health at UM, Jen Robohm, about the dissonance of climate change. Aronson explores this friction in order to better understand the times we’re living in, and how to live well in spite of compounding stressors. Though there might end up being more questions than answers this season, it’s clear that the answer to the central question, “Are we alone?” is unequivocally, “no.”
So... Where’s the snow?
In this episode of “Grounding,” season two, Sarah Aronson talks to Renee Lertzman and Panu Pihkala, two experts in the field of climate emotions, who offer models for processing our feelings as well as understanding why we assume people don’t care about the environment when they actually might. Aronson explores how language can be helpful in identifying what we’re feeling.
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In advance of his appearance in Livingston, Montana—as a guest of Elk River Arts & Lectures on January 23, 2026, at the Livingston Elks Lodge—novelist Colum McCann discusses the many themes and narratives found in his latest book, ‘Twist’ (Penguin Random House).
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The first archaeological evidence we have that points to organized observances of the winter solstice come from the Neolithic period—that era from about 12,000 to 6,500 years ago which hastened the Stone Age into those of Copper and Bronze
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Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.
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Competitions will be hosted at 25 venues spanning an area of more than 8,000 square miles. Here's what's happening at each of the four main clusters.
