Corin Cates-Carney
News DirectorCorin Cates-Carney is the news director at Montana Public Radio. He joined MTPR in 2015 and is a graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism.
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Low housing supply is reducing affordable places to live, and Pew reports rising rents are linked to growing homelessness. -
Power to more than 10,000 Flathead Electric Cooperative members went out Monday night in northwest Montana as strong winds pushed across the region. Thousands of people remain without power.
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State wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease was detected in a deer within the city limits of Baker in southeastern Montana. CWD is a fatal neurological disease that infects members of the deer family.
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A record level of funding is available to help Montanans shop for health insurance options in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
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The Montana agriculture department is accepting applications for a new grant program targeting investments in value-added agricultural products, like wheat milled into flour for baked goods or malted barley for beer.
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Unofficial county election results show incumbent mayors in Missoula, Helena, Kalispell and Great Falls held leads against their challengers.
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Missoula, Park and Yellowstone counties each approved a 3% local tax on recreational marijuana, according to the unofficial results.
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During a conversation about climate change held Thursday night at the University of Montana between former Vice President Al Gore and former Montana U.S. Senator Max Baucus, both men expressed hope.
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Montana has joined a lawsuit with nine other states suing the U.S. government over President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contract workers. Meanwhile, the Montana Nurses Association has filed to join a lawsuit against a state law that bans most employers from requiring vaccinations.
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Montana’s program designed to encourage people to reenter the workforce during the pandemic is expected to spend about a third of the money set aside for it. State lawmakers Wednesday agreed on recommendations for how to spend the leftover $10 million.
