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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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.
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Pre-evacuation warnings are in effect due to a fire near the Blacktail Ski Area, and Stage 1 fire restrictions are now in effect on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
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The Biden administration says fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to enter the U.S. at border crossings with Canada regardless of the reason for travel for the first time since March 2020.
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Cooler temperatures in the 50s to low 60s and higher humidity are helping firefighters contain the South Moccasin Fire burning northwest of Lewistown in Fergus County.
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Extreme fire behavior with wind-driven runs and ember spotting has pushed the South Moccasin Fire to some 7,000 acres as of noon Tuesday. The fire is burning in timber and short grass 7 miles northwest of Lewistown in Fergus County and is zero percent contained.
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Recreationists and hunters are being encouraged to avoid the Line Creek Trail outside of Red Lodge after a hunter encountered a grizzly bear in the area over the weekend.
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The U.S. Senate late Thursday narrowly confirmed Montanan Tracy Stone-Manning as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.
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Canadians seeking to vacation or travel for business are still not allowed to cross the border into the US. Earlier Friday the Department of Homeland Security extended it’s restrictions on non-essential travel at least to September 21.
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Updated 5:20 p.m.Whitten FireThe Bureau of Land Management Miles City office says the Whitten Wildfire in southeast Montana is contained. The fire,…