Thank You! from the Worden Fire Department
Dear Editor, Worden Fire Dept. would like to give a big THANK YOU to the community for their support at the Street Dance, and the continued support the community gives to the Worden Fire Dept.
Obituary: Hunter James McCaulou and Olivia Scarlett McCaulou
Hunter James (born June 8, 2016) and Olivia Scarlett (born October 18, 2017) McCaulou tragically left this world to be with God on Friday, June 3, 2022. The two siblings and Best Friends passed away in each other’s embrace. Hunter, the protective older brother lived his life ensuring his little sister was always safe and […]
Obituary: Ruth A. Lechner
Ruth Lechner passed away on April 8, 2022, in Billings, MT, at the age of 86, surrounded by her children. She was born on August 19, 1935, to Harold and Esther House in Ballantine, MT, the middle child of five siblings: Bryson House, Helen (Jensen), Joan (Green), and Mary Jean (Kern). She graduated from Huntley […]
Obituary: Velva Celia Black
Velva Celia Black, 88, was called home to be with The Lord Sunday morning, Dec. 12, 2021, while residing at St. Johns Nursing home in Billings, Montana. She was born Velva Celia Reynolds October 2, 1933, in Livingston, Montana, the daughter of Valen C. and Nellie L. (Skillman) Reynolds. She married Bennie Rhea Black on […]
Obituary: Neil Logan
Neil Logan, 94, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Friday, May 27, 2022. Neil was born on November 23, 1927, to Claude and Lillie Logan on the family homestead on Cottonwood Creek below the Byrd Hill, the highest point in Yellowstone County. Neil attended rural Montana schools, Battle Creek […]
California Management of MetraPark Insulting
Dear Editor, This is my second letter on the subject of MetraPark. I am still without hesitation solid in my believe that the Attorney General of the State of Montana really needs to look at the management and mismanagement of this facility. All I know is what I have read with some discussion of stories […]
Saint Vincent Nurses Claim the Right to Give Communion Sacrament…?
Dear Editor, Earlier this year on a Sunday, my priest wished to take Communion and give extreme unction to a parishioner who was in St. Vincent’s Hospital here in Billings. My priest has been in multiple hospitals throughout the state without a problem all during the COVID lockdown. But when we called to find out […]
Obituary: Fern Jordan Stene
Fern Jordan Stene was born in Miles City, Montana, in May 1934. She was the daughter of William Carl and Helen Neuhardt Jordan. Fern was raised on the family ranch at Brockway, Montana. After graduating from Circle High School in 1951, she moved to Billings to attend cosmetology school. In 1953, she married Andrew Stene, […]
Playing Political Football with Women’s Personal Rights
Dear Editor, Women have had abortions for thousands of years and more than likely thousands more, the reason or cause is known to the individual. We now have a group who think they have been given governing power. The original power was to be impartial and unbiased, studying the laws passed and enforcing them (interpret […]
OPINIONS are not “Argument” or “Logic”
Dear Editor, Amidst all the rhetoric over the new Supreme Court judge, Ketanji Jackson, I’ve become disheartened to find so many of my fellow Americans don’t seem to have a grasp on “due process.” Due process refers to the idea before a person can be convicted of a crime, their guilt must be proven beyond […]