Kay Erickson
Kay Erickson has been working in broadcasting in Billings for more than 20 years. She spent well over a decade as news assignment editor at KTVQ-TV before joining the staff at YPR. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a degree in broadcast journalism. Shortly after graduation she worked in Great Falls where she was one of the first female sports anchor and reporter in Montana.
Kay is also a writer for Yellowstone Valley Woman’s Magazine.
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Rosendale won the at-large district in 2020 with 56% of votes over Democrat Kathleen Williams, and easily carried most of the counties in the 2nd District. Whether he can do so again will be determined on Nov. 8. -
The Montana Department of Transportation will begin repairs on the Beartooth Highway early next week following last weekend’s severe flood. Though the Beartooth Pass on the Montana side of the border wasn't damaged, it will require some cleanup prior to opening.
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U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale won the Republican nomination for Montana’s eastern congressional district. He beat out opponents Kyle Austin, James Boyette and Charles Walking Child.
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The park reported more than 4.8 million visits in 2021, including an unusually high number of re-entries.
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Fluctuating temperatures caused ice jams and flooding near Ennis, Three Forks and Logan earlier this month.
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The Milk River Project has provided water to tribes, irrigators and municipalities in northern Montana for a century. And it's overdue for major repairs.
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The West Wind Fire in Fergus County is still zero percent contained but was showing minimal fire activity today. Enhanced mapping shows the size of the fire as 10,644 acres, down from an earlier estimate.
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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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The National Weather Service is warning Montanans of damaging winds across the state through Tuesday night with gusts of up to 110 miles an hour possible.
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Election Day is next Tuesday, Nov. 2, and that means an important absentee ballot deadline is at hand. If you miss the deadline, you can still get your ballot in on time.
