When public schools face deep budget cuts, art and music programs are often the first to be slashed. A new nonprofit in ...

The federal government says food assistance payments won’t be sent in November, due to the government shutdown. Some states ...

Low-income Montanans receiving federal housing assistance are having better luck finding rentals. A state study led to an ...

A Montana tribal lender is facing uncertainty and financial strain as the government shutdown continues. Native-certified ...

Some of Montana’s largest counties are rejecting more ballots than usual this election. A new requirement is tripping up voters. State law now requires mail-in voters to write their birth year in ...

For decades, Libby residents have lived with the deadly aftermath of asbestos exposure from a closed vermiculite mine. It ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it’s partially reopening local offices that help farmers get federal financial support. That’s happening as Montana’s farmers say they’re on ...

Montana’s top education official this month sent a letter to schools telling them to “stay compliant” with state and federal ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPBS listener Tony Mangina of San Diego, California, along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Today, millions of federal workers are missing their first full paycheck since the shutdown began. And, an NBA gambling ...

The FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.

The StoryCorps mobile tour visited Kalispell in June this year. In this special, we hear from residents of Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Lakeside, Mountain Brook and the Ant Hill ranger ...