Kayla Desroches
Kayla Desroches reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed in the city for college, where she hosted a radio show that featured serialized dramas like the Shadow and Suspense. In her pathway to full employment, she interned at WNYC in New York City and KTOO in Juneau, Alaska. She then spent a few years on the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where she transitioned from reporter to news director before moving to Montana.
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In response to a lawsuit from environmentalists, the Biden administration is ending new leases for coal mining on federal lands in the most productive part of America's top coal producing state.
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Montana regulators toured the state over the last few weeks to hear feedback from the public on the state’s cornerstone environmental law, the Montana Environmental Policy Act. -
Glacier National Park officials killed a collared female grizzly bear July 20 after determining it became conditioned to eat human food. -
Authorities say a lot of work remains after train cars containing asphalt, molten sulfur and metal derailed in Stillwater County Saturday morning and fell into the Yellowstone River. -
Ann Bukacek's election to the Public Service Commission keeps the board all-Republican. -
For around $110,000 a year, Montana Public Service commissioners take on a four-year commitment to balance company interests with the needs of the customers the utilities serve. -
Former Billings city council member Penny Ronning is courting voters in rural eastern Montana in her bid to win the 2nd Congressional District House seat. The Democratic candidate will need all the votes she can get in a crowded race. -
A fungal disease that's been devastating bat populations in the Eastern U.S. appears to be moving west faster than predicted. That has big economic and ecological implications.
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Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks says Big Horn, Musselshell and Treasure Counties join Yellowstone County in passing Stage-1 restrictions, which apply to building fires and smoking outside. -
Gateway towns to Yellowstone National Park have been devastated by flooding. Some residents worry the high water will wash away the summer tourist season.
