Shaylee Ragar
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Montana Public Radio
High winds, months of drought and record temperatures fueled wildfires in central Montana this week that burned thousands of acres. Dozens of homes, grain elevators and bridges have been lost. MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar talked to some of those impacted by the fires.
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iStock/Gianforte, Knudsen praise judge's decision to block 'unconstitutional' vaccine mandate for health caA federal judge ruled Tuesday the Biden administration does not have the authority to implement a vaccine mandate for health care workers. -
Kayla Desroches/A clog in global supply chains for materials like aluminum is hitting industries here in Montana. Craft brewers are the latest businesses to feel the impact — and their customers could soon feel it too.
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A late-season wildfire that came amid unseasonably warm weather and was pushed by strong winds ripped through a tiny central Montana farming town overnight, burning 24 homes and four grain elevators that had stood for more than a century.
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Fires pushed by high temperatures and strong, gusty winds burned several structures Wednesday and forced evacuations near Great Falls, Browning and Denton, which remains under threat.
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At issue is whether to reverse the court's nearly half-century-old decision, Roe v. Wade, and subsequent decisions declaring that women have a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.
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Montana’s high tech industry is booming. But experts worry that growth will slow if businesses can’t find the skilled employees they need.
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Low housing supply is reducing affordable places to live, and Pew reports rising rents are linked to growing homelessness.
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The lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t properly assess the impact of a rule opening 2.3 million acres in the National Wildlife Refuge system to hunting and fishing.
