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Jess Hegstrom, a public health worker for Lewis and Clark County in Montana, tries to start conversations about suicide risk at gun shows. "I'm not here to waggle my finger at you," she says.

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  • Mental Health

Storing guns away from home could reduce suicides, but there are legal hurdles

New ideas like "safe storage maps" show gun owners where to put their firearms in safekeeping if a mental health crisis happens. The idea has support, but obstacles are in the way in some states.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Lead plaintiff Rikki Held listens to testimony during a hearing in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse on, June 20, 2023, in Helena, Mont.

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  • Climate

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

The ruling follows a first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S., adding to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.

August 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
<em>Yellowstone</em>'s later seasons were filmed in Montana.

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  • National

Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

The writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are affecting jobs across the U.S. The Motion Picture Association says film and TV productions employ more than 1.7 million people outside California.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Tilda Wilson
After a patient leaves, Jacqueline Towarnicki prepares the examination room in case she gets a call that someone else needs to see a sexual assault nurse examiner.

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  • Health

Her job is to care for survivors of sexual assault. Why aren't there more like her?

Montana and other states are trying to increase the number of nurses who are specially trained to treat survivors of sexual assault.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Katheryn Houghton
Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, speaks during a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. on Monday, May 1, 2023. Rep. Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

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  • National

Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from House floor

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

May 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the House gallery, on Monday, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont.

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  • National

Montana is the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill on Friday, a piece of legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave "blood" on their hands.

April 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A.J. King, the CEO of Three Rivers Bank in Kalispell, Mont., sitting at his office. King says his bank shouldn't have to pay for mismanagement at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

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  • Business

It cost $22 billion to rescue two failed banks. Now the question is who will pay

Regulators need to decide how to recover the cost of rescuing Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank — and community banks across the country are warning they should not be on the hook.

April 13, 2023
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  • David Gura
Wellspring Health Access clinic was set to open in June 2022 in Casper, Wyo., when it was damaged by arson in late May, 2022. If it opens this year, the women's health and abortion clinic would be the only one of its kind in the state.

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  • Health

Clinics offering abortions face a rise in threats, violence and legal battles

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, medical providers are encountering more legal and political battles — and escalating threats from the anti-abortion movement.

April 07, 2023
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Katheryn Houghton and
  • Arielle Zionts
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