Growing fears over the coronavirus is the focus of this week's Spotlight Montana.

Hear from the Ellen Leahy, director of the Missoula City-County Health Department.

She clears up misinformation, rumors and misconceptions surrounding the spread of the virus.

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The documentary, Burger, Fries and Family Ties, is the focus of this week's Spotlight Montana.

It tells the story of Richwine’s Burgerville in Polson.

The film celebrates the drive-in restaurant’s 50 plus years in the business.

Hear from film producer David King and the owner-operator of Richwine’s Burgerville, Marcia Moen.

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Our latest Spotlight Montana focuses on babies born with substance exposure and a new program in Missoula to treat those babies.

Eat, Sleep and Console is a new approach to treating babies with withdrawal symptoms.

Hear from Community Medical Center's staff development coordinator Lara Porrini.

She explains how the program works, the goals of the program and how it involves the baby's mom.

Lara also clears up some of the misperceptions and explains where to go for help.

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The fast-spreading coronavirus is the focus of this week's Spotlight Montana podcast.

Hear from infectious disease specialist Pam Whitney with the Missoula City-County Health Department.

She shares important information you need to know, including symptoms and treatment, as well as how to prevent it from spreading.

Also find out what groups are most at risk and what's being done to prepare for it locally and statewide.

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 We continue our series on the opioid crisis. Our latest Spotlight Montana focuses on the development of a vaccine targeting opioid addiction with guest Dr. Jay Evans, director of the Center for Translational Medicine, University of Montana.

UM recently received a $3.3 million contract from the National Institutes of Health for the vaccine. 

Find out how soon clinical trials could start, how the vaccine really works and how it could change pain management.

Also, find out what’s next for the program and what other vaccine projects they are working on.

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In Spotlight Montana we speak with Travis Craft, director of the West Central Montana Avalanche Center in Missoula.

He talks about the recent slides, his own experience getting caught in a slide, important steps to take to stay safe in the backcountry and the science behind avalanches.

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In Spotlight Montana we speak with University of Montana Professor of History Mehrdad Kia on U.S. tensions with Iran.

Professor Kia was born and raised in Iran.

Kia shares insights on the crisis, what it was like growing up in Iran and what happened when his father refused to support Iran’s new Islamic regime.

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We speak with Butte High senior Catherine Russo and her coach Caty Flikkema of Bozeman.

Catherine recently qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic swim team trials.

In this podcast they talk about preparing for the upcoming trials, Catherine’s plans for college and her long-term goals.

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We spoke with Missoula businessman Nick Checota.

He is the owner of Logjam Presents, The Wilma Theater, Top Hat Lounge and the KettleHouse Amphitheater.

He talks about his latest project, the Riverfront Triangle development and what’s next for Missoula.

Checota also shares with us a preview of upcoming concerts, his plans for Bozeman’s music scene, business lessons learned, his background experience and what brought him to Montana.

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The dreaded winter blues, seasonal affective disorder.

In the spotlight is Western Montana Mental Health's psychiatric physician assistant Jackie Pfister.

Pfister discusses how to recognize the symptoms, what treatment options are available and ways to cope.

She also shares with us her story of what it’s like to live with seasonal affective disorder and what helped her the most.

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