Flawed Minutes Dominate Heights Water District Meeting
by Evelyn Pyburn The issue of paying an attorney who was not engaged by the board at a public meeting was again a primary topic of concern at the monthly meeting of the Heights County Water Board last Wednesday.
Ballot Envelope Snafu Raises Questions
What happens when the signature section of the return envelope for a mail-in ballot isn’t there? Yellowstone County News received a few phone calls from voters after the primary election, who had that experience and wanted to know how that could happen and how the county election department handles the situation.
What a Hail of a storm!
A severe thunderstorm moved through the Yellowstone County area early Tuesday morning with rain and hail covering the surrounding area. At about 2:30 am Tuesday Morning July 5, 2022. A severe
Floods Rage at High Elevations; Flood Warning for Lower Yellowstone
As of 5 pm on Monday, June 13, the National Weather Service issued flood warnings for the Yellowstone and Stillwater Rivers. The warning follows two days of significant flooding of streams at higher elevations – flooding that is devastating the town of Red Lodge and has closed roads in numerous places including Yellowstone National Park, […]
Fire Council Warns of Impending Ambulance Crisis
by Michael J. Marino At the May 10 meeting of the Yellowstone County Rural Fire Council (YCRFC), Lockwood Fire Chief John Staley stated, “In a year or two, Yellowstone County could find themselves without [ambulance] transport,” and that, “…we’re really in a crisis here.”
State Law Requires Changes in Authority over County Health Actions
Changes are necessary to the collaborative agreement that is the structural foundation of RiverStone Health, which is also the City County Health Department.
Protest Held in Billings Following Supreme Court Draft Opinion Leak
Protesters gathered on the lawn of the Yellowstone County Courthouse this Mother’s Day to oppose the Supreme Court’s drafted reversal of Roe v. Wade, a historic case that gave women the right to an abortion and other reproductive rights in 1973. “I don’t understand how, in this time, we could be going backward,” said Jenika […]
Lockwood Irrigation District Gets Grant while Construction Causes Flooding Worry
Lockwood Irrigation has been informed that they are being awarded a $35,000 ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) grant, according to Carl Peters, Irrigation District Manager. The grant falls short of the $400,000 requested, said Peters, which means that the district may not be able to go forward with their project. The District is also dealing […]
Yellowstone County Sees Record Low Unemployment
Governor Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday, April 19, that Montana’s unemployment rate had dropped to 2.3% — a new record. Additionally, Yellowstone County created 4,098 new jobs over the past year, making the county’s unemployment rate a mere 2.5%. Those numbers rank the county as 19th in terms of unemployment, and set a new local record […]
Billings School Board Feels the Heat Over Pennington
Emily Pennington, an 18-year-old West High student with special needs, was told recently that she is ineligible to graduate because she will “age out” before her graduation date. This “age out” policy is one that was adopted by School District 2 (SD2), Policy No. 2050.