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News Articles: Montana

Jennifer Mitchell thumbs through her husband's medical records from his time at the Montana State Hospital. Records show doctors took Mitchell's husband off some of his congestive heart failure medications. Mitchell says she was never consulted.

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  • Mental Health

Her husband died after stay at Montana State Hospital. She wants answers.

Injuries, abuse, and neglect have continued at the state-run psychiatric facility that lost its federal certification due to preventable patient deaths. But an information blackout remains.

March 02, 2023
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Kentucky voters have rejected an amendment that would have said the state constitution contains no right to an abortion. Earlier, people rallied on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort to encourage voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which failed.

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  • Politics

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support

Voters in several states were asked to weigh in on ballot measures specifically related to abortion rights.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Montana health officials are seeking to increase oversight of nonprofit hospitals amid debate about whether they pay their fair share. The proposal comes nine months after a KHN investigation found that some of Montana's wealthiest hospitals, such as the Billings Clinic, lag behind state and national averages in community giving.

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  • Health

Montana health officials call for more oversight of nonprofit hospitals

Montana is one of the latest states to suggest many nonprofit hospitals aren't giving back enough in charitable contributions to the community to justify their tax-exempt status.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton
Dani Marietti's "sterilization shower" in Helena, Montana, features cookies with abortion-rights slogans, such as "My Body, My Choice," written on them in frosting.

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  • Health

More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away

Doctors says more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton and
  • Ellis Juhlin
Traffic is backed up on Interstate 90 after a fatal pileup where at least 20 vehicles crashed near Hardin, Mont., on Friday.

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  • National

6 people died in Montana after a dust storm caused a highway pileup

Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.

July 16, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Kristin Groener's downstairs neighbor escaped his flooding apartment without his car keys, which meant he wasn't able to move his vehicle before the street sank.

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  • Weather

How a Montana community is faring after devastating floods hit the area last month

Red Lodge, Mont., is still recovering after devastating floods hit the area in mid-June. Many businesses and locals are worried about surviving with hampered tourism and little insurance compensation.

July 12, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in Helena is among those that recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect.

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  • Health

Montana clinics preemptively restrict out-of-state patients' access to abortion pills

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton and
  • Arielle Zionts
Working Dogs for Conservation trainer Michele Vasquez clips a vest onto Charlie, a Labrador retriever, to let him know he's working. Dogs like Charlie will help sniff out chronic wasting disease in deer and elk scat. They will also help find mink and otter droppings that can be tested for toxic substances near illegal dumpsites.

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  • Animals

Dogs are sniffing out disease in animals vital to traditions of the Blackfeet tribe

Montana's Blackfeet Nation is experimenting with a new way to detect chronic wasting disease in animals and toxic substances in plants used by tribal members for food and cultural practices.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Fentanyl took root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West region during the pandemic, and overall drug overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans.

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  • Health

Tribal leaders sound the alarm after fentanyl overdoses spike at Blackfeet Nation

After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Fentanyl took root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West region during the pandemic, and overall drug overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans.

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  • Health

Tribal leaders sound the alarm after fentanyl overdoses spike at Blackfeet Nation

After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

June 01, 2022
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Cars from an Amtrak train that derailed rest near a train signal near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.

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  • National

Investigators Want To Know What Caused An Amtrak Train To Derail In Montana

The westbound train, Empire Builder, was on its way from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday after near Joplin, Mont., killing three people.

September 27, 2021
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Weather

The Dixie Fire Is Less Than A Third Contained

Large fires are burning in 14 states, mostly in the Western U.S.

August 12, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Mattingly
John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn't as dangerous as health officials say it is. He's hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking.

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  • Health

Families, Communities Divided Over COVID Vaccination In Rural Montana

In sprawling Flathead County, only 25% of adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Public health experts worry about reservoirs of potential outbreaks as neighbors still debate the virus' danger.

May 11, 2021
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton
Left: Incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines speaks at a manufacturing facility under construction in Bozeman, Mont., in September. Right: Montana Senate candidate Gov. Steve Bullock in 2019.

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  • Politics

A Flood Of Outside Money Is Pouring Into 2020 Races, Alarming Transparency Advocates

States such as Montana, Arizona and North Carolina are experiencing a flood of campaign contributions from groups that don't have to reveal where the money's coming from.

October 27, 2020
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By:
  • Jim Zarroli

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