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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.

Report: Plastic Pollution 'Widespread' In Montana Waterways

By • Nov 6, 2019

A Montana based environmental research group released a report last week that shows evidence of plastic in more than half of Montana's waterways.

Montana School District Settles With Abuse Victims

By • Nov 6, 2019

A southeastern Montana school district Wednesday announced a settlement of $9 million with victims of an athletic trainer who molested students over a period of three decades.

The $9 million settles a civil lawsuit filed by 32 victims of former Miles City high school athletic trainer James “Doc” Jensen. The money will come from the school district’s insurers rather than from tax dollars.

Public Comment Opens On Colstrip Units 3, 4 Flush, Capture Proposal

By • Oct 21, 2019


The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment for next month on the mitigation of Colstrip groundwater contamination.

Prescribed Burns Across Montana Target Fuel Buildup, Invasive Weeds

By & • Oct 17, 2019
Residual smoke from the previous day's underburn operations north of the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead near Missoula, MT, Oct. 17, 2019.
Lolo National Forest

It’s fall and that means it’s prescribed fire season in Montana. Wildland managers are now intentionally setting fires to reduce forest fuel buildup or to restore native vegetation.

Two prescribed wildfire operations just north of Missoula produced dense smoke that degraded air quality to unhealthy levels Wednesday night into Thursday morning. As weather forecasters predicted though, a cold front pushed into the region Thursday afternoon, increasing winds which helped dissipate the smoke.

Gianforte: Focused Efforts On Impeachment Are 'Misplaced'

By • Oct 11, 2019

 

Montana’s lone voice in the U.S. House says focused efforts on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump are “misplaced.”

Sexual Assault Kit Initiative To Revamp Trainings

By • Oct 10, 2019


The group tasked with addressing Montana's backlog of untested rape kits is planning a series of statewide trainings and revamping the sexual assault investigation training for police officers in the state.

Renewable Energy Advocates Protest Proposed Utility Fee Changes

By • Oct 7, 2019

Montana’s largest utility company is reviewing its electric rates for the first time in 10 years and one provision has people worried that the new rates could hurt clean energy progress in the state.

Bullock Misses Democratic Debate For Third Time

By • Oct 4, 2019


Governor Steve Bullock has once again failed to qualify for the primary debate stage in his bid for the presidency.

Wasting Disease Found In Yellowstone County

By • Oct 4, 2019

Montana officials are expanding restrictions on the transport of big game animals to prevent the spread of a fatal disease.

Rocky Mountain States Lag Behind In Energy Efficiency

By • Oct 1, 2019

A clean energy report released Tuesday ranks states on their green energy-friendly policies, and some parts of the Rocky Mountain region are lagging behind coastal states.

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