Some Local Ballots Lacking Party Diversity, Explained
The mid-term elections of 2022 have been called a “political tinderbox” by pundits and citizens alike. Campaign dollars flew toward “mud flinging” ads across the board, as sensationalism has become the new normal for our political environment. Locally, one abnormality became evident just before the primaries this past spring: there were seemingly no Democratic contenders […]
Lynard Skynard to Headline Magic City Blues this Weekend
Magic City Blues, touted as an urban music festival for a rural state, has been lighting up Billings since 2001. This year’s line-up will be no different, except one major change. This weekend, August 5 and 6, the music festival will be held outside at MetraPark’s fairgrounds, offering up more space for the thousands of […]
Floberg Real Estate Changes Ownership
Don Floberg established Floberg Realtors in 1959. Don, joined by his wife Marilyn, transitioned the successful Floberg Realtors Firm into Prudential Floberg Realtors.
Montana Paid 56 Million in UI Payments Last Week
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) has announced that over 52,000 Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments were issued for the week of May 18 through May 22, primarily providing benefits to Montanans impacted by COVID-19. With a payout of $56 million for that week, in the wake of the re-opening of many businesses throughout […]
Pilot Goes Down Solo with Plane
On April 20 at 9:50 am, fire and law enforcement were dispatched to a reported airplane crash at the Billings Rod and Gun Club located near the top of Zimmerman Trail, just a few miles west of Logan International Airport.
Stimulus Checks to Begin Direct Deposit Next Week
The Final Cares Act, filed as H.R.748 — 116th Congress (2019-2020), and signed into law by President Trump on March 27 has provided extensive benefits both for big and small business but, the portion of the Bill that is of most interest to average struggling American citizens are the individual rebates, to be disbursed in […]
O’Donnell made Shepherd Schools’ Superintendent
Since the Shepherd School Board’s decision to terminate Superintendent Scott Carter in August, 2019, the school has been under the guidance of Interim Superintendent, Drea O’Donnell. She stepped into the midst of passing of two highly debated school bonds to finance upgrades and expansions to the school. After the Board of Trustees interviewed four […]
Graybill throws his hat in for Attorney General
Raph Graybill, a fifth-generation Montanan from Great Falls has put his hat into the running for Attorney General against Austin Knudsen, John Bennion, Kim Dudik.
BPD Officer injured on duty by teenage driver fleeing traffic stop
Billings Police Department officers located and stopped a vehicle, in the area of Bernard, south of Monad on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 1:12am. The vehicle had fled from officers multiple times earlier that evening.
Details released on Cessna crash near Dunn Mountain
Sunday, Jan. 12, at 3:10 a.m., an initial alert stated that a single-engine Cessna 182 flying from Hardin, MT was missing in the Billings area.