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Montana’s labor department projects a need to fill more than 4,000 jobs in education and childcare each year, mostly due to workers leaving the industry.
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Montana’s labor department projects a need to fill more than 4,000 jobs in education and childcare each year, mostly due to workers leaving the industry.
Briefs: AG calls for scrutiny of OpenAI; Ocasio-Cortez in Missoula; MT cities grow
Researchers find more pesticide runoff hotspots near cities than farms
One seat on Montana’s seven-member Supreme Court is up for election in 2026. Two colleagues are competing for the promotion. MTPR's Shaylee Ragar looks at their judicial philosophies.
Mail-in ballots are en route to voters across Montana. For those who haven’t registered to vote, a judge preserved the Election Day deadline to do so.
Along the banks of the Clark Fork River, students are identifying all kinds of “macro-invertebrates” — aka, bugs — that live in the river. The data is one clue scientists use to determine the health...
A judge dismisses a challenge to the 2024 initiative that enshrined abortion access in Montana’s Constitution; The BLM revokes bison grazing permits for American Prairie reserve; USDA grants an extension f...
A new nationwide study of school cell phone bans found some improvement in student well-being, but no improvement in test scores.
Search and Rescue crews in Glacier National Park have discovered the remains of a hiker who had been missing since Sunday evening. Park officials say the injuries are consistent with those sustained by a bea...
If you've lived in Missoula, you've may have heard sensational tales of strife and betrayal about the origin of the Slant Street neighborhood. What's the real history?
In all but a handful of communities Tuesday, voters in western and central Montana soundly defeated their public schools’ requests to help pay for big expenses.
A court case out of Louisiana temporarily halted Montanans’ ability to get abortion medications by mail. The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted that decision. A ruling by the high court against mailing...
More than six square miles of an aquifer under Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front has been removed from federal protections and slated for wastewater. The change comes despite overwhelming opposition from the...
Summer blockbuster season has begun — on the big screen and in bookstores. This month brings new titles from Douglas Stuart, Kathryn Stockett, Ali Smith, David Sedaris and many more.
MTPR is airing interviews with candidates running for federal office in 2026. MTPR's Shaylee Ragar spoke with Michael Hummert, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate.
MTPR is airing interviews with candidates running for federal office in 2026. MTPR's Shaylee Ragar spoke with Alani Bankhead, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate.
MTPR is airing interviews with candidates running for federal office in 2026. MTPR’s Austin Amestoy spoke with Matt Rains, who’s a Democrat running for the western U.S. House seat.
Montana Public Radio's Pea Green Boat broadcasts live from the Missoula Public Library.
Record-breaking DHS shutdown ends. And, May Day protests to draw crowds nationwide