Fostering connections boosts elders’ physical as well as mental health.
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Counties lacking mental health providers turn to technology
A Montana clinic’s telemedicine network helps far-away patients receive care.
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This farm bill deregulates the rich and polices the poor
A former farmer calls the legislation an attack on family farms and the environment.
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Most Americans support the Endangered Species Act
It’s politicians — not citizens — who want to gut protections for threatened species.
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In a state troubled by suicide, teens learn mental health skills
A Swedish program takes root in Montana classrooms.
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Utilities should dump coal to lower power bills
Coal-fired plants are more expensive than renewable alternatives like wind power.
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How a Montana school is combating bullying and suicide
An assembly acknowledges elementary students’ pain and teaches them to speak up.
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This year’s burn bans are crucial in parched Colorado
Another dry summer sparks memories of past wildfires — and worries for the future.
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The Colorado valley at stake in Trump’s oil boom
After coal waned, a community redefined itself. Will new leases turn back the clock?
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With a pardon, Trump perpetuates Bundy standoff
Clemency for Oregon ranchers convicted of arson fans anti-federal flames.
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What gun shops can do to help prevent suicide
Montana’s arms dealers could learn from a model in New Hampshire.
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The lifelong consequences of childhood trauma
Harrowing experiences can spark health issues and substance abuse into adulthood.
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The flash drought brought misery, but did it change minds on climate change?
North Dakota ranchers rely on the rain — and last year the rains failed.
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Montanans must rely on each other in crisis
A network of local providers steps in as vital mental health centers close.
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Suicide and loss: A mother reflects on her son’s death
In 2016, when Jack Pierre ended his life, Montana’s suicide rate led the nation.
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We are not Pocahontas
When Indians — especially Indian women — are used as props for a political agenda, call it out.
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Reckoning with History: The legacy of lynching in the West
Violence, often thought of as ‘frontier justice,’ disproportionately targeted people of color.
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A curriculum to help students build healthy relationships
In Montana, middle-schoolers are learning the importance of resiliency and support.
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Montana lacks money to treat its most vulnerable residents
Patients with developmental disabilities and mental illness fall through the state’s health care gaps.
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Montana teens organize to prevent suicides
‘Students have decided that to make change, we need to be the change.’