Aaron Bolton
Aaron is Montana Public Radio's Flathead reporter.
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Glacier National Park officials are studying the return of free-roaming bison.
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Veterans exposed to toxins and burn pits can sign up for VA health care earlier than expected. The VA announced this week all veterans covered under the legislation can immediately sign up for care.
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Federal and state environmental officials said another piece of the Libby asbestos Superfund complex is cleaned up.
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Federal regulators found that the former chief of staff at the Montana VA’s Helena facility provided substandard pregnancy and gynecological care.
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Dozens of people gathered in Helena on Monday night to protest the closure of a Intermountain Residential, a mental health program that treats young children.
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As the climate changes, places where home air conditioning used to be rare are now seeing a need for artificial cooling. In places like the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest, lives are at stake.
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As the climate changes, places where home air conditioning used to be rare are now seeing a need for artificial cooling. It's a new expense that's especially hard for people in low-income housing.
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New ideas like "safe storage maps" show gun owners where to put their firearms in safekeeping if a mental health crisis happens. The idea has support, but obstacles are in the way in some states.
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Gun owners in psychiatric crisis can lower their risk of suicide by temporarily storing their guns at a gun store or with family or friends. But "safe storage" is easier in theory than practice.
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Gun rights and gun control advocates are coming together over safeguarding gun storage in an effort to reduce suicides, which account for more than half of gun fatalities nationwide.