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William Marcus
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Montana News
Newly passed bills — including the state budget — still await action from lawmakers
The state policymaking process is still ongoing about a month after the 68th Legislature adjourned. Legislators have more than a dozen of the governor’s vetoes to consider overriding, and there are still bills that have yet to be signed or vetoed. Democrats say the process is taking unnecessarily long.
Flames from a fast-moving wildfire engulf grain elevators in the town of Denton, Montana, December 01, 2021.
Fergus County Sheriff's Office
Montana News
How does a small town rebuild after a devastating wildfire?
A wildfire burned through the small town of Denton, MT in December of 2021. It burned more than 10,000 acres and destroyed 25 homes. So how is the town of Denton rebuilding, and what does wildfire resilient construction look like?
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Arts & Life
Do your best, be kind, get the job done: A conversation with the late Dr. Sheila Stearns
In light of a cancer diagnosis in 2020, the late Dr. Sheila Stearns and William Marcus sit down to chat about Stearns’s family and about her careers as a school teacher and the Commissioner of Higher Education in Montana.
Arts & Life
“You don’t have to be perfect to serve the future”: Lisa Wells on ‘Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World’
Lauren Korn
Reuben Wilson's Hammond B-3 grooves for Blue Note Records found a second life in samples, particular on Nas' "Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park)."
Francis Wolff
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Music
Reuben Wilson, organist who helped usher in soul jazz, has died at 88
Matt Rogers
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Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023.
Tony Leys/KFF Health News
With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap
Tony Leys
The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.
Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago.
Richard Drew
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AP
Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay
David Folkenflik
Saint Mary's Wilderness is seen in the distance on June 5, 2023. A Cessna Citation jet crashed over mountainous terrain Sunday afternoon near Montebello, Va. Aviation officials are investigating the fatal crash of the unresponsive plane that flew over the nation's capital, prompting F-16 fighter jets to be scrambled.
Erin Edgerton
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AFP via Getty Images
5 questions answered about the unresponsive plane that flew over D.C.
Bill Chappell
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