County awards legal ad contract to YCN
Yellowstone County News was awarded Yellowstone County’s legal advertising contract by Yellowstone County Commissioners on Tuesday in a unanimous vote.
Traffic stop ends in Police Shooting
An as of yet unidentified man was hospitalized Wednesday morning after being shot by police as they were attempting to stop his vehicle in Downtown Billings. A police officer saw a possibly stolen Ford F350 pickup potentially used in a theft pull into the parking lot of Albertsons on the corner of N. 27th St. […]
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 […]
YVEC powers up with solar array
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (YVEC) has announced a community solar project that could save area residents a bit of money! On their company website, YVEC says, “This solar project will provide YVEC members an opportunity to participate in a clean, renewable energy source without having to install or maintain the cooperatively owned solar panels.” This […]
Local elementary teacher held on charges of sexual assault on his students
A fifth-grade teacher at Orchard Elementary in Billings was taken into custody on the evening of Sept.19th after being charged with two counts of felony sexual assault on two of his students, 11 and 12 years old respectively. Brent Skelton resigned from his job teaching fifth grade after he was placed on leave by school […]
The Billings Bypass will not be called the Billings Bypass
Maybe it will be called the Lockwood-Heights Commerce Park Way. The Montana Department of Transportation will name the proposed section of highway that will connect Johnson Lane in Lockwood to the Heights near the junction of Highways 312 and 87, west of Main Street. But earlier this year a MDT spokesman said the agency tends […]
The Montana International Film Fest features ‘Epic Yellowstone’
The Montana International Film Festival, or MINT, is returning for five days from September 19th—23rd across five venues in Downtown Billings before heading to the Historic Roman Theater in Red Lodge on the 27th and 28th.
Water donations flow into Worden
During these turbulent times for the Worden Ballantine Yellowstone County Water and Sewer District (WBYC), they have thankfully been receiving an outpouring of support from across Yellowstone County, including much needed pallets of water for the people of the Worden/Ballantine area. WBYC also encourages anyone with a well in the area to test it, and […]