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Gov. Greg Gianforte is proposing a nearly $18 billion budget to keep Montana’s government up and running over the next two years. The state is projected to continue to bring in strong revenues. Gianforte aims to invest in a few big projects, while cutting taxes. MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar joined Corin Cates-Carney to talk through the big ticket items.
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Two days after The Wide Open premiered, host Nick Mott had a grizzly encounter of his own.
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Railroads helped build the state we know today. Now, rail travel has all but disappeared in Montana, and many unused lines are going dormant or being abandoned. What happens to them next?
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CourtesyHost John Floridis visits with fiddler and Della Mae founder Kimber Ludiker. Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated, all-women string band. Hailing from across North America, and reared in diverse musical styles, they are one of the most charismatic and engaging roots bands touring today. -
Acclaimed singer songwriter and guitarist James McMurtry returns to Musician's Spotlight.
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Tune in to Montana Public Radio’s Monday Music Special on November 25, 2024, at 9 p.m., to hear Lauren Korn, Ann Powers, and Alison Fensterstock in conversation—and a handful of the many, many female musicians collected in ‘How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music’ (HarperCollins).
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Lauren Korn talks to Dolce Canto’s Artistic Director and Conductor, David Edmonds, as well as the Artistic Director of the String Orchestra of the Rockies (SOR), Maria Larionoff. Members of the SOR will join Dolce Canto to perform ‘Pacem: Music of Struggle and Reconciliation’ on November 16, 2024; and on November 17, 2024, celebrating SOR’s 40th anniversary, Dolce Canto will join the orchestra in performing Peteris Vasks’s ‘Dona Nobis Pacem.’
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Host Lauren Korn speaks with ‘Life Kit’ creator Meghan Keane, author of ‘Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner’ (Chronicle Books).
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Throughout history, people have been captivated by owls. There are 260 species of owls across the planet. They can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
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Fuzzy, light brown in color, and with a snout looking like Pinocchio went on a fibbing spree, the Acorn Weevil has a comical appearance.
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President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who he says was "selectively and unfairly prosecuted." And, a look into whether real or fake Christmas trees are better for the environment.
