Obituary: Myrna J. Smith
Myrna J. Smith of Billings passed away peacefully at home on Oct.1, 2019. She was 96 years old. Myrna was born in Burlington, Wyoming, February 5, 1923, to Susannah Violate Hopkin Johnson and Samuel Alonzo Johnson. She had 2 older brothers, Marvin and Bud, and 1 younger brother, Fred. She prayed and prayed for […]
Billings local, Nelly Nicol declares for State Auditor
Billings resident Nelly Nicol is throwing her hat into the ring for the Republican nomination for State Auditor in the 2020 election, joining Troy Downing and state Rep. Shane Morigeau in that race. The State Auditor is an office that serves as the commissioner of securities and insurance in the state, runs the office responsible […]
Laredo rock slide raises concern for residences beneath Rimrocks
Early on the morning of September 21st, boulders came crashing down from the Rims, landing on a home on Laredo Place. Luckily no one was injured in the rockslide, but there was extensive property damage done. Area residents are now asking two questions of the city: How are these giant boulders going to be removed, […]
Rewards offered for information on poaching
Poaching of game in and around Yellowstone County appears to be on the rise, with the two most recent cases occurring inside Billings city limits within eight days of each other. In each of these cases whitetail deer were shot with arrows, with one being left on the South Side and the other still running […]
Anti-human trafficking budget cut undermines investigative efforts
In what Montana legislators are calling a blow to anti-human trafficking efforts, the FBI announced that their one full-time agent working human trafficking cases in the state of Montana will now be splitting his time between those cases and crimes in Indian Country. U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines as well as U.S.