Spotlight Montana

This holiday season carries extra weight for many due to the pandemic, and in this Spotlight Montana the focus is on mental health during this time.

Hear from Levi Anderson, CEO of Western Montana Mental Health Center, on ways to cope, services available and how the pandemic is impacting those services.

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Missoula writer and musician Ednor Therriault, also known as Bob Wire, talks about his new book “Haunted Montana: Ghosts and Strange Phenomema of the Treasure State.”

The book is a collection of ghostly tales, legends and unexplained phenomena from across the state.

Hear about a haunted hiking trail, strange happenings at a popular lake, phantom cowboys and much more.

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Are you a firefighter looking for a safety zone while battling a fire? Or a resident or city leader searching for real-time information on an approaching wildfire?

The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory rolled out some new tools packed with critical real-time fire information to help keep you safe.

In this Spotlight Montana, hear from a team of experts who created two new apps and a website.

You'll also learn about the research behind creating those tools and why experts traveled from Missoula all the way to New Zealand for the research.

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Following recent devastating fires in Gardiner and Corvallis, we wanted to know more about how fires are investigated and the techniques used to determine the cause.

In this Spotlight Montana, hear from State Fire Marshal Dick Swingley.

He shares with us the latest information on the investigations of the fires in Gardiner and Corvallis, what telltale signs they look for to determine the cause and much more.

Swingley’s career in fire investigating spans 50 years. He discussed some of the new changes he’s seeing in structure fires.

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In this week's Spotlight Montana we talk about Fort Missoula’s role in World War II history and how a new grant aims to restore and preserve a part of it.

Hear from Matt Lautzenheiser, executive director of the Museum at Fort Missoula, on the history of the largest intact World War II internment site, a new grant to restore the barracks and what impact it will have on a national level.

Also hear how the pandemic is impacting the museum as it opens to the public and what restrictions are in place.

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S&K Logistics Services of St. Ignatius has been awarded two contracts for the Republic of South Korea Air Force F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft and the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15.

The contracts have a combined value of $30 million.

In Spotlight Montana hear from Troy Felsman, Corporate Project Manager of S&K Technologies, Inc., on what the contracts call for and it’s impact on the company worldwide.

Also hear how S&K Technologies, Inc., a family of companies spanning the globe, impacts the tribes back home and what changes they've made as a result of the pandemic.

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What you need to know before you hit the road on Memorial Day weekend.

Memorial Day weekend is almost here and it’s typically a time when millions of people hit the road for the long holiday weekend. But this year it could look a little different as a result of COVID-19.

In Spotlight Montana hear from Sergeant Sean Finley of the Montana Highway Patrol.

How they’re preparing for the long holiday weekend and important advise for drivers to make it a safe one.

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We are talking  about some fascinating work happening at the University of Montana in Missoula.

It’s all thanks to a $2.5 million grant awarded to University of Montana for the development of a COVID19 vaccine.

Dr. David Burkhart is the  Associate Director of the Center for Translational Medicine and co-founder of the team working on the vaccine.

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Commissioner of Higher Education talks about his recovery from COVID-19 and how the university system is responding to the outbreak.

One of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 included Montana’s Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian.

He joined me today for an exclusive sit down interview on Spotlight Montana.

Christian talks about his own recovery from the virus and how the university system is responding to the outbreak.

He also discusses what's next for students and faculty and much more.

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People are experiencing a lot of stress lately over the coronavirus outbreak and in this Spotlight Montana we are focusing on ways to protect your mental health during this time.

We are here with licensed counselor Patrick Ryan from Western Montana Mental Health.

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