Livingston Montana

The numbers don’t lie. It’s been a warm winter.

School-based health clinics in Montana are helping increase attendance and lower suspensions, according to a new report by the Montana Healthcare Foundation. The survey found 70% of responding school districts reported decreased absenteeism due to the clinics' convenience and greater student access to health care. Comments from Todd Wester, curriculum director, Livingston Public Schools; and Kelsey Gummer, senior program officer, Montana Healthcare Foundation.

A coalition of business owners from the Paradise Valley that once successfully fought proposed gold mining near Yellowstone National Park, has re-formed to speak out against federal cuts.

Park County’s Board of Health meeting on January 22 drew an outsized attendance after a proposed update to the department's quarantine and isolation plan raised covid-19 era concerns.

Communities across south central Montana are bracing themselves for the impact of mass layoffs at the Sibanye-Stillwater mining operations that are set to take effect mid-November.

A couple of referendums in Park County’s June election will ask residents to decide whether to keep the county’s Growth Policy in place and whether to vote on Growth Policy documents going forward.

Population booms and skyrocketing costs of living are hitting cities all over the state. Park County passed a wide-ranging new growth policy earlier this month designed to deal with the effects it's experiencing locally. Montana Public Radio reporter Nick Mott flew over the area with officials trying to get a handle on what that growth means for Park County.

As Montana wraps up its first week of the phased reopening plan, families across the state are feeling a whole spectrum of emotions as main street…