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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gateway towns to Yellowstone National Park have been devastated by flooding. Some residents worry the high water will wash away the summer tourist season.
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Unofficial election results for the District 5 Public Service Commission seat show Republican candidates Annie Bukacek and Derek Skees both won 31% of 35,500 votes cast. Bukacek has a lead of 74 votes.
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Penny Ronning beat out Skylar Williams and the late Mark Sweeney in the Democratic primary for Montana's eastern district U.S. House seat. Ronning will now advance to the general election.
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In 2016 Montana became one of the first states to adopt numeric standards for certain river systems. Now, under a law passed during the last legislative session, it’s become the first to repeal them.
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Advocacy groups are asking the federal government to issue emergency protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, the only gray wolf population not on the Endangered Species List.
