Custer students attend school, but dismiss early while canceling after school activities
Custer School District is dismissing at 2:00 pm today due to weather conditions and roads. All activities are canceled tonight, including the Board Meeting. According to Superintendent Dr. Dave Perkins. Please pass the word along.
Huntley Project and Shepherd Districts cancel school
1-10-18 Huntley Project and Shepherd School Districts have canceled school due to road and weather conditions. Accor All Activities, practices and sports have also been canceled. Be safe and travel safely if you do have to travel. This communication came by way of Scott Carter, Superintendent of Shepherd Public Schools and Mark Wandle, Superintendent of […]
Commissioners OK TEDD Master Plan’s planning, infrastructure approach
Originally published in the 12/1/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — The Yellowstone County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the recently completed Master Plan for the Lockwood Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) after a public hearing. Planners under the direction of KLJ, have spent most of the past year developing a plan under which […]
Christmas is coming to the Huntley Project Museum
Originally published in the Yellowstone County news print edition. HUNTLEY PROJECT — The Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture is hosting a series of December events to celebrate the holiday season. First up is a gingerbread house contest. On Saturday, Dec. 3, everyone is welcome to decorate a gingerbread house at the museum any time between […]
Lockwood School Board announces special work session to interview Architectural-Engineering firms
The Lockwood School board of Trustees announced a special work session with interviews of the firms that submitted bids and designs for the upcoming proposed Lockwood high school. Lockwood Voters and residents supported a mill levy request to expand the K-9 school district into a K-12 School District about a month ago. Lockwood school supporters […]
Man critical after shooting at Lockwood house party
Originally published in the early edition of YCN for 11/24/17. LOCKWOOD — A 19-year-old man shot in the upper chest at a house party in Lockwood Sunday remained in critical condition in a Billings hospital at presstime Monday. Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder said in a press release that the man suffered a gunshot wound […]
Huntley Project Volleyball Wins Class B State Championship
#10 State Championship title in the history book! WORDEN — The Huntley Project High School volleyball team capped a perfect, undefeated regular season with a perfect, undefeated post-season and won the state Class B title Saturday, Nov. 11, at Montana State University in Bozeman. The Ladies defeated Florence-Carlton 25-17, 25-22, 25-20 for the title win. […]
Safety mill levy wins overall vote, rural vs urban voters differ
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY — Voters in urban parts of Yellowstone County helped pass the safety mill levy in Tuesday’s election, while voters in rural areas mainly voted against the proposal. The mill levy passed by a margin of about 1,450 votes with 32,387 ballots cast. Voters were asked to approve an additional 8-mill levy that would […]
Lockwood High School vote with huge support
LOCKWOOD — A dozen or so Lockwood residents, campaign volunteers and school board members gathered at Yellowstone Coffee and Canvas to await election returns and to celebrate what turned out to be an overwhelming victory in the process to build a new high school. Early returns made it clear that Lockwood voters, by a 2-1 […]
Sen. Conrad Burns fondly recalled at memorial ceremony
Originally published in the 10/13/17 print publication. by Evelyn Pyburn BILLINGS — A Who’s Who of county residents, both past and present, filled the lobby of the MetraPark arena for the unveiling of the sign that will designate the Conrad Burns Memorial Highway and a commemorative rock with Burns’ brand on it, which has been placed […]