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Yellowstone County says an expansion and improvement project at the detention center would alleviate overcrowding and pressure on the local justice system.
Great Falls Public Schools
Wind blows the roof off of a Great Falls elementary school
Regional News
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The seed swap and the seed library at Billings Public Library are efforts to reduce food insecurity and grow interest in gardening.
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The Montana Loophole continues under scrutiny in California. YPR’s Karl Lengel has more about it.
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On March 9, Yellowstone biologists working in the northern part of the park reported seeing the first grizzly bear of the spring season.
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Opera Montana has begun production on a world premiere of Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It". YPR's Karl Lengel hears from the composer and librettists on creating a new opera.
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Three Montana based schools are sending both men’s and women’s teams to tournaments.
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Lady Yellowjackets to face GNAC opponent Friday March 13
National News
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Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.
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With espresso shots, kisses on the cheek and Andrea Bocelli singalongs, Team Italy has charmed the baseball world. But their mission is more ambitious: Turn Italy into a bona fide baseball factory.
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Based on a series of novels by best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta follows two different mysteries from two different timelines. It's structurally complicated — but it all holds up.
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In the hilarious Netflix series How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, three women learn that a long estranged school friend has died in a suspicious manner — and take it upon themselves to investigate.
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Fighting robots is a cultural fantasy going back at least to Richard Matheson's 1956 story "Steel." One Detroit impresario is now bringing the idea to the stage — and real audiences.
NPR Headlines
- Why 'Sinners' should win best picture (but probably won't) — and more Oscar predictions
- Israel launches airstrikes in Beirut, displacing thousands of people
- CNN correspondent shares his takeaways from his recent visit to Iran
- Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone
- All 6 U.S. crew are dead after a military aircraft goes down in Iraq
- It's Chalamet vs. ballet in this week's news quiz. Are your answers en pointe?
- Egg prices have taken a beating. What's behind the drop?
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