Water District Considers New Treatment Plant, Call Police Again in Attempt to Remove Member
The Heights County Water District board set a new budget for 2022-23 that includes a feasibility study to build a water treatment plant; they named Tom Zurbuchen as a new board member; voted an eight percent wage increase for staff; and again called upon police to try to remove a board member. Even though, after […]
Dig It Days 2022 A Kid Approved Resounding Success
A long and steady line of exuberant kids with their parents or grandparents streamed into Dig It Days last Friday and Saturday afternoons – anxious to explore and operate the big machines used in construction. “We have been waiting for weeks for this,” said one mother as her three kids picked out orange t-shirts and […]
Heights Water Board
Files Another Suit The County Water District of Billings Heights has filed another law suit. On August 15, 2022, attorneys for the District filed suit in Thirteenth District Court against Yellowstone County Commissioners and the county- appointed board member, Pam Ellis.
County Commissioners Issue RFP for Private Management — Again
After several discussion meetings over the past couple of weeks regarding the specifics and legalities of what they want to see in proposals for the private management of MetraPark, county commissioners voted 2-1 on a request for proposals (RFP).
Recession? Not Yet, but “The Party is Over”
Are we in a recession yet? Whether we are– as has been the national debate about the technical semantics of it all — according to Montana’s premier economist, Dr. Pat Barkey, “It doesn’t feel like a recession yet….but there has been a significant decline” in the country ‘s production levels. “It doesn’t look like we […]
Build Montana Grads Grab onto Opportunities; Will Shape Future of Construction Industry
How’s a kid to know? It’s a really big question. When asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” How can a kid answer without knowing the possibilities? Now-a-days, hands-on experience or information about how things are made is non- existent for most kids, and yet they are expected to know at […]
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.
Clinic Health Care Workers Concerned About Privacy Violations Under New Mandate for Weekly Testing
A missive that was sent out recently to the Billings Clinic leadership regarding the implementation of new mandates has caused a stir among clinic employees who believe the privacy of their health information has been violated by the process pursued. Zach Benoit, Billings Clinic’s Community Relations Coordinator, says that no one’s HIPPA rights have been […]
Metra Gets Request for First Cannabis Tradeshow
Now that its production and sale is legal in Yellowstone County and many other areas of the state, a marijuana trade show shouldn’t be a surprise. MetraPark officials made a point of making Yellowstone County Commissioners aware that Wesley Jenks, President of GC Production, LLC, on behalf of Xpocanna, Cannabis Conventions and Exhibitions, has contacted […]
Denis Pitman to Run as Write-in Candidate for County Commissioner
County Commissioner Denis Pitman isn’t ready to give up quite yet. Having lost his primary bid to be the Republican candidate on the November General Election ballot, incumbent county commissioner, Denis Pitman, is registering as a write-in candidate. Pitman said that he is registering so voters have an option, and so that the votes will […]