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Pre-evacuation notices were lifted Tuesday for about 20 homes threatened by the Lump Gulch Fire burning south of Helena in Jefferson County. Strong winds…

The Montana Department of Commerce announced Friday that families who have suffered substantial financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 may now apply…

The COVID-19 crisis is throwing off the complex logistics of a year-long Arctic research expedition. A team set to rotate out may have to stay on board an ice-breaker for another six weeks.

Nearly 20% of U.S. households have experienced either a layoff or a reduction in work hours because of the coronavirus, according to a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll.

The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a bill to prohibit zoning regulations requiring housing developers to sell units at below-market prices.

An active CIA officer raised eyebrows by contending in a book that the United States is losing the war on terror. In his second NPR interview, the author of Imperial Hubris says U.S. policymakers made important mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Zarifa Hamidi was 7 years old in 2000 when the Taliban killed her father and forced her family to flee their home. She says that experience shaped her belief that the U.S. should not leave Afghanistan.

Three guys from Dartmouth stumbled into a dance class looking for easy credits and twenty-five years later they're running one of the most successful modern dance companies in the world. Pilobolus Dance Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. What's remarkable is that it's managed to stay together that long with FOUR artistic directors (with the exception of one, the same four for all 25 years)...and it's managed to do it without subsidies or wealthy patrons. Pilobolus derives 80 to 90 percent of its annual budget from ticket sales...and it's managed to do that while presenting very challenging modern dance (Pilobolus was one of the pioneers of nudity in modern dance) with a sense of humor. Charlene Scott, of member station W-F-C-R, visited the company at its home in rural Connecticut.

As they work to revive their restaurants, some of New Orleans' most storied cooks -- Michael Regua, Jo Ann Clevenger and Leah Chase -- are preparing their own special Thanksgiving meals for family and friends.

European Union leaders praise President Bush's approach in taking on Iran's nuclear ambitions at a one-day meeting in Vienna. The president and his European counterparts urged both Iran and North Korea to resume multinational talks aimed at ending their nuclear weapons programs.