Billings Bypass construction to begin as soon as 2019
Originally published in the 3/16/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — How truck traffic will be handled through the Johnson Lane Interchange in Lockwood has been resolved in the latest updates from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), regarding the construction of the Billings Bypass. Engineers and MDT officials expressed confidence in an […]
High school plan may shrink to suit Lockwood taxpayers
LOCKWOOD — Between dreams and reality there is usually a dousing of cold water, and that was what Lockwood School Board members met in the first round of numbers, dollars and cents, given to them by the architects of Collaborative Design on Friday. In presenting preliminary plans that would include “everything you wanted,” and “everything […]
School Choice Week rally brings crowd to courthouse lawn
BILLINGS — A rally for School Choice Week drew hundreds of people to the courthouse lawn in downtown Billings on Friday. Organizer Jake Penwell, state director of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), said in an interview before the event that a goal of the rally was “to bring to light the idea of school […]
Worden Ambulance service still looking for good solution
Originally published the 12/8/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. WORDEN — The long and winding road to a countywide ambulance service just took a detour. Instead of voting on a proposal by Belgrade-based Beartooth EMS Rescue to take over Worden Fire Department’s ambulance service, fire department members instead heard that Beartooth was no longer […]
Community assessment kindles Lockwood’s can-do spirit
Originally published in the 12/8/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — A lot has been happening in Lockwood the past few years. Who and what is behind all these community-transforming events? A “community assessment,” held in 2013, brought about communication and motivation that helped advance a host of projects in Lockwood that had […]
New Lockwood primary care clinic announced and soon
Originally published in the 12/1/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — The Montana Healthcare Foundation has awarded Lockwood School District and St. Vincent Healthcare a $75,000 grant to develop a primary care clinic for the community of Lockwood. The clinic, when complete, will be located on the campus of Lockwood Schools and will […]
New hockey franchise may bring game to MetraPark
Originally published in the 12/1/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. BILLINGS — Billings is once again being asked to host a hockey franchise, only this time it is a professional team, a new one to be formed as part of the ECHL. “The ECHL is a major professional league with 27 teams in the US […]
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 […]
Lockwood high school planners shooting for May 2018 ballot
Originally published in the early edition of 11/24/17 print edition. LOCKWOOD — Every effort will be made to get a bond proposal to build a new high school for Lockwood on the ballot in May 2018. A special meeting of the Lockwood School Board will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Lockwood […]
Lockwood Fire credits newspaper story for tax revenue increase
Originally published in the 11/10/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. Good news for the Lockwood Fire Department. The department will be getting an additional $54,000 added to their 2016-17 budget as a consequence of efforts of the County Treasurers Department and the Department of Revenue to determine why the district has not been getting […]