Community Officials Mull Community Needs, Demands on Property Taxpayers
A meeting of City, County and School District officials, as well as many other community leaders, last Wednesday, was dominated by discussions of the future needs of the community and competing demands upon taxpayers, as the County pursues a levy and bond to expand the jail and School District 7 projects a mill levy request […]
CPC Sets Tentative Dates for Summer Concert Series
The nonprofit community club, Community Project Connection (CPC) based in Worden, MT, has set tentative dates for a monthly summer concert series in Worden. Aiming to bring live music and food trucks to main street Worden, CPC set tentative dates and formed a committee to begin planning the events with the hope of broadening summer […]
Intermountain, Worden Fire Department Sign Agreement for Ambulance Service
Last Friday, a gathering of officials and media gathered to mark the signing of an agreement between the Worden Fire Department and Intermountain Health that promises to improve the ambulance service to areas of eastern Yellowstone County. They hope to be operational by July 1. “We saw a need,” said Tom Matthews, who is Intermountain […]
Shepherd Considers Moving Speed Limit Signs After Fatal Accident
At the end of the regular monthly meeting of the Shepherd School District Board of Trustees on February 18, 2026, trustees discussed the location of the newly placed radar enabled speed limit signs. Purchased by Shepherd Schools and installed last year by Yellowstone County Public Works, the radar enabled speed limit signs flank the school […]
Yellowstone County Spelling Champs Headed to Bozeman for Treasure State Spelling Bee
The top five spelling students from Yellowstone County are headed to the Treasure State Spelling Bee in Bozeman. Debbie Nixon, Shepherd Schools; Avree Bickford, Lewis & Clark Middle School; Jensen Fellman, Grace Montessori Academy; Kristopher Brewer, Shepherd Schools; and Connor Parsons, Lewis & Clark Middle Schools, will compete at the state competition at the Strand […]
Let’s Make Some Sense of Montana’s Budget
Dear Editor, Let’s Make some Sense of Montana’s Budget You no doubt have heard claims that Montana’s budget grew by great amounts and then have also heard that the budget grew by a really tiny percentage- I’m going to try and put a little context to these claims. First of all, you have heard that […]
New Property Tax Law May Pose Problems for Some Property Owners
Confused about the new property tax law in Montana? Perhaps, more than confused, bewildered? Maybe there are aspects of the law that don’t quite fit with your situation. Real estate broker, Bill Stene is alarmed because he believes there are unintended consequences of the law that will create windfalls for some, while penalizing others, most […]
19 Candidates File for 34 School Board Openings, Filing Deadline closes Monday, February 9th
Thirty-four School Board Trustee positions are up for election this year and only 19 individuals have filed to run, according to Yellowstone County Elections Office. Every school board has at least one opening, with the majority having two or more. The filing deadline for school district elections is Monday, February 9, 2026 by 5pm. Those […]
Billings Bypass Bridge to Open July 3, 2025!
The Montana Department of Transportation is planning to open, on July 3, the Bypass corridor across the Yellowstone River which will connect Johnson Lane in Lockwood to Five Mile Road in the Heights. “We aren’t opposed to opening it sooner,” said Mike Taylor, MDT’s District Administrator in Billings, but there are still aspects of construction […]
Fabricated Bore-Logs Cause HPID to Issue Spectrum Work Stoppage
The Huntley Project Irrigation District (HPID) has ordered Spectrum contractors to cease communication line installations on district easements. According to HPID, Spectrum contractors have bored roughly 85 communication lines under HPID managed lands, and a good amount of the logs for those bored lines contain incorrect data with some of them missing logs altogether. On […]