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Larry Mayer, a photographer with the Billings Gazette, along with videographer Chase Doak, published the first photos of the suspected Chinese spy balloon that floated over Montana in February.

Montanans are still talking about the Chinese balloon that floated through its airspace last month. But they are talking about more local matters as well.

Two Montana photographers are now known all around the world for the first published photos of the balloon seen over Billings. But a fifth-grader thinks he may have actually scooped them.

Montana’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester led the first public briefing demanding answers from Biden administration officials on the Chinese spy balloon that was first publicly reported in U.S. airspace above Billings.

Two Montana photographers were the first to publish images of the big, white object floating over Billings last week — an object later identified as a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon.Larry Mayer and Chase Doak spoke with Yellowstone Public Radio’s Orlinda Worthington about how their lives have changed since that day.

Members of Montana’s congressional delegation and local lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration for answers about the Chinese balloon currently moving eastward over the U.S.

A statement from Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed officials, including with NORAD, detected and are tracking a “high altitude surveillance balloon” moving over the U.S.

At least a dozen governors have now banned the popular social media app from state-issued computers, cell phones and other devices.

An advocacy group for Montana farmers says Chinese representatives cancelled their visit to the state Friday.Nicole Rolf with the Montana Farm Bureau…

Americans’ growing love of hummus and other plant-based proteins has helped make Montana the number one producer of chickpeas and lentils in the country.…