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Soda or pop? How do you say it? Some of you probably dodge the debate altogether and just call it "soda pop." Kind of like saying pickup truck instead of pickup or truck. As a kid in Northeast Montana, we always said pop.

You've likely heard the national news media attention being given to the debate dividing Republicans in Congress, but what is the big debate dividing Republicans in the Montana Legislature this week? Much like the US House...House rules.

Shortly before noon Mountain Time on Tuesday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to secure 218 votes during the first round of voting to be selected as Speaker of the House. As a result, the vote will now go to another round for the first time since 1923.

How common are 50 degree days in Billings, Montana? More common than you might think. Plus, check out these wild temperature swings across Montana in the past week- nearly 100 degrees difference in Bozeman.

"Pretty wild to see the homeless camps in Portland...err...Missoula, Montana." Turns out, the story I wrote in response to the Missoula homeless camp ended up being my top story for 2022 based on local page views here in Montana.

Heidi and Ladd Paulson have been fighting this battle for over 20 years, since Ladd was severely wounded while on duty as a police officer in Billings, Montana.

I've been trying really hard not to mention that one popular TV show that everyone is always talking about, but there was no getting around it today- and for good reason.

We were discussing my list of the "Top 10 Montana Stories of 2022" based on local page views. Here is the Joker's Top 10 list of national stories for 2022.

As I look back on the top 10 stories that I covered for the year 2022, this was certainly a remarkable story- and thankfully it had a happy ending. Remember the little boy that went missing in the woods near Troy, Montana and was found safe two days later?

We jump right into it with the Montana legislature and the US Congress both starting new sessions the first week of January. One of the big hot button topics will continue to be the transgender debate, especially when it comes to the controversial targeting of children by the radical Left.