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Nicky Ouellet
Managing EditorNicky has reported and edited for public radio stations in Montana and produced episodes for NPR's The Indicator podcast and Apple News In Conversation. Her award-winning series, SubSurface, dug into the economic, environmental and social impacts of a potential invasion of freshwater mussels in Montana's waterbodies. She traded New Hampshire's relatively short but rugged White Mountains for the Rockies over a decade ago. The skiing here is much better.
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The burst reached hundreds of feet into the air, destroying a nearby boardwalk and ejecting grapefruit-sized rocks tens to hundreds of feet away. Larger blocks weighing hundreds of pounds were found closer to the explosion site.
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The UW Board of Trustees voted to extend an agreement with the Albany County School District to house the Lab School. This comes after the school district failed to sign a new contract with UW last year, saying they couldn’t settle on issues like security and staff costs.
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Folks with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and pregnant people are advised to avoid excessive exertion and to keep outdoor activities light and short during periods of poor air quality.
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The new closures go into effect Friday, July 26. Fishing will be closed daily from 2 p.m. to sunrise the following day for a handful of rivers and creeks in the park’s northwest corner.
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Open Spaces Show Rundown for July 12, 2024
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Can we amuse our democracy back to life? Can we incentivize empathy and compromise, instead of viciousness and dysfunction? These are the driving questions behind the TV series, “Breaking Bread with Alexander.” Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon appears as a guest in Season 2.
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A “be on the lookout” alert issued around 2 A.M. on July 4 said Samson Fussner had taken a woman hostage at gunpoint and threatened suicide by cop. The 28 year old died later that day following an armed altercation that drew more than 20 law enforcement rangers to protect visitors and staff in Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park.
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Open Spaces Show Rundown for June 28, 2024
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WPR’s series preps Wyomingites for the August 20 primary election. This week, we’re looking at legislative races in the northwest quadrant of the state. Our statehouse reporters break down races to watch and how campaign finances are flowing.
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June 19 marked the 70th anniversary since former Wyoming Gov. and U.S. Sen.Lester Hunt died by suicide in his office in Washington, D.C. Hunt’s political career peaked amid McCarthyism and he himself was targeted politically by McCarthy’s cronies. For many years, details of the political pressures exerted over Hunt were underreported or hidden. Our panelists, including historians, a current state lawmaker and a mental health expert, consider Hunt’s life and legacy, and the throughlines between his lifetime and today.