Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc who both lost loved ones to suicide are helping the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide. Judd's mother, country star Naomi Judd, died nearly two years ago. Blacc's frequent collaborator, Tim Bergling, died in 2018. They began their work with the Biden administration at an event this week with Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, who helped unveil the administration's blueprint for reducing suicides in the United States. Some 132 people a day die by suicide in the U.S., the White House ..read more

BOZEMAN Intermountain Opera Bozeman has big news to share with the community. Concluding this season's performance of Puccinis "La Boheme" on April 28, Intermountain Opera Bozeman will be known as Opera Montana. After 46 years of providing music entertainment and education to Montana, the move to re-brand aims to better recognize the organization as the first and largest opera company in the state. They hope to bring opera to more communities outside of Bozeman with production tours in the coming season. It also recognizes our mission to serve the entire state, says Artistic Director Michael S ..read more

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops, under a law set to go into effect later this year. The rule requires food businesses with 15 storefronts or more to post a warning icon a black and white spoon loaded with sugar next to menu items containing at least 50 grams of added sugar. Businesses will also have to post the following written label to accompany the logo: Warning: indicates that the added sugar content of this item is higher than the total daily recommended limit of added sugar for a 2,000 calorie diet ..read more

A New Mexico man has gone missing, and is last thought to have taken a raft trip down the Colorado River with his dog. National Park Police say his abandoned 2001 Toyota Tacoma was found on April 21 at Lee's Ferry in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Thomas Lee Robison is thought to have taken that raft trip with his Welsh corgi on a raft he constructed himself, police say. Authorities said they did not have many more leads on Robison's whereabouts days after he was last seen, and released recent images of Robinson and his dog to urge the public to help. Robison is 58 years old with br ..read more

A cost-saving decision 10 years ago created one of the more shocking public health scandals in the country killing a dozen residents and exposing 100,000 others in Flint, Michigan, to poisonous water contaminated with lead all while city and state officials claimed the water was safe. When the errors were exposed more than a year later, city and state officials vowed to clean up the mess and replace the corroding pipes poisoning residents. But neither time nor tens of millions of dollars in funding not even orders by a federal judge have brought an end to this devastating chapter in Flint. Eve ..read more

Americans have a new hunger for weight loss drugs but at what cost? A third of Americans in need of weight loss have an appetite for prescription pills or injections to help with weight loss. But do they work? Are there hidden side effects? Scripps News investigates semaglutides, a class of drugs used for weight loss which millions of Americans have started taking in the past few years. Nearly 3 in 4 Americans over the age of 20 are classified as either overweight or obese, and a growing number are warming up to the idea that prescription drugs may be the answer. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans who th ..read more

Montanas primary election is coming up June 4. That means county election officials across Montana are working to make sure they have the election judges they need to staff polling places this year. In Lewis and Clark County, leaders say theyve seen a lot of people interested in going through election judge training. There are few jobs as critical to democracy as the job of election judge, and I thank you all for being here, county election supervisor Connor Fitzpatrick told attendees at a training session in Helena Wednesday. About 100 people were on hand Wednesday, and Fitzpatrick said even ..read more

The Chicago Bears picked the University of Southern California's star quarterback Caleb Williams No. 1 overall in Thursday night's first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. LSU's Jayden Daniels, who won the Heisman Trophy last year, was picked second overall, going to the Washington Commanders. Drake Maye, from North Carolina, went third overall to the New England Patriots. Offensive players were expected to feature heavily in early draft picks this year. First-round offensive picks overall, and picks for quarterbacks and receivers in particular, could approach or even set new records. Nineteen offen ..read more

A 53-year-old United States Post Office employee has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges. "Normally, it's the postal workers that are being assaulted or in some way abused. Not the other way around, so that's why I was surprised with this case," said Sheriff of Lewis and Clark County Leo Dutton. He said Gregory Knight from East Helena received a citation for "purposely causing bodily injury by punching the victim in the face, causing a nosebleed." Dutton said, "There were marks on the victim's face." The assault occurred on Kase Road. (Watch the video) Mailman caught on camera assaul ..read more

BOZEMAN Thursday morning, Dr. Maury Irvine, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, received the most distinguished award that Congress bestows: the Congressional Gold Medal. What does this mean to you? I asked Irvine. Im in awe. I still haven't gotten accustomed to it. Im just in complete awe. Im overwhelmed. I cant really think, Irvine tells me. Dr. Maury Irvine was born Jan. 5, 1924 in San Francisco. Soon after, Irvine moved to Montana and graduated from Butte High in 1941. Pearl Harbor and WW2 changed Maurys life, and he knew he wanted to join the Navy. The war started. As soon as I heard ab ..read more