Coronavirus
As daycares close, employers and agencies create stop-gap solutions for essential workers
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You might think the COVID-19-prompted closures would be a boon to childcare providers. It appears you’d be wrong.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus report: Bozeman
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Although Gallatin County has just two presumptively positive cases of COVID-19 at this time, public health officials have taken aggressive measures to limit the kinds of social gatherings that lead to the disease’s spread.
Wildfire
Living with Fire Part 3: Private-sector approaches to a public problem
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As the threat of wildfire grows throughout the West, private firefighting companies deployed by insurance companies are stepping in to protect properties from loss by fire.
Wildfire
Living with Fire Part 2: Building fire-adapted communities through land-use planning
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Can smarter land-use policy reduce the number of homes lost to wildfires? This expert says yes.
Wildfire
Living with Fire: Part 1: The evolution of wildfire suppression
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An examination of how a handful of events and policies shaped the wildfire narrative over the last century.
News
Future of Medicaid expansion uncertain as HELP Act sunset nears
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With Medicaid expansion in Montana set to expire next year, policymakers are keeping close tabs on the future of a program that provides health-care coverage for nearly 1 in 10 in Montanans.
Health Care
Forgotten communities
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How state budget cuts gut public aid infrastructure in Montana’s rural counties
When Bill Kaye says the staff and volunteers of the Livingston Food Resource Center saved his life, he isn’t speaking metaphorically. Last year, Kaye, a 61-year-old Livingston resident of 13 years, lost consciousness in the center’s food pantry.