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Q2 reported on Monday that an E. coli outbreak in Montana has been linked to chopped romaine lettuce sourced from Arizona, according to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services. Confirmed and suspected cases have been identified in Missoula, Flathead and Lincoln...

Q2 reports a Lodge Grass man died after he was shot by a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer Sunday night. According to Lodge Grass Mayor Quincy Dabney, a woman called authorities around 7 p.m. to either intervene or possibly remove her grandson from her home near the intersection of Main and George St…

The Gazette reports that Billings school trustees selected Ross Kasun, a superintendent from New Jersey, as the person to take Billings schools “to the next level.” Trustees voted 6-2 to hire Kasun, however, he still needs to negotiate a contract with the city administrat…

The Gazette reports that Billings is just point-4 inches away from tying the all-time seasonal snowfall accumulation record, and the city could get another 9 inches of snow beginning Thursday afternoon and continuing into Friday. National Weather Service-Billings meteorologist Shawn Palmquist said …

Q2 reports the man shot and killed by Billings Police on Monday morning has been identified as 29-year-old Zachary Hoven. Yellowstone County Coroner Cliff Mahoney said he was shot in the upper torso three times, reportedly by officer Brian Weaver...

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The Billings Gazette reports that Head Start is far and away the most stable public preschool program in Montana, where federally funded classrooms enroll students from Lame Deer to Libby, and most cities in between.
Gov. Steve Bullock is hoping the federal program that has yielded the first Montana-…

In a 6-5 vote, the Billings City Council on Monday authorized spending $100,000 as part of a $675,000 public-private partnership to move the One Big Sky District into a year-long planning and development stage.
The council’s vote includes approval of a memorandum of agreement among the private and pu…

Q2 reports that Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has introduced a bill he believes will help cut down on illegal drug use and crime in Montana. He is sponsoring the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting Drugs Act also known as the ANTI-Drugs Act...

About 150 supporters of the second amendment braved the bitter cold to rally in downtown Billings this weekend on the Yellowstone County Courthouse lawn.
The rally comes two weeks after millions of gun control advocates rallied nationwide in response to the Valentines Day massacre in Parkland Florida…