Lilly Keller
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outdoors @bozchron | @thedepaulia 4ever | she/her | probably writing about bears or bison
Bozeman, MT
Joined March 2022
My first column is about losing my father to deportation — a grief of distance and of loving someone still living but lost to reach. https://t.co/uDREcQizET
chicago.suntimes.com
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
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Local ultra runner Erika Flowers is redefining victory this racing season, proving that victory, joy and parenthood go hand in hand. https://t.co/VRwleLqpze
bozemandailychronicle.com
When Erika Flowers crossed the finish line, 6 hours, 30 minutes and 19 seconds after it all began in Big Sky, it was her baby son and husband she immediately
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Five years after the Bridger Foothills Fire, scars still mark the mountains, but so do stories of survival, rebuilding and resiliency. My latest for @bozchron
https://t.co/rBdgk8v77j
bozemandailychronicle.com
For Sharon Davis, who’d lived in the canyon seasonally since the late 1990s, that day is etched just as deeply as the scars on the land.
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ACTIVE SHOOTER UPDATE: "There is a heavy law enforcement presence west of Anaconda near Stumptown Road and Anderson Ranch Loop Road. Authorities are searching for a suspect believed to be armed. Please avoid the area," according to Montana Highway Patrol. https://t.co/aqCGk3ROyS
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Meet Dušan Smetana, caretaker and trainer to one of the fastest flocks of racing pigeons in the West 🐦. https://t.co/JtGrgFlcil
#mtnews @bozchron
bozemandailychronicle.com
To the untrained eye, it might look like Smetana has simply let his birds fly free, never to return. But that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Bozeman city commissioners vote 4-1 to make the Pride flag an official flag of the city after a new state law forced the city to take it down from outside city hall, where it had flown for years #mtnews
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Some words I wrote about my beautiful mommy
vtcng.com
After a yearlong battle against cancer, Jennifer Elizabeth (Kopach) Keller died Saturday, May 17, 2025, in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her family and pets.
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So proud of our reporting team’s work last spring and honored to receive a Lisagor. May be 1,000 miles from Chicago in Montana but I will always remember my time at the Depaulia @TheDePaulia
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“Postpartum depression can happen to anyone.” Last month, I looked into the support available in Bozeman and efforts to break the stigma and start the conversation around this common experience for new mothers https://t.co/dcME4fjMEv
bozemandailychronicle.com
Postpartum depression, also known as perinatal mood disorder, can affect women of all backgrounds, regardless of social, financial status, race or mental health history.
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Over 300 people gather on main street to rally against the Trump Administration on Saturday afternoon.
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Breaking: A suspected case of measles has been reported in Gallatin County, according to an email the Gallatin City-County Health Department sent to the County Commission on Thursday. More info is expected to be released later today. https://t.co/i51V1eYDiJ
bozemandailychronicle.com
According to a press release from the health department and the state Department of Public Health and Human Services, it is the first case of measles in Montana since 1990.
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So honored that @TheDePaulia’s coverage of last spring’s Encampment has been nominated for Best Deadline Reporting—so very deserved.
The Headline Club is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 48th annual Peter Lisagor Awards. Our thanks to everyone who submitted nominations for consideration. Entries were judged by an out-of-state SPJ chapter. https://t.co/F3EaVEWJNl
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The scene at the Roosevelt Arch at Yellowstone National Park. Over a hundred individuals have gathered to protest the recent national park and forest service terminations
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Today community members alongside current and former national park and forest service staff have gathered at the Roosevelt arch in Yellowstone to protest the recent terminations. More to come.
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Bozeman's schools now serve a growing multilingual student population, with over 7.3% classified as ML/EL. As families from South and Central America seek stability, the district faces resource shortages in meeting their needs. https://t.co/3lxpAOqs6I
bozemandailychronicle.com
As of January, 552 students — over 7.3% of the district’s 7,563 students — are ML/ELs across Bozeman’s 13 schools. Most have arrived in recent years from Central and South
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“It’s what I’ve done with my whole life,” Knight said. Hundreds of Montana-based U.S. Forest Service employees were recently let go as part of broader federal workforce reductions, including dozens in the Custer Gallatin. #mtnews
https://t.co/ZUWbSvKa8Q
bozemandailychronicle.com
The cuts weren’t isolated. Across the seven ranger districts that comprise the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Knight said she has heard of at least 32 terminations as of Monday.
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Using death certificates, public obituaries, police reports and interviews, Vermont Public and @sevendaysvt set out to count how many Vermonters have died while homeless in the past four years. https://t.co/nmhfIRwvSL
vermontpublic.org
A first-of-its-kind analysis by Vermont Public and Seven Days identified at least 82 people who died either living outside or sheltered in motels between 2021 and 2024. Many of these deaths happened...
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I also spoke with MSU history professor James Meyer to understand why support for Ukraine has declined among political leaders and the general population. Here's what he had to say👇 https://t.co/Crt5l0gEef
bozemandailychronicle.com
MSU history professor James Meyer, an expert in Eurasian and Russian history and Islam, attributes the declining focus on Ukraine to a growing preference for addressing domestic issues over interna...
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In 2023 Bozeman man Davin Nelson left Montana for the front lines of Ukraine. Read his story and learn why he’s speaking out about the ongoing need for U.S. support for Ukraine. #mtnews @bozchron
https://t.co/wozgY8Qb5V
bozemandailychronicle.com
It was this same unwavering commitment to the cause — one that had first ignited when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began nearly three years ago — that ultimately led Nelson
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Undocumented immigrants deserve dignity not because of how their labor serves you and this country, but because we are human beings. But that seems hard to understand in a society that values people based on their productivity.
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