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Tag: 2014
No Place to Hide
Story by Brett Berntsen
Through a dead-bolted door, in an office space charged with humming wires and heated plastic, a team of techies gathers. Their...
The Hit List: Top 10 Stories We Want Reported in 2014
1. A growing concern
How is climate change affecting agriculture, a $2.8 billion industry in Montana?
2. Kids won’t be kids
Does Montana’s lack of social events...
Spying on Wildlife
By Alison Perkins
While civil rights advocates fight government spying in Washington, D.C., Montana is cracking down on snooping that occurs on our public lands.
Placed...
Capturing the Moment
By Hunter D'Antuono
Whether he's tracking a wildfire up a mountain or walking the streets of his hometown, Kurt Wilson, takes shots that amaze. While...
The Code Academy Challenge
By Bjorn Bergeson
Jonathan Paxson, head of the computer science department at Montana State University (MSU), has no doubt that computer-driven curricula, especially cyber security,...
Letter from the Editors
Dear readers,
You are being watched.
Edward Snowden told the world exactly that in June of 2013, as he sat in front of The Guardian’s camera.
Just...
The Last Best Law
By James C. Nelson
Montana’s 1972 Constitution uniquely provides the state’s citizens with the right to be left alone, says retired State Supreme Court Justice...
Gaps on the Map
By Tom Kuglin
In an effort to make its sexual and violent offender registry more accessible to the public, the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Expanding the Wild
By Dave Stalling
Congressional stalemates have held up legislation for years that could create the first new wilderness designations Montana has seen in a generation....
Towner’s Gold
By Allison Mills
Rocks and dirt crash down the wash plant’s spinning metal tube, blasted by streams of water. A muddy wave tumbles down...
Standing Rock: Native journalists torn between passion and neutrality
Story by Jason Begay, photos by Olivia Vanni
See more of MJR's Standing Rock Coverage with this interactive web documentary.
Even if it weren’t for that...
Energy Beat Booms
Story by Jayme Dittmar, screenshot from video by Brian Gill
When Dan Boyce left his post as Montana Public Radio’s capitol bureau chief for Denver,...