Kayla Desroches
ReporterKayla Desroches reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed in the city for college, where she hosted a radio show that featured serialized dramas like the Shadow and Suspense. In her pathway to full employment, she interned at WNYC in New York City and KTOO in Juneau, Alaska. She then spent a few years on the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where she transitioned from reporter to news director before moving to Montana.
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Political ads flooded mailboxes, TVs and computer monitors in the months and days before polls closed Tuesday night in Montana. Many voters were united in their efforts to ignore them.
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It’s been less than a decade since Montana wildlife managers first confirmed a fatal neurological disease in the state’s wild deer herds, and researchers are trying to understand how humans affect its spread.
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A couple of weeks remain before the 700-some layoffs Sibanye Stillwater announced in September begin to take effect.
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Black cats have long been a familiar icon of Spooky Season, but are often overlooked in shelters. Black dogs face similar struggles.
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The Billings Public Library's new workshop will offer a range of popular machines to use on site and to borrow for crafts, DIY and multimedia projects.
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A first-of-its-kind mental health emergency response team is on hold roughly a year after it launched as a pilot program in Billings.
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The city says billing delays are largely responsible for the high fees people are seeing on their recent utility bills.
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Downsizing at Sibanye-Stillwater's Montana operations could affect businesses in Columbus and other nearby communities.
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Mining company representatives visiting Columbus said there's demand for workers at all levels, but many gigs are out of state.
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Hundreds of employees are set to lose their jobs after the country’s biggest producer of palladium and platinum announced sweeping layoffs to take effect starting November 12, but who will be getting pink slips is still largely unknown.