Slimmed down Shepherd Bond is back on the table
At a meeting in the Shepherd High School gymnasium, members of the Shepherd community gathered to listen to Jeff Kanning of Collaborative Design Architects, pitch a new, lower price plan for remodeling and adding on to the Shepherd School. By removing rooms and minimizing square footage of others from the failed bond and changing the […]
Drug deal leads to local shooting
A man and a teenage boy were shot on the 8200 block of Beas Lane in Shepherd early Monday morning over what is purported to be a bad drug deal. The teenager’s girlfriend and the man’s wife and 2-year-old child were also in the home with the wife saying that she had heard loud banging […]
Sex trafficking ordinance targets massage therapists
There are over 200 licensed massage therapists in the city of Billings. Recently, a city ordinance was introduced with the expressed purpose of protecting massage therapists while cracking down on human traffickers running brothels under the guise of a massage business, but many massage therapists are taking extreme offense to the wording of the ordinance, […]
USS Billings gets decked out with hometown signs
by Parker H. Jimison As the commissioning of the USS Billings gets set for August 3rd in Key West, the USS Billings Namesake Committee are prepping local street signs to be placed throughout the ship, helping give the ship and her crew more of a connection to the city she’s named for.
Shepherd seeks solution on bond
by Parker H. Jimison A group of 50-60 Shepherd residents gathered in the Shepherd High School gym Tuesday evening, May 21st, to discuss the future of the school bond effort that failed two weeks ago.
Project Safe Neighborhoods marks a successful 1st year
by Parker H. Jimison Just over one year ago, in an effort to combat the rise in rates of violent crime in Montana, Project Safe Neighborhoods began an effort to combat the causes of those crimes in and around Yellowstone County. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a revitalized US Department of Justice initiative that seeks to […]
Governor Bullock announces 2020 U.S. presidential candidacy
by Parker H. Jimison On Tuesday, May 14th, 2019, Governor Steve Bullock made history in becoming the first Montanan to officially declare their candidacy for President of the United States under a major party.
Local landmark, Stella’s sold
by Parker H. Jimison After four decades of serving the community in the best possible way, with cinnamon rolls, Stella and Ziggy Ziegler are selling their landmark restaurant, Stella’s Kitchen and Bakery.
Highly debated Shepherd bond fails, Billings’ passes
by Parker H. Jimison The hotly contested $17.9 million bond meant to overhaul the Shepherd School campus was shot down by voters on Tuesday night, May 7th, with the bond for the elementary school failing 49%-51% and the bond to remodel the high school failing 47%-53%.
Yellowstone County kids clean-up local communities
by Parker H. Jimison The Yellowstone County Farm Bureau held events this past week for elementary students at Shepherd Elementary and Custer School to teach kids about the importance of taking care of their communities.