Lockwood Fire Department Award Dinner
There was standing room only at the Lockwood Fire Department on Friday evening for its annual awards and recognition dinner The occasion recognizing promotions and distinguished service awards for members of the fire department.
City and County State of Emergency Declared
by Evelyn Pyburn The fallout from public concerns about the COVID-19 virus has prompted declarations of emergency by state and local officials and has resulted in health departments issuing demands that bars and restaurants be closed in several major counties.
State of Emergency Declared by local officials to collect reimbursements
UPDATE: City/County Director John Felton has announced that in a few hours, they will issue an order demanding of closure of all bars and restaurants. Local governments are declaring a state of emergency, today, not so much because of any heightened threat from COVID-19, but to assure that cities and counties will be able to […]
Grant money to help update local election processes
In order to help make the ballot process as secure as possible, counties in Montana are receiving a grant through the Montana Secretary of State from the federal Election Assistance Administration. Yellowstone County will receive $176,700 over a five-year period.
Corona–what’s this all about?
As of press time, there have been no reported cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Montana, but it’s only a matter of time and there will be, said KC Williams, Yellowstone County’s Emergency Services director, earlier this week.
One Year Later, Lockwood Lions’ Pride in Progress
It’s been almost exactly a year since construction began on the Lockwood High School. It’s been a busy year with the project being tackled from numerous angles. On some days there were as many as 200 workers scattered across the Lockwood campus working inside and out on every aspect of the new school. Currently, with […]
County to coordinate on Coronavirus
Concerns regarding the coronavirus (or COVID-19 as it has been officially termed) has activated the Unified Health Command (UHC) in Yellowstone County, to coordinate any needed emergency actions and to keep the public informed. The UHC is made up of Billings Clinic, St. Vincent Healthcare and RiverStone Health.
Local politics weighted with heavy financing
Even though the City of Billings city council elections are supposed to be local and non-partisan, it seems that increasingly external groups or political action committees (PACs) are weighing-in, aligned with candidates based on party politics.
Local World War II heroes Medicine Crow and Steele honored at Veteran Clinic
“It’s a good day,” began Crow Tribe Vice Chairman Carlson Goes Ahead in opening the ceremony on Tuesday that commemorated the renaming of the Billings Veteran Clinic at 1766 Majestic Street in honor of two World War II heroes.
No more Grandstanding at MetraPark
The Grandstands at Metra Park are most likely going to be torn down. The matter has been placed on next Monday’s discussion agenda by County Commissioners, after receiving estimates from CTA that rebuilding the grandstands would cost as much as $22 million. Commissioners are likely to issue a request for proposal (RFP), this coming week, […]