Another County Seizes Stolen Property in Shepherd
Carbon County adds itself to the list of counties seizing stolen items from a property out in Shepherd. On Monday, Carbon County detective Ben Mahoney with the assistance of Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) conducted a search warrant and seized irrigation pivot arm tires among other stolen items. The property, 4939 Shepherd Acton Rd., […]
New Shepherd Football Coach Ready to Take on Head Coach Position
As the summer ends, football season starts. For Shepherd Public Schools, this means a new head football coach. Josh Casares, a Public Resource Officer (PRO) for Shepherd in the Shepherd area, has been hired for the head coach position at Shepherd. “This is something I have wanted to do for quite some time,” said Casares […]
DEQ Dispute with Shepherd Schools
A special board meeting was held by Shepherd Public Schools to address an issue with Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The issue includes the removal and replacement of an above-ground fire sprinkler pipe. The route of the pipe was determined acceptable by the DEQ, but there were points in the discussions that implicated that they […]
Group Files Lawsuit Against Shepherd Landfill
A local group entitled Stop The Shepherd Landfill has filed a lawsuit in Yellowstone County District Court challenging a license recently issued by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to Pacific Steel and Recycling that was finalized on
Shepherd High School 2024 Graduation
Here are some pictures that were captured from the Shepherd High School Senior Graduation on Sunday May 19th. Feel free share and use any of these pictures of your kids and friends that were taken by the Yellowstone County News for your personal use. Congratulations to all the Seniors and good luck to you in […]
Shepherd AD Retracts her Resignation, Board supports AAU proposal for possible AAU Building Location.
After a more than a month of swirling questions over Athletic Director Tina Downing’s status of her resignation on March 12th (which was published in the March 15th edition of YCN), and Russ Hale pulling his application for High School Head Football Coach, Tina Downing clarified the confusion at the April monthly board meeting. […]
Shepherd School Approves 6th Graders to Play Junior High Football
In a special board meeting this week, Shepherd’s Elementary Board members voted to allow 6th graders to join the junior high football program this fall. Josh Casares, the new Head Football Coach who was hired last week for the high school team spoke to the board about his concerns as being on the job for […]
Anderson Sewer Services Sells after 40 Years Under Original Owner
March 22 marked the first day that Matt and his wife Brittany Carter took over Anderson Sewer Services as the new owners. Matt and Brittany Carter purchased the well-known business based out of Shepherd from longtime
Shepherd School Confirms Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Resignations
After posting a message on social media that read, “As of this morning, I have been let go as the football coach at Shepherd High school. I’ll post a video later today addressing what I know.” Assistant Coach Russ Hale’s message quickly ignited lots of speculation on what happened and his reasons for his termination […]
Shepherd Residents Voice Concern Over Pacific Steel’s Proposed Repository/Landfill
A great deal of animosity was evident Thursday, November 21, from the Shepherd community at a public meeting regarding the idea of Pacific Steel & Recycling (PSR) building a repository to store scrap metal waste near the corner of U.S. Highway 87 North and Shepherd Acton Road. PSR is planning to develop a roughly $2.5 […]