Court Strikes Down Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements
After months of being pelted with reminders that they must comply with reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act and provide beneficial ownership information, businesses received an early holiday gift, as a Texas court has acted to block the Congressional edict. The Corporate Transparency Act was passed in 2021, creating the beneficial ownership information (BOI) […]
Public Hearing Set for Heights Water District
The County Water District in Billings Heights will hold a public hearing to present the district’s Systemwide Preliminary Engineering Report and Environmental Review on Wednesday, November 20, at 5 pm. Engineers and board members will be available to take public comment and answer questions. The district board will consider adopting the
Sign Violated the Spirit of Election Day, if Not the Law
A huge electronic billboard, promoting the passage of CI-126, dominated the MetraPark parking lot on Election Day, in front of Election headquarters, for much of the day – just as flyers promoting the campaigns of Judge Katherine Bidegaray and Judge Jeremiah “Jerry” Lynch were passed out to people standing in line waiting to register to […]
City Hires Firm to Audit Utility Billings System
Having struggled for months to get its new automated billing system to work properly, the City of Billings has engaged SL-serco from Minneapolis to conduct an audit of the system. The process has already begun with consultants visiting Billings homes, selected randomly, to check out meter readings. The readings, transmitted by radio frequency from residential […]
Clerk Resigns at Lockwood to Accept SD2 Position
An award of appreciation was presented to Lockwood School Clerk and Business Manager Laurie Kvamme by board members at their meeting on Tuesday evening. Kvamme has resigned her position, after 17 years, to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer of Billings School District 2. Superintendent Don Christman urged the board to approve a […]
Yellowstone County Majority Remains Red
A “red wave” could be considered something of an understatement regarding the Montana general election on Tuesday and the same held true for Yellowstone County where late registrations on Election Day pushed the total number of voters to record levels. Election workers were still counting ballots at noon on Wednesday. Ballot counting, by law, has […]
More Enplanements at Billings Airport
Enplanements at Billings Logan International Airport are up 15.36 percent, year–to-date. The Total enplanements increased from 317,734 to 366,542. The month of September was up 18.58 percent over September 2023, increasing from 35,772 to 42,358, according to the Billings Transit Board. Jeff Roach, Director of the Airport, announced that the airport moved up nationally in […]
Election Department Asks for federal funds for More Workers
Because they are having trouble filling the positions needed on Election Day to monitor and process the voting process, Ginger Aldrich, who heads the Yellowstone County’s Election Department, has received approval of Yellowstone County Commissioners to request funding from the federal government. The county department is requesting $28,310 from Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which […]
MontanaFair Sets Records
MontanaFair set new records on many fronts this year, according to MetraPark Manager Stoney Field. Total paid gate numbers set a new record, as did concession sales commissions, carnival rides and sponsorships. The benchmark they were comparing to was 2022 and “We beat all those numbers,” said Field. Field went on to report that they […]
Laurel Gardens Seeks CDBG Grant
The Yellowstone County Commissioners set a public hearing for Tuesday, September 24, 9:30 am, seeking public comment on a proposed application to the Montana Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for a grant to fund the second phase of the rehabilitation of Laurel Gardens, located at 313 South 8th Avenue. Laurel Gardens […]