A Montana clinic’s telemedicine network helps far-away patients receive care.
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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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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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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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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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Montanans sightsee at a political circus
President Donald Trump’s spectacle draws a crowd, for now.
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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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Neighbors on call to help care for one another
Community health programs are thriving in Haiti, Montana and the Navajo 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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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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You know CPR — what about mental health first aid?
Training peers to recognize risks and warning signs can help prevent suicide.
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Montana teens organize to prevent suicides
‘Students have decided that to make change, we need to be the change.’
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‘Recovery is possible — and we’re examples of it’
Peer support from the recently recovered helps those in active addiction.
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Montana is losing essential mental health services
As the state’s mental health system faces an uncertain future, experts encourage crisis prevention.
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Signs of climate change surround Montana fishermen
On the Big Hole River, livelihoods depend on healthy fish, but climate doubts abound.
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Latest: Wolverines found in unexpected corners
Scientists recently discovered the species in Wyoming’s Wind Rivers and Washington’s South Cascades.
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Why we tell stories of the missing and murdered
A crisis continues across Indian Country, highlighted by a forthcoming documentary.
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Can Montana Sen. Jon Tester survive Trump’s attacks?
Dust-ups with the president test an increasingly red state’s middle-ground politician.
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Montana’s only congressman sells public lands short
Recreation-based businesses like canoe guiding rely on continued protection for national monuments.