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It's Monday, November 16th. The Blackfeet Tribe memorializes those who have died due to COVID-19, Governor-elect Greg Gianforte's natural resource advisory team and a conversation with Senator Jon Tester about why Democrats are losing ground in the west.

It's Tuesday, May 18th. A lawsuit on the grounds that new voting laws disenfranchise American-Indian voters, the state university system rescinds mask requirements on campus and a new law resparks the debate over the role of money in hunting in Montana.

It's Wednesday, April 13th. Bozeman breaks ground on its first year-round shelter and a conversation about the potential danger surrounding the lack of service on I-94 outside of Glendive and if anything is being done about cell phone dead zones in rural Montana.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports for the past week, Russian warplanes have been bombing the breakaway republic of Chechnya. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has vowed to keep up the attacks, to destroy the bases of Islamic militants he blames for recent apartment house bombings in Russia. The air raids have driven tens of thousands of Chechens from their homes and have fueled reports that the Russians are about to send ground troops into Chechnya. President Boris Yeltsin remains silent on the crisis.

Bill Bryson is known for exploring far-flung places, but he found inspiration for his most recent book after a hike through his own old, Victorian house in England. At Home: A Short History of Private Life explores the history of domesticity — from making beds, to the long history of hallways.

In Maui, a fast-moving wildfire decimated the historic town of Lahaina. A fire in upcountry Maui in Kula also left a path of destruction.

Archaeologists have finally uncovered the location of Harriet Tubman's house, where she spent her formative teenage years before she escaped enslavement. Their clue was a Lady Liberty coin dated 1808.

Some folks who planned to buy a home this spring have changed their plans, citing political and economic uncertainty.

The name of Big Timber, Montana, comes from the original source of most of its income, which was a large saw mill. Big Timber came about when it was decided that the original county seat of Sweet Grass County, a town called Dornix, was needed to be relocated on higher ground. The sawmill is long gone in Big Timber, and today the town relies mostly on agriculture to support its population, although one branch of the Stillwater Mine, which is one of the most lucrative businesses in Montana, is also located in Big Timber.

Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.