Corin Cates-Carney
News DirectorCorin Cates-Carney manages MTPR’s daily and long-term news projects. After spending more than five years living and reporting across Western and Central Montana, he became news director in early 2020.
A graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism, Cates-Carney has covered wildfires, legislative sessions, campaign finance, public lands management and more.
Prior to joining MTPR, he worked as an intern for NPR’s Morning Edition, taught at an outdoor kid’s camp, and shoveled just an absolute ton of rocks and dirt as a landscaper.
corin.cates-carney@mtpr.org 406-243-4075
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The Hog Trough fire is burning about 300 acres in the Sapphire Wilderness Study Area in both the Bitterroot and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests.
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"It's one thing to say that we support unborn children and support mothers, but we aren't just pro-birth, we're pro-life," Montana Catholic Conference Executive Director Matthew Brower says.
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An independent candidate for Montana’s eastern U.S. House district has qualified for the general election ballot.
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Major flooding in south central Montana has destroyed homes, roads and bridges. Reporter Nick Mott lives in Livingston, where the Yellowstone River crested around 11 p.m. last night. He describes what the town looks like today.
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Two Missoula primary races for Republican precinct heads were omitted from the election ballot.
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It is too late to register to vote, but voters can still turn in their ballots to election offices before 8 p.m. Tuesday. A new law requires voters to show photo identification when they cast a ballot.
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Another round of thoughts and prayers from political leaders. The Supreme Court race turns explicitly partisan. The commissioner of political practices says state leaders need to join the fight against election disinformation. And the health department issues an emergency rule to keep trans Montanans from changing their birth certificates.
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Clara McRae was a senior in high school when she and her classmates formed the Helena Youth Against Gun Violence group in 2018. In the wake of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, she speaks again with MTPR's Corin Cates-Carney.
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Health department Director Adam Meier announced the plan Friday after previously telling lawmakers the agency would not renew the program.
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Southwest Montana veterans and public officials gathered in celebration Friday for the opening of a new health care clinic in Butte.