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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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.
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Riverside Park, south of Laurel, is the site of a former prisoner of war camp and Depression-era barracks.
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A now-polluted rail yard that facilitated the growth of Harlowton’s Japanese-American community could see a second life after contamination.
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It’s a new school year, but the Billings School District is still trying to solidify its stance on a hot button issue from last year: How to select what books do or do not belong in school libraries.
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Summer is winding down, and Montana children are returning to their classrooms, or for a growing number of families, to the next season of self-paced learning.