Orlinda Worthington
Morning Edition HostOrlinda Worthington brings 20 years of experience as Montana television News Anchor, Producer, and Reporter, and as a morning radio host. She achieved two E.B. Craney awards in radio news and a “Best of the Northwest Talk Show,” award for a program produced for community television. A native of northern Wyoming, and Montana resident for 25 years, Orlinda is honored to bring news reports to YPR listeners.
-
Many libraries around the state are hosting garden parties this Saturday.The events kickstart their seed exchange programs - a place where community members can get seeds for free and learn how to make their gardens grow.
-
Communal prayers are being recited by Muslims around the world right now, the exact same prayers offered by Muslims in Montana.
-
Iho Pomeroy died Tuesday, March 12, after battling glioblastoma brain cancer for about a year.
-
Rocky Vista University announced March 6 that the Higher Learning Commission has formally approved their request to offer the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
-
ZooMontana in Billings announced March 5th, the birth of one female wolverine on February 6th, the third wolverine kit to be born at the facility.
-
At least twelve "leaplings" entered the Billings community February 29th. One nurse shares shares her many years of delivering babies on this day, once every four years.
-
The Moth Radio hour is a program dedicated to the art of first-person storytelling. They host live storytelling events around the world. Their most recent production was taped in Big Sky, Montana.
-
Montana official warn of a new scam targeting Montana nonprofits and job seekers. The Montana Office of Consumer Protection says they have received eight suspicious donations reported to their office.
-
A halftime presentation at a recent Montana State University Billings women’s basketball game (February 17) used half-time - and the power of silence - to raise awareness to the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
-
YPR visits with Poundstone ahead of her Bozeman performance about why she likes playing for Montana audiences, her favorite part of the Ellen Theater and her worm farm.