Billings mayoral candidates face off in last debate
Originally published in the 10/20/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News BILLINGS — Billings mayoral candidates Bill Cole and Jeff Essmann squared off for a final debate before ballots went out by mail on Wednesday for the Nov. 7 election. A quick and lively, back and forth conversation, during the one-hour debate that was sponsored […]
Lockwood begins rebuilding raw water plant
– Originally published in the 10/20/2017 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — The Lockwood Water and Sewer District launched a new project at its meeting last week, the rebuilding of the Raw Water Intake and Treatment Plant. Having received only two bids to build the plant, the board awarded the bid to […]
Celebrate Kurt Kautz at service at HP High School
Pre-released online due to time constraints WORDEN — Huntley Project basketball coach Kurt Kautz will be remembered at a celebration of his life on Friday at the high school where he returned a decade after his graduation to help build a girls’ basketball program. Huntley Project Red is the color of the day. The ceremony […]
Huntley Project Head Girls Basketball Coach passes in fatal accident
Mark Wandle, Huntley Project School District Superintendent, released the following statement this morning regarding last nights accident. This morning we heard the extremely sad news that Kurt Kautz, our head girls basketball coach, died last night in a vehicle accident. This is the only information we have officially received on the circumstances surrounding the event. […]
Crime wave leaves victims of thefts angry and frustrated
Originally published in the print edition of Yellowstone County News. HUNTLEY PROJECT — People whose businesses and homes have been broken into during a recent wave of burglaries are frustrated, anxious and angry about the thefts. No one had been arrested by presstime Wednesday, as business owners who lost cash and merchandise and homeowners who […]
Yellowstone County News to co-sponsor last Billings mayoral debate
BILLINGS — Yellowstone County News will host and sponsor the final debate between the Billings candidates for mayor on Oct. 17. The candidate forum and debate, co-sponsored by KULR-8 Television, begins at 7 p.m. in Petro Theater at Montana State University Billings and lasts one hour. The event is free and open to the public. […]
Preparations made for new Huntley First Station
Rally in the rain: High school boosters make progress
Originally published in the 9/22/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — Despite the continuation of a drizzling rain, a number of parents and students turned out Saturday for the Kickoff Rally for the Lockwood High School election campaign at the Ace Hardware parking lot. Volunteers collected packets and received neighborhood assignments to distribute […]
Couple begins new septic tank business- Straight Flush Septic Services
Originally published in the 9/22/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. BALLANTINE — A Ballantine family has launched a new septic tank service business. Christopher and Shauna Calentine believe their new business will dovetail with their ranch and trucking businesses. Their new business, Straight Flush Septic Service, consists for now of pumping septic tanks, but […]
Local option tax separates Billings mayor candidates
Originally published in the print edition of the Yellowstone County News. BILLINGS — One of the most significant differences in positions between the two candidates running for mayor of Billings is their support for a proposed local option tax. A local option tax is essentially a limited sales tax, restricted to a specific city or […]